This Day in "History"

[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History
Events for April 5
5-April-1581
Mahmud Gawan was
appointed as Prime
Minister, an office which
he held till his execution.
5-April-1614
Indian princess Pocahontas
marries English colonist
John Rolfe.
5-April-1663
Chhatrapati Shivaji
Maharaj attacked
Shahistekhan at Pune.
5-April-1848
Satara kingdom came to
end.
5-April-1908
Babu Jagjivan Ram, valiant
freedom fighter, was born
in Chandwa village in
Bhojpur, Bihar. He held
many prominent
ministerial portfolios such
as Communications
Minister (1952-56), Railway
Minister (1956-62), Food
and Agriculture Minister
(1967-70) and Defence
Minister (1970-74). After
1977, he became the
Deputy Prime Minister
(Defence) in Janta regime.
Thereafter, he established
Congress (J). His
uninterrupted
representation in the
Parliament from 1936 to
1986 is a world record.
This day is commemorated
as ""Samta Diwas"
5-April-1919
India's first modern
shipping company Scindia
Steam Navigation's first
ship 'Liberty' started its
journey. The weight of the
ship was 5,940 tonnes.
5-April-1922
Pandita Ramabai, social
worker and philosophist,
passed away.
5-April-1930
Mahatma Gandhi reached
Dandi, a small costal
village in Gujarat, after
travelling 385 kms with 78
followers to break the
recently imposed ""Salt
Law"". This event is known
as 'Dandi March' and was
started from Sabarmati
Ashram near Ahmeda
5-April-1938
Anil Rakeshi, great poet,
Hindi writer and critic, was
born at Nahan (H.P.).
5-April-1940
Charles Freer Andrews, a
Christian Missionary, died
in Calcutta. He is also
referred as "Deenabandhu
Andrews"
5-April-1944
221 Advance Base Depots
laid down their lives to
repulse several waves of
Japanese attacks and
succeeded in safe
evacuation of Ordnance
stores to an alternate site.
5-April-1949
Indian Boy Scout and Girl
Guide were established
and renamed as Bharat
Scouts and Guides.
5-April-1950
Spurred by recent clashes
in East and West Bengal
between Muslims and
Hindus, Indian Prime
Minister Jawaharlal Nehru
and his Pakistani
couterpart Ali Khan today
reached agreement on a
""Bill of Rights for
Minorities"". This bill
included a provision for
""drumhead justice,"" or
summary justice to persons
convicted of violating
minority
5-April-1957
The first Communist
ministry in a state was
installed in Kerala.
5-April-1961
Indian Drugs and
Pharmaceuticals Limited
was established in New
Delhi by Indian
Government for allopathic
drugs.
5-April-1979
First Naval Museum of
India established in
Bombay.
5-April-1984
Rakesh Sharma,Squadron
leader, becomes India's
first spaceman when he is
launched aboard Soyuz
T-11 of Soviet Union.
5-April-1987
The centenary of Bombay
Fire Brigade was
celebrated. (CIVIC).
5-April-1989
Pannalal Patel, great
Gujrati litterateur, died.
5-April-1990
Mrs.Sheela Flather, an
Indian national, becomes
the first Asian to be
nominated to the House of
Lords.
5-April-1990
Lok Sabha passes the
Punjab Bill.
5-April-1991
Kerala Assembly dissolved
paving way for elections.
5-April-1993
K. Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy,
Andhra Pradesh's CM,
defeats TDP's Renuka
Chowdhary by 31,611 votes
in the Panyam Assembly
election.
5-April-1993
G. V. Iyer's Sanskrit film
'Bhagavad Geeta was
adjudged the best film at
the National Film Awards.
5-April-1993
The Left and Democratic
Front earns two third
majority at the Tripura
Assembly elections.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History
Events for April 7
7-April-1506
Saint Francis Xavier,
Jesuit priest, Spanish
missionary teaching in
India and Japan, was
born in the Spanish
kingdom of Navarre.
7-April-1541
Father Francis Xavier,
Spanish founder of the
Jesuits, 35, and three
friends set sail from
Lisbon, Portugal for Goa.
They became the first
Roman Catholic
missionaries to travel to
India.
7-April-1818
British Government
imposed 'State Prisoners
Regulation III -1818' for
detention and deportion
of political prisoners and
revolutionaries without
any trial. This black act
was in force till 1947
when India got
independence.
7-April-1920
Ravi Shankar
Bhattacharya, renowned
Sitar player (Sounds of
India), was born in
Banaras, India.
7-April-1929
England's Imperial
Airways had extended its
flight to London-Karachi
instead of London-Kahira.
It was the first
commercial air service in
undivided India.
7-April-1934
Mahatma Gandhi
suspended his campaign
of civil disobedience in
India.
7-April-1935
Shankar Abaji Bhise,
famous Indian scientist,
died.
7-April-1938
Kashiram Chhabildas
Rana was born in Surat
(Gujarat).
7-April-1942
Anandshankar Bapubhai
Dhruv, famous Gujarati
expert, Sanskrit Pandit
and editor of a monthly
magzine, died.
7-April-1962
Umrigar slams 172* vs WI
at Port-of-Spain in 248
minutes.
7-April-1986
Charles Sobhraj and his
associate David Hall were
nabbed at Mapusa in
Goa.
7-April-1987
In a case filed by Saira
Banu of Kerela, Supreme
Court held that all wives,
including Muslim women,
whose husbands have
either married again or
taken a mistress are
entitled to maintenance.
7-April-1993
Narsimha Rao,PM, arrives
in Bangkok on a three-day
visit to Thailand.
7-April-1997
Bangladesh, India, Nepal
and Bhutan finalise
preparations for a new
trade bloc called 'Growth
Quadrangle'.
7-April-1997
NAM foreign ministers
two-day conference
begins in New Delhi.
7-April-1998
Soli Sorabjee is appointed
Attorney-General of India.
7-April-2000
The Delhi police unearth
a multicrore cricket
betting and match- fixing
racket involving five South
African cricketers,
including the captain
Hansie Cronje. A Delhi-
based Indian operator
Rajesh Kalra put behind
bars.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History
Events for April 8
8-April-1674
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
honoured Hansaji Mohite with
the degree of 'Hambirrao' and
appointed him as Chief
General of his Army.
8-April-1759
British troops chase French
out of Masulipatam, India.
8-April-1774
Narayan Rao's posthumous
son Madhav Rao was seen as
a challenge to Raghunath Rao
only when he was 10 days old.
8-April-1831
Ram Mohan Roy landed in
England.
8-April-1835
Raja Ram Mohan Roy reached
England.
8-April-1857
Mangal Pandey, the first
revolutionary of Indian mutiny
and freedom fighter, was
hanged till death at
Barrackpore. He struck the
first bullet during the time of
mutiny against the British
Empire.
8-April-1887
Ramnarayan Vishwanath
Pathak, famous Gujrati
litterateur critic, poet and
story writer, was born.
8-April-1894
Lifetime of Swami
Chandrashekarendra
(1894-1994), venerated
Shankaracharya saint of
Kanchi monastery in South
India.
8-April-1894
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee,
famous novelist and writer of
national song 'Vande
Mataram', died at the age of
55. Some of his writings are
'Anandmath' and 'Kapal
Kundala'.
8-April-1897
Henrich Von Stephan, famous
General Postal Union and
freedom fighter, passed away.
8-April-1919
Gandhiji arrested on way to
Delhi for refusal to comply
with order not to enter
Punjab; escorted back to
Bombay; outbreaks of violence
in several towns.
8-April-1923
Plague in India killed 1,000 in
past week.
8-April-1925
Kumar Gandharva (Shivputra
Siddharamaiya Komkali),
famous music director and
singer, was born.
8-April-1929
Bhagat Singh and
Batukeshwar Dutt threw two
bombs on the Assembly Hall.
8-April-1937
R. Gundurao, former Chief
Minister of Karnataka and
senior leader of Indira
Congress, was born.
8-April-1946
HMS Vengeance, sailed with
22 aircraft of No. 4 Sqn,
halted at Singapore for re-
fueling and set course for
Iwakuni, a port of Kyushu
island.
8-April-1950
Nehru and Ali Khan sign the
Indo-Pakistani Pact.
8-April-1953
Walchand Hirachand, great
Industrialist, passed away.
8-April-1973
India takes control over
Sikkim after anti-government
riots.
8-April-1985
India files suit against Union
Carbide in New York for
Bhopal gas disaster.
8-April-1991
Prafulla Kumar
Mahanta,Assam CM, steps
down as party chief.
8-April-1992
Congress (I) government led
by Rajkumar Dorendra Singh
sworn in in Manipur.
8-April-1993
CBI extensively raided VHP
offices; BJP MP Brijbhushan
Saren Singh among five
arrested.
8-April-1993
Dasarath Deb, veteran tribal
leader, elected leader of the
Left and Democratic Front
legislature party in Tripura.
8-April-1994
Dr. Wilfred D'Souza re-
installed as Goa CM.
8-April-1997
Delhi High Court quashes
charges of corruption and
criminal conspiracy against
L.K. Advani (BJP President),
and former Union Minister
V.C. Shukla in the Jain hawala
case.
8-April-1997
India creates history by
entering the semi-finals of the
12th Jawaharlal Nehru Gold
Cup international football
series for the first time after
holding Ghana 2-2 at Kochi.
8-April-1998
India enters into a historical
partnership with France with
the formal launch of a joint
programme for restoring and
protecting the Taj Mahal.
8-April-1998
Prem Singh Lalpura, who
defied the Akali Dal
leadership, not taking oath as
a Lok Sabha member on
denial of a ministerial berth,
is expelled by the party.
8-April-1998
Sedapatti R. Muthiah resigns
as the Union Surface
Transport Minister at the
behest of his party supremo
Jayalalitha. He is involved in
court cases.
8-April-2000
Air India wins the Rani of
Jhansi women's cricket
tournament in Chennai.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History
Events for April 9
9-April-1669
Aurangzeb issued a
general order all the
schools and temples of
the infidels.
9-April-1695
Waman Pandit, famous
pandit poet, took
samadhee at Bhogav.
9-April-1756
Ali Bardi Khan of Bengal
passed away in
Murshidabad. His
youngest daughter's son
Siraj-ud-Daulah was
crowned as King of Bengal
when he was merely 20
years old after the death
of King Tartar.
9-April-1783
Tipu Sultan drives out
English from Bednoor,
India.
9-April-1893
Maha Pandit Rahul
Sanskrityayan, politician,
professor and Hindi
writer, was born at
Pandaha, Azamgarh.
9-April-1936
SikhdevSingh RattanSingh
Dhindsa was born in
Ubhawal village, Distt.
Sangrur (Punjab).
9-April-1954
India reports only 43\% of
population speaks 15
recognized languages,
noting 720 dialects, 23
tribal tongues.
9-April-1965
Fighting breaks out in the
Rann of Kutch between
Indian and Pakistani
troops. Pakistan attacked
Indian borders, Sardar
Post, Chhar Bet and Beria
Bet, this was manned by
the State Armed Police
Batallions. In Kutch
launched its 8th Infantry
Division supported by two
regiments of M47/48
Pattons. Operation 'Desert
Hawk' was launched to
draw away reserves from
other vulnerable areas,
and possibly to test
India's resolve. The
Indian Army did not rise
to the bait.
9-April-1965
After Indo-Pak conflict of
1965, the Raksha Medal,
Samar Seva Star and some
others were introduced.
9-April-1974
India, Pakistan,
Bangladesh reach pact to
exchange prisoners of
1971 war in New Delhi.
9-April-1984
Captain H.J. Singh of
Indian Army crossed the
Banihal Darsh with the
help of Hand Glider and
set a new record.
9-April-1986
First University in India
devoted to hygiene
established at Vijaywada.
9-April-1991
Rajendra Mathur, editor
of Hindi daily newspaper
'Navbharat Times', passed
away.
9-April-1993
Lt. Gen. B.C. Joshi to be
the next army chief.
9-April-1994
C. Rajeshwara Rao, 80,
former General Secretary
of Communist Party of
India, passed away in
Hyderabad.
9-April-1997
Mumbai regains Ranji
Trophy in Gwalior.
9-April-1999
K. Sasikiran won the
National 'A' chess title
with a round to spare in
Nagpur.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History
Events for April 10
10-April-1317
Saint Gora Kumbhar passed
away. (Samadhee)
10-April-1760
Gerard George Clifford,
head of East-Indian
Company, passed away at
the age of 75.
10-April-1875
Swami Dayanand Saraswati
established the Arya Samaj
at Bombay and in 1877 in
Lahore.
10-April-1880
C.Y. Chintamani, renowned
journalist, was born.
10-April-1901
Amiya Chakravarty,
educationist, was born at
Serampore in West Bengal.
10-April-1919
Miss Mercia Sherwood, an
English teacher, was
assaulted by a mob in
Amritsar. Brig. General.
R.E.H. Dyer had given
instructions to beat her.
10-April-1930
Police raid the
headquarters of the Indian
National Congress, Bombay.
10-April-1931
Balasaheb Vikhe Patil, who
worked in the region of
Sahkar and Education, was
born.
10-April-1935
Vasudevaru Kesavaru (K.V.
Manalikkera), famous writer
and poet, was born at
Madras.
10-April-1937
Shridhar Vyanktesh Ketkar,
creator of Maharashtra
Gyankosh and Sociologist,
passed away.
10-April-1955
India and Vietnam affirm
the Panchsheel.
10-April-1982
Mahatma Gandhi Road
Bridge at Patna started by
Indira Gandhi.
10-April-1982
Indian National Satellite
(INSAT-1A) launched. First
operational multi-purpose
communication and
meteorology satellite
procured from USA. (Cape
Canaveral)
10-April-1993
Student hijackers of IA
plane overpowered in
Lucknow.
10-April-1995
Morarji Ranchhodji Desai,
first non-Congress Prime
Minister of India (1977-79)
and Chief Minister of
Bombay, passed away at
the age of 99. He was
awarded with Bharat Ratna.
10-April-1996
Delhi High Court bans the
import of toxic waste in
India.
10-April-1996
The marketing of Salman
Rushdie's novel 'The Moor's
Last Sigh' in India was
cleared by the Central govt.
10-April-1997
Announcement of UP's 70th
new district to be re-named
after Jyotiba Phule.
10-April-1997
Kerala becomes the first
state to have public
telephones in all its
villages, accessible over
STD/ISD from any part of
the world.
10-April-1997
Bill Gates, Chairman and
CEO of Microsoft, announces
Rs. 2.5 crore aid to
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's
Gandhi Institute of
Computer Education and
Information Technology,
Mumbai.
10-April-1999
Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
(87), patriarch of Malayalam
fiction, died at his ancestral
village at Sankaramangalam
in Thakazhi village.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History
Events for April 11
11-April-1290
Mu'izzu'd-din Kaiqubad was
killed in his bed. He was proved
to be an inefficient ruler.
11-April-1856
Lievens Constantly, Flemish
missionary in India, was born.
11-April-1887
Jamini Roy, famous artist, was
born.
11-April-1906
K.V. Jagannathan, great Hindi
writer and journalist, was born at
Krishnarayapuram,Tamil Nadu.
11-April-1913
Iron ropes bridge known as
'Laxman Jhula' was constructed
over Ganga at Hrishikesh .
11-April-1930
Pandit Motilal Nehru renamed
'Anand Bhuvan' as 'Swaraj
Bhawan' and handed it over to
the people.
11-April-1931
Mahendranath Yeshwant Gupte,
cricket test umpire for 1 test in
1984-85, was born at Mumbai.
11-April-1937
Ramnath Krishnan, well known
Indian Tennis player, was born.
11-April-1942
All-India Congress party rejects
British offer of dominion status at
New Delhi.
11-April-1952
Treaty between France and India,
transferring the former French
settlement of Chandranagar to
India, is ratified by the National
Assembly, Paris. It was the last
formal step in completing the
process of sovereignty.
11-April-1964
Communist Party of India was
divided in two parts. Firstly
known as Communist Party of
India [CPI], its second
fragmentation was named as
Communist Party of India
(Marxist) [CPI(M)]. This division
was on ideological differences at
the international level.
11-April-1984
Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth which
carried 3 cosmonauts including
the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh
Sharma, to Salyut 7.
11-April-1992
Marathi cinema's Bhaichandra
Govind Pendharkar gets Phalke
Award.
11-April-1992
Dr. M.M.Thomas, Nagaland
Governor, removed from office.
11-April-1993
Tamil Nadu and Karnataka decide
to form a joint task force to nab
Veerappan and announces a
reward of Rs. 40 lakh for his
capture.
11-April-1993
Laxmanrao Madhav Bhide, senior
freedom fighter and history
expert, passed away.
11-April-1997
10-month-old Deve Gowde govt.
at the centre voted out of power.
292 voting against the motion of
confidence in Lok Sabha, 158 for
it, 6 abstaining.
11-April-1999
The DRDO has successfully flight
tested AGNI-11 with a range of
2000 km, using solid propellant
rocket motors in both stages and
rail mobile launcher system from
its new launch complex in the
Orissa Coast. With this launch
the country has reached the
point of operationalisation of
AGNI-11 as a weapon system.
(1-1-2000).
11-April-1999
A.K.A. Abdul Samad (72), general
secretary of IUML and State unit
president, died in Chennai.
11-April-1999
Chetan Baboor and Poulomi
Ghatak won the men's and
women's titles resp. in the India
Cup table tennis in Mumbai.
11-April-1999
India successfully test-fires the
extended range ''Agni-II'' missile,
bridging a key gap in its
minimum nuclear deterrent
profile.
11-April-1999
Paes-Bhupathi won the doubles
in the in the ATP-Gold Flake
Open in Chennai.
11-April-1999
Tamil Nadu men, Railways women
emerged National Volleyball
League champions in Triprayar.
11-April-2000
Ms. Jhumpa Lahiri, an author of
Indian origin, wins the Pulitzer
Prize for fiction for her debut
collection of short stories
'Interpreter of Maladