This Day in "History"

[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History
Events for March 26
26-March-1918
Vanavihari B.N. Sundara
Rao, great author and
journalist, was born at
Varthur, Bangalore.
26-March-1931
New Delhi replaces
Calcutta as capital of
British-Indies.
26-March-1938
Laxminath Bezbarua, great
littearateur of modern
Assamia language, passed
away.
26-March-1942
Indira Gandhi, third Prime
Minister of India, was
married to Feroze Gandhi.
26-March-1969
Romesh Chandra,
secretary general of the
World Peace Council,
receives the Lenin prize.
26-March-1969
Vikram Rathour, cricketer
(Indian Test opening
batsman 1996-), was born
in Jalandhar.
26-March-1972
The first International
Sanskrit Conference was
held by President V.V Giri.
26-March-1977
Morarji Desai, the new
Prime Minister, forms his
Cabinet.
26-March-1980
Bombay gets its first rock
concert in 10 years (The
Police).
26-March-1987
Hyderabad beat Delhi on
first innings to win the
Ranji Trophy.
26-March-1989
Eighth Antarctica
Expedition returns after
erecting India's second
permanent manned
station 'Maitri'.
26-March-1990
Pratap Singh Rane,Goa
CM, resigns.
26-March-1990
Sangma Ministry quits in
Meghalaya. B. B. Lyngdoh
is new CM.
26-March-1990
Maniben Patel, daughter
of Sardar Vallabhai Patel,
passed away.
26-March-1991
Chautala loses majority
after the disqualification
of three Janata Dal (S)
members. Janata Party
merges with Janata Dal (S)
.
26-March-1992
Accord with Bangladesh
on Tin Bigha.
26-March-1992
Rs. 245 crore relief in
customs, excise duties
announced.
26-March-1993
Surajkund AICC okays dual
posts for Narasimha Rao.
26-March-1996
Indian all-rounder Manoj
Prabhakar announces
retirement from
international cricket.
26-March-1996
The 3-day old Hazratbal
shrine crisis ends, as the
militants holed up in the
shrine come out of it.
26-March-1997
Andhra Pradesh Assembly
passes a Bill to amend
the Prohibition Act,
ending the state's 2-year
experiment with total
prohibition.
26-March-1997
Russia agrees to help
India in developing a
state-of-the-art integrated
air defence system, even
as the two agree to carry
military cooperation into
the 21st century during
the visit of Prime Minister
Deve Gowda.
26-March-1999
14 tonnes of heavy water
leaked into the second
unit of the Madras Atomic
Power Station (MAPS) at
Kalpakkam during an in-
service inspection.
26-March-1999
Indian Airlines regained
the National hockey men's
title in Hyderabad.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History
Events for March 27
27-March-1552
Guru Angad Dev, Sikh
Guru, passed away.
27-March-1767
Khanderao Holkar, one of
the Generals in Peshwa
kingdom, passed away.
27-March-1845
Wilhelm Conrad Von
Roentgen, professor and
first nobel prize winner,
was born at Lennep,
Germany.
27-March-1878
Britishers sent Indian
soldiers to Malta
considering that the
Russian would attack.
27-March-1898
Syed Ahmad Khan, great
social reformer,
educationist, journalist,
leader and one of the
most eminent builders of
Modern India, passed
away at Aligarh.
27-March-1942
Gandhiji meets Sir
Stafford Cripps in New
Delhi; later declares
Cripps proposals to be a
""post-dated chequ
27-March-1966
Indira Gandhi meets
Johnson in Washington.
27-March-1977
The government revoked
the national Emergency
promulgated on Dec 3.
1971.
27-March-1977
N. Sanjeeva Reddy
elected Speaker of the Lok
Sabha.
27-March-1989
Delhi beat Bengal by an
innings and 210 to win
the Ranji Trophy.
27-March-1989
T.N.Seshan was
appointed as the Cabinet
Secretary of India. He
held this office till
23-12-1989
27-March-1990
A 10-member Progressive
Democratic Front Ministry
led by Churchill Alemao
sworn in Goa.
27-March-1990
21 people die as a bus
accidentally touched a
high voltage wire in
Karagpur India.
27-March-1991
Chautala recommends
Assembly dissolution.
27-March-1992
India signs Friendship
Treaty with Ukraine.
27-March-1993
Hari Singh from Haryana
hijacks an IA plane, but
surrender after 8 hours.
27-March-1996
President and Governors
of respective states issue
notifications for elections
to the 11th Lok Sabha
and 6 State Assemblies.
27-March-1997
40 more inducted in UP
cabinet, raising strength
to 45.
27-March-1997
Punjab men and Railway
women win National
volleyball league in
Tiruppur.
27-March-1997
South African President
Nelson Mandela arrives in
New Delhi on official visit.
27-March-1999
World No. 2 Viswanathan
Anand won the title with
a round to spare in the
rapid section of the
Amber rapid and
blindfold chess
tournaments in Monte
Carlo.
27-March-2000
After more than two-and-
a-half-years, a Delhi court
resumes trial in the St.
Kitts forgery case
following Delhi High
Court's order upholding
the lower court's verdict
on framing of charges.
27-March-2000
Mohan Bagan lifts title in
the National Football
league in Calcutta.
27-March-1898
Syed Ahmad Khan, great
social reformer,
educationist, journalist,
leader and one of the
most eminent builders of
modern India, passed
away at Aligarh.

 

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[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History
Events for March 28
28-March-1556
Origin of Fasli Era (India).
28-March-1645
Har Govind Singh, Sikh
Guru, died.
28-March-1914
Komagata Maru sailed from
Hong Kong to Vancouver
with 351 Sikhs and 21
Punjabi Muslim youths
under the captaincy of
Sardar Gurjeet Singh as a
part of 'Ghadar' Movement.
28-March-1916
Ramkrishna Pillai, journalist
and social reformer, passed
away.
28-March-1917
Umesh Chandra Panigrahi,
great author and journalist,
was born at Raruan, Orissa.
28-March-1926
Pahelam Ratanji ""Polly""
Umrigar, cricketer (Indian
batsman & captain), was
born in Sholapur, Maharash
28-March-1941
Netaji Subhashchandra
Bose reached Berlin after
his secret underground
journey from Calcutta.
28-March-1943
S. Satyamurti, social
reformer, politician and
member of legislative
council at Madras, died. He
was born in Tirumayyam
village in August 19, 1887.
28-March-1947
Abdul Bari, labour leader,
passed away.
28-March-1954
The flight undertook its
first VVIP commitment,
when it carried the first
Prime Minister of India, the
Late Pandit Jawaharlal
Nehru, from Palam to Tilpat
range and back to witness
the 'Fire Power Demo'. It
carried wide spectrum of
VVIPs, including the
President, the Prime
Minister, renowned
statesmen, Generals,
Luminaries and visiting
foreign dignitaries.
28-March-1956
Tirumalai Ananthanpillai
Sekhar, great Indian cricket
pace-bowler (2 Tests
1982-83 little impact), was
born in Madras.
28-March-1963
First meeting of the
National Aeronautical
Laboratory Executive
Council held under the
chairmanship of J R D Tata.
28-March-1978
Nafisa Joseph, Miss India
Universe (1997), was born.
28-March-1984
Bhausaheb Ranade, famous
freedom fighter, passed
away.
28-March-1986
Extremist Sikhs kill 13
Hindus in Ludhiana, India.
28-March-1990
Bengal beat Delhi in
rained-out cricket Ranji
Trophy final on quotient.
28-March-1991
Chautala asked by Governor
to prove his majority on the
floor of the house.
28-March-1991
IAF men die in an air crash
in Bangalore.
28-March-1994
G-15 summit opens with
only six heads of
Government in New Delhi.
28-March-1994
Leaders attack trade
protectionism.
28-March-1995
Haridev Joshi, former Chief
Minister of Rajasthan and
former Governor of Assam
Meghalay, passed away.
28-March-1996
JKLF declared unlawful by
central govt.
28-March-1997
Final phase of repatriation
of Chakma and other tribal
refugees of the Chittagong
Hill Tracts from Tripura
begins.
28-March-1997
India and Pakistan,
represented by Salman
Haider and Shamshad
Ahmed, Foreign Secretaries,
hold official talks on issues
at New Delhi.
28-March-1998
The BJP-led alliance
survived its first test of
trust with the support of
Chandrababu Naidu's Telgu
Desam Party. Jayalalitha
continues to call the shots.
28-March-1999
Pakistan decides to ease
visa restrictions for the
aged, women and children
from India in response to
New Delhi's move towards
visa relaxation for several
categories of Pakistani
nationals.
28-March-2000
Delhi police arrest Shoaib
Ilyasi, producer of the
crime serial ''India's Most
Wanted'' for the death of
his wife Anju on January
10.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History
Events for March 29
29-March-1561
Akbar attacked on Malwa
at Sarangpur and
defeated Bajbahadar.
29-March-1849
Maharaj Dulip Singh left
the throne of Punjab that
once belonged to his late
father Ranjit Singh and
was then occupied by the
East India Company. The
Britishers had captured it
after defeating the Sikh
Army at Amritsar.
29-March-1857
Sepoy Mangal Pandey shot
the first bullet of 1857
Indian mutiny in the
barracks of Barrackpur
near Calcutta against
British Empire. This was
the starting of the
mutiny.
29-March-1869
Sir Edwin Lutyens, Builder
of Rashtrapati Bhavan and
England's most
outstanding architect of
his time, was born.
29-March-1914
Mother of Sri Aurobindo
Ashram came in India.
29-March-1914
Sudhir Gupta, famous
Hindi poet and
educationist, was born in
Kalasgram, Bangladesh.
29-March-1932
Sundaram Gundibalirama,
right-hand batsman and
right-arm medium fast
bowler, was born at Udipi
in Karnataka.
29-March-1939
Hanumant Singh, cricketer
(14 Tests for India-century
on debut), was born in
Banswara.
29-March-1942
Britain offered dominion
status to India after the
war if it cooperated now.
29-March-1943
Shaheed Laxman Nayak,
freedom fighter and
leader, was hanged at
Berhampur Jail.
29-March-1952
India enters into a war
with Japan.
29-March-1954
Indian Institute of Public
Administration
inaugurated.
29-March-1963
Siyaramsharan Gupt, great
autor of Hindi language,
died.
29-March-1970
Union Government revises
the percentage of
reservation in service for
SC\STs from 12.5\% to 15\
%. Orders to be effective
from 25 March.
29-March-1977
S. N. Mathur became the
director of Central Bureau
of Investigation (till
02/05/77).
29-March-1978
Jayasinghrao Mansinghrao
Ghorpade, cricketer, 8
Tests for India and 229
runs, passed away.
29-March-1979
Delhi beat Karnataka by
399 runs to win Cricket's
Ranji Trophy.
29-March-1982
Delhi (707) beat Karnataka
(705) on 1st innings to
win Ranji Trophy.
29-March-1989
Central Institute of
Fisheries Education gets
the distinction of
becoming the first
Fisheries University in
India.
29-March-1990
Adoor Bhasi, Malayalam
film actor, passed away.
29-March-1992
Centenary celebrations of
Tansa Dam held at Tansa.
No of Seats of the
Standing Committee and
Education Committee
increased from 20 to
27and 20 to 26
respectively and that of
the B.E.S. & T. Committee
from 12 to 17 (Vide
Maharashtra Act XXI of
1992) (CIVIC).
29-March-1992
The expert committee
recomends an
autonomous council for
the Jharkhand region of
Bihar.
29-March-1992
Shri Anand Rishiji
Maharaj 1008 , Acharya
Samrat of 'Jain Shraman
Sangh', passed away.
29-March-1995
Harindra Dave, chief
editor of Janmabhumi
Group and Gujrati author,
passed away.
29-March-1996
SC asks All India Indira
Congress to modify its
name as All Indira
Congress (Tiwari).
29-March-1998
The new govt. wins the
vote of confidence in the
Lok Sabha.
29-March-1999
A massive earthquake in
the Garhwal region of
Uttar Pradesh in the inner
Himalayas claims 85 lives
and more than 130
injured.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History
Events for March 30
30-March-1665
Murarbaji died at Purandar
fort during a battle with
Dilerkhan.
30-March-1699
Guru Govind Singh the
10th Guru of Sikh's
established 'Khalsa Panth'.
30-March-1908
Devika Rani, famous film
actress, was born.
30-March-1913
B. S. Soman, first Admiral
of India, was born.
30-March-1919
Gandhi announces
resistance against Rowlatt
Act.
30-March-1923
New financial measures
come into force, including
restoration of Salt Tax.
30-March-1929
Weekly postal service
across 5,000-miles by
aeroplane started between
England and India serving
India, Egypt, Palestine and
Iraq in London.
30-March-1945
Dr. J. J. Rawal, joint
director of Nehru
Planetarium of Mumbai,
was born.
30-March-1949
New Union of Greater
Rajasthan was
ceremonially inaugurated
by Patel when the existing
Union of Rajasthan was
joined by four premier
states of Bikaner, Jaipur,
Jodhpur and Jaisalmer.
Hiralal Shastri became its
first Chief Minister.
30-March-1949
Dattaram Dharmaji
Hindlekar, cricketer (4
Tests for India), passed
away.
30-March-1976
Shankar Puroshattam
Mulgaonkar 'Raghuvir',
famous painter, passed
away.
30-March-1977
Swami Agnivesh merged
his 'Bhartiya Aryasabha
Party' in Janata Party.
30-March-1988
Tamil Nadu beat Railways
by an innings and 144
runs to win Ranji Trophy.
30-March-1989
Waman Ganpat Behre
`Sobat', editor of weekly,
passed away.
30-March-1990
Constitution (64th)
Amendment Bill to extend
President's rule in Punjab
collapses in Lok Sabha.
30-March-1992
Satyajit Ray received the
honorary Oscar award..
30-March-1993
Air Time Committee Chief
P.S. Deodhar and its
members resign in protest
against the
implementation of the
metro channel of
Doordarshan.
30-March-1993
India forgoes Narmada
loan balance because of
World Bank's strict
regulations.
30-March-1993
Punjab beat Maharashtra
by 120 runs to win
Cricket's Ranji Trophy.
30-March-1993
S. M. Pandit, famous
painter, passed away.
30-March-1994
Bombay beat Bengal by 8
wickets to win Cricket's
Ranji Trophy.
30-March-1994
Exim Policy streamlined to
attract exporting
community.
30-March-1994
G-15 summit in New Delhi
decides to set up a trade
panel.
30-March-1996
Congress I splits in Tamil
Nadu. Group led by G.K.
Moopanar makes alliance
with DMK.
30-March-1997
Congress Party withdraws
support to the 10-month
old H. D. Deve Gowda
Government at the centre,
and stakes its claim to
form an alternative
government.
30-March-1999
Services regained team
title in the national boxing
championship in
Visakhapatnam.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History
Events for March 31
31-March-1663
Mir Jumla, Mughal
Commander, passed away
in Bihar.
31-March-1843
Balwant Pandurang
Kirloskar (Annasaheb),
first musical playwright of
Marathi, was born.
31-March-1867
Prarthana Samaj was
established by Ranade,
Bhandarkar and others at
Mumbai in 1864.
31-March-1871
Gangadhar Balkrishna
Deshpande, freedom
fighter and loyal Congress
leader 'Lion of Karnataka',
was born.
31-March-1904
British slaughter
hundreds of Tibetans.
31-March-1913
Foundation stone of
'Gateway of India' was
laid by Sir George
Sydneham Clerk.
31-March-1926
Dattatray Balwant
Parasnis, who made
research in History,
passed away.
31-March-1930
Shyamji Krishna Varma,
freedom fighter,
nationalist and patriot,
passed away in Geneva.
31-March-1935
374 infants wed at a mass
ceremony.
31-March-1942
During the 2nd World
War, Japan was heavily
successful in Burma and
Andaman which posted a
danger to the Indian
Security.
31-March-1959
Dalai Lama fled China &
was granted political
asylum in India.
31-March-1964
Tram-way service ended
in Mumbai (Bombay). This
last electric tram left Bori
Bunder (CST) for Dadar at
10 p.m., crowds lined the
route all the way at that
late hour to bid farewell
to the common man's
transport medium.
31-March-1972
Meena Kumari, famous
film actress, passed away.
31-March-1977
N. K. Mukarji was
appointed as the Cabinet
Secretary of India. He
held this office till
31-03-1980
31-March-1980
Nirmal Mukherjee, the
last Indian Civil Service
Officer, retired from
service as Cabinet
Secretary.
31-March-1986
Bombay Telephone Nigam
renamed as Mahanagar
Telephone Nigam.
31-March-1990
Bharat Ratna, India's
highest award, was given
to Dr. Bhimrao Ramji
Ambedkar (1841-1956)
(Posthumous).
31-March-1992
Delhi beat Tamil Nadu in
1st innings to win cricket
Ranji Trophy.
31-March-1992
Madhav Sinh Solanki,
External Affairs minister,
resigns on Bofors letter
issue.
31-March-1992
The PM to look after
foreign affairs.
31-March-1992
The new five-year Export-
Import policy relaxes
restrictions.
31-March-1993
J.N. Dixit, Foreign
Secretary, visits Myanmar
and signs agreements on
trade, control of drug
trafficking and separatist
movements along the
borders.
31-March-1993
Kidnapped cardiac
surgeon Dr. Abdul Ahad
Guroo killed in Srinagar.
31-March-1993
Major changes in exim
policy announced.
31-March-1994
Argentina President
Carlos Menem visits
India.
31-March-1994
U.R. Rao, retiring ISRO
Chairman, announces
agreement with Russia for
supplying 7 cryogenic
engines.
31-March-1994
The Supreme Court orders
closure of 11 industrial
units around Taj Mahal.
31-March-1995
Bombay beat Punjab in
1st innings to win cricket
Ranji Trophy.
31-March-1996
Karnataka defeat Tamil
Nadu in first innings to
win Ranji Trophy.
31-March-1997
Forex reserves touch a
record $ 22.36 billions.
31-March-1997
Lakhubhai Pathak,
prominent NRI
businessman who had
accused Narasimha Rao of
cheating $ 100,000, died
in London.
31-March-1997
The Bombay Stock
Exchange crashes by 300
points.
31-March-1998
T. N. Mishra became the
director of Central Bureau
of Investigation (till
04/01/99).
31-March-1999
The PIO card, conferring
privileges on persons of
Indian origin settled
abroad, is formally
launched.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History
Events for April 1
1-April-1839
Medical College Hospital
in Calcutta having only 20
beds was opened for male
patients .
1-April-1855
Ishwar Chandra
Vidyasagar's first Bengali
primer 'Varnaparichay'
was published.
1-April-1869
Income Tax was imposed.
On the same day New
Indian Divorce Act came
into operation.
1-April-1878
Calcutta Museum was
opened for general
public.
1-April-1882
Savings Bank Postal
system was introduced.
1-April-1889
Hindu', English language
newspaper changed its
perodicity from weekly
(20/09/1888) to daily.
1-April-1889
Dr. Keshavrao Baliram
Hedgewar, politician and
founder of Rashtriya
Swayansewak Sangh (RSS),
was born.
1-April-1902
Laxmidas Purshottamdas
Jai, cricketer, (one Test,
India v England 1934,
scored 19 & 0), was born
in Bombay.
1-April-1912
The imperial capital of
India was moved from
Calcutta to Old New Delhi
and the Province of Delhi
was declared by a
proclamation.
1-April-1918
Royal Air Force replaces
Royal Flying Corps in
Britain.
1-April-1920
S. Bhattacharya, cricket
Test Umpire for 2 tests
from 1963-70, was born in
Delhi.
1-April-1930
Government announced
15 yrs and 18 yrs as
minimum marriageable
age for girls and boys.
This is presently
remodified.
1-April-1933
Indian Air Force was
established at Drigh Road
in Karachi (now in
Pakistan). Subroto
Mukherjee and four other
officers were inducted as
pilots when the first
Indian Air Force Squadron
was formed. The first
aircraft flight joined the
Indian Air Force, at that
time it possessed a
strength of six RAF-
trained officers and 19
Havai Sepoys (literally, air
soldiers); its aircraft
inventory comprised four
Westland Wapiti II. A
army co-operation
biplaned at Drigh Road as
the ""A"" Flight nucleus of
the planned No.1 (Army
Co-operation) Squad
1-April-1935
The Reserve Bank of India
was established as a
Central Bank and the job
of issuing notes was
entrusted to this bank.
The Commissioner's office
which issued currency was
abolished and was
substituted by the
Governer of the RBI. The
issue offices scattered
around the country came
to be called as the
regional offices of the
Reserve Bank.
1-April-1936
Orissa state was formed
as a province of British
India separating from
Bihar.
1-April-1941
Ajit Laxman Wadekar,
cricketer (stalwart Indian
batsman & capt and
Team Manager), was born
in Bombay. He has
received the Arjun Award
(1967) and Padmashree
(1972).
1-April-1944
Japanese troops conquer
Jessami, East-India.
1-April-1947
Gandhiji addresses Asian
Relations Conference in
Delhi.
1-April-1954
French settlements in
India pass under Indian
control.
1-April-1954
Air Marshal Subroto
Mukerjee became the first
Indian to become the Air
Officer Commanding,
India Command. He was
in this office till 08/
Nov/1960.
1-April-1956
Companies Act of 1913
was revised and Indian
Companies Act of 1956
came into force.
1-April-1957
Postage stamps and sale
of postal stationary was
introduced as per decimal
coinage system and
Rupee was established to
Hundred Naya Paisa.
1-April-1962
Maharashtra State
Finance Corporation
started its operations.
1-April-1962
Metric weights became
compulsory as New
Weights and
Measurements Metric
system was intoduced by
Indian Government.
1-April-1963
Delhi Special Police
Establishment acquired
its popular current name
Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI)
through a Home Ministry
resolution passed.
1-April-1963
D.P. Kohli held office as
the founder director of
Central Bureau of
Investigation (C.B.I.) from
1st April, 1963 (to 31st
May, 1968). Earlier, he
was Inspector-General of
Police of the Special
Police Establishment.
1-April-1969
India's first Atomic
Energy Reactor started at
Tarapore.
1-April-1973
India starts a drive to
save tigers from
extinction.
1-April-1976
Television was separated
from radio, and
Doordarshan Corporation
was established.
1-April-1978
India's sixth Five-Year
Plan commenced.
1-April-1979
Central Institute of
Fisheries Education came
under the Administrative
Control of Indian Council
of Agricultural Research.
1-April-1985
Central Institute of
Brackishwater
Aquaculture was
established during the
7th Plan period. The
Institute started
functioning independently
since April 1987. The
Headquarters of the
Institute are located in
Chennai with field and
farm facilities at
Muttukadu and three
Research Centres at
Kakdwip(West Bengal),
Puri(Orissa) and Narakkal
(Kerala).
1-April-1986
Delhi beat Haryana by
innings and 141 runs to
win the Ranji Trophy.
1-April-1987
Bureau of Indian
Standards was changed to
Indian Standards
Institution.
1-April-1989
Bengal regains Santosh
Trophy by beating Kerala.
1-April-1989
UN Peace-keeping Force
arrives in Windhoek to
prefare for independence
of Namibia.
1-April-1989
Shridhar Madhav Joshi (S.
M. Joshi), great socialist
leader, passed away.
1-April-1990
Gold Control Act was
withdrawn.
1-April-1992
ESI ceiling of Rs. 3000
comes into effect.
1-April-1992
The 79,698 crore Eighth
Plan launched.
1-April-1993
National Aeronautical
Laboratory becomes
National Aerospace
Laboratories
1-April-1994
Five ministers resign from
the Wilfred D'souza
Government in Goa.
1-April-1995
Open General Licence
(OGL) list expanded from
43 to 75 as import of
consumer goods
liberalised.
1-April-1995
The Airports Authority of
India (AAI) formed by the
merger of IAAI and NAA.
AAI manages five
international airports, 87
domestic airports and 28
civil enclaves.
1-April-1996
Kerala introduces ban on
arrack. 5614 licenced
arrack shops closed down.
1-April-1997
Govt. clarifies it is illegal
to carry a child on a two-
wheeler in addition to a
pillion rider.
1-April-1998
Prabhat Kumar, a 1963
batch IAS officer, was
appointed as the new
Cabinet Secretary of
India. He succeeded
T.S.R. Subramaniam and
held the office till
31-10-2000.
1-April-2000
Disinvestment not
distress sell, says Prime
Minister A. B. Vajpayee at
a conference of chief
executives of PSUs in New
Delhi.
1-April-2000
India wins four golds in
the under-14 Youth chess
championship in Teheran.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History
Events for April 2
2-April-1679
Aurangzeb reimposed
Jizya Tax to finance the
spread of Islam on the
Hindus.This Jeziya tax
was abolished by Akbar.
2-April-1702
Balaji Vishwanath Bhat,
first Peshwa, passed away.
2-April-1870
Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
was found. 95 members
from different parts of
Maharashtra assembled
in Pune during its
founding.
2-April-1877
Narottam Morarjee, great
social reformer and the
architect of the modern
Indian Shipping, was
born at Porbandar.
2-April-1902
Gulam Ali Khan Ustad
Bade was born.
2-April-1926
The worst Hindu-Muslim
riots break out in
Calcutta.
2-April-1933
Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji
""Ranji"", Maharaj,
jamsaheb of Nawanagar
and noted cricketer,
passed away. He was
referred as ""The prince of
a little state, but the
King of a great game"".
He scored 989 Test runs
with a 1st-class av
2-April-1942
Andaman Islands, U.S.
Army Air Force Flying
Fortresses, bomb the
Japanese fleet.
2-April-1942
Congress rejected the
proposal of Sir Stepherd
Crips.
2-April-1948
Defence Minister
announces the
establishment of the
National War Academy in
Kharakvasla, Poona.
2-April-1948
Communist leader S.A.
Dange arrested in
Bombay.
2-April-1953
Asaf Ali, lawyer,
nationalist and writer,
passed away.
2-April-1954
Nehru calls for a halt to
the build up of nuclear
weapons.
2-April-1970
Meghalaya, an
autonomous hilly state,
was established after
dividing the hilly areas of
Assam.
2-April-1970
Privy purses and special
privileges of former
Indian rulers abolished.
2-April-1980
Raj Narain expelled from
Lok Dal forms Janata (S)
Party.
2-April-1980
S. S. Grewal was
appointed as the Cabinet
Secretary of India. He
held this office till
30-04-1981
2-April-1987
Indian Standards
Institution becomes
Bureau of Indian
Standards.
2-April-1991
Asom Gana Parishad
splits.
2-April-1991
Haryana Governor
recommends President's
rule.
2-April-1992
Agajan Baig (Aga), famous
Hindi film actor, passed
away.
2-April-1993
MP High Court quashes
dismissal of BJP
Government under article
356; the Centre decides
to move the Supreme
Court.
2-April-1994
Governor Bhanu Prakash
Singh dismisses Wilfred
D'souza Government in
Goa.
2-April-1994
Ravi Naik sworn in CM.
2-April-1996
Tamil Maanila Congress
(Moopanar) party
registered and
recognised.
2-April-1997
A division bench of
Mumbai High Court holds
that a married woman of
a joint Hindu family can
stake a claim to her
father's property.
2-April-1997
Sumita Sinha of Dhanbad,
(18 years college girl)
became a world record
holder when a 3,200 kg
Ambassador car passed
over her.
2-April-2000
Guru Granth Sahib is a
juristic person and can
hold property, says the
apex court in a judgment
of ''far-reaching
consequences and great
significance''.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History
Events for April 4
4-April-1786
In British Parliament, Berk
alleged 11 corruption
charges against Indian
Governor General Warren
Hastings.
4-April-1858
Rani Laxmibai fled to
Gwalior through Kalpi
after giving a solid blow to
British troops.
4-April-1889
Makhanlal Chaturvedi,
famous Hindi poet, writer,
Hindi litterateur and
President of All India, was
born in Babai village,
Madhya Pradesh.
4-April-1898
Hiralal Sen and his
brother Motilal Sen
purchased a Bioscope
Cinematographic Machine
from London. The first
show of imported films
was arranged by them at
Classic Theatre on April 4,
after which they formed
'The Royal Bioscope Co.,'
controlled by H. L. Sen &
Bros., 85/2, Maszid Badi
Street, Calcutta. The
Bioscope Company started
touring the provinces of
Bengal, Orissa and Bihar.
4-April-1904
Kundan Lal Saigal, golden
voiced singer, legend in
his lifetime, actor and film
maker, was born in
Jammu. Some of his
famous songs are ""Ek
Bangla Bane Nayara"",
""Diya Jalao"", ""Jab Dil Hi
T
4-April-1905
More than 10,000 people
are feared to have
perished in an earthquake
that hit the northeast
Indian province of Lahore
during the night. The
town of Dharmsala was
almost completely razed to
the ground with the
entire population
rendered homeless and
sleeping out in icy
conditions. Five hundred
Gurkha soldiers were
buried alive when their
stonebuilt barracks
collapsed on them. The
towns of Kangra and
Palampur have also been
leveled to the ground by
the worst natural disaster
measured at 8 on Ricter
Scale. In Lahore, 70
Hindus were killed,
Muslim inhabitants were
parading in the streets,
weeping and offering up
prayers with ceremonial
rites. Several British
administrators and
missionaries were known
to have been killed or
injured. At Simla, Lady
Curzon, wife of the
Viceroy, had a close
escape from death when a
chimney crashed into the
room in which she was
sleeping.
4-April-1910
Sri Aurobindo left politics
and reached Pondicherry,
where he made the seat of
Yoga.
4-April-1912
Dhundiraj Gopal Sapre,
Sahityaratna and Sanskrit
litterateur, was born.
4-April-1926
Martial law is declared in
Calcutta as rioting
continues.
4-April-1932
Rameshchandra Gangaram
Nadkarni alias ""Bapu
Nadkarni"", cricketer
(economical Indian slow
left-armer 1956-68), was
born in Nasik, Maharash
4-April-1938
A. M. Chakrabarty was
born in Sainthia at West
Bengal. He found that
under the optimum
conditions of time,
temperature and nutrients
the Hydrocarbon-eating
""qualities'' of four diffrent
strains of bacteria could
be transferred into one.
He also showed that this
super-strain of bacteria
reproduces itself.
4-April-1942
Japanese Navy destroyed 3
British battleship to sink
in the Bay of Bengal
during the Second World
War.
4-April-1947
San Francisco's Henry
Grady chosen the first
U.S. ambassador to India.
4-April-1951
West Germany establishes
full diplomatic relations
with India.
4-April-1971
Pakistan reports seizure of
nine Indian army vehicles.
4-April-1984
Squadron Leader Rakesh
Sharma was the first
Indian Astronaut to go in
space from Baikanaur
aboard Soviet Space Craft
'Soyuz 11' and revolved
around the earth.
4-April-1987
Agney, famous Hindi
litterateur and Gyanpeeth
Award winning poet,
passed away.
4-April-1990
Hindi film 'Bagh Bahadur'
received the best feature
film award of 1989.
4-April-1990
Lata Mangeshkar wins
1989 Dada Saheb Phalke
award.
4-April-1990
MI-4 was re-equipped with
the mighty Mi-35, thus
becoming a dedicated
Attack Helicopter unit of
the IAF.
4-April-1991
Gujarat CM Chimanbhai
Patel JD (Gujarat)-to
contest the elections with
poll understanding with
Congress (I).
4-April-1994
Ravi Naik, Goa CM,
resigns.
4-April-1996
Supreme Court rules that
political parties without
audited accounts cannot
take advantage of an
election law that exempts
tax expenditure on
candidates.
4-April-1997
World Bank Atlas for 1997
put India as world's fifth
largest economy in terms
of purchasing power parity
estimated around $1318
trillion.
4-April-1998
G. Sarala Devi, 62, CPI
leader and general
secretary of the National
Federation of Indian
Women, passed away in
Hyderabad.
4-April-1999
India routed China 5-0 in
the Davis Cup Asia
Oceania Group I second
round play-off in Calcutta.
4-April-2000
A. B. Vajpayee, Prime
Minister, inaugurates
Samvidhan.com, a website
about the Constitution.
The site is a part of the
Hindi portal,
Webdunia.com.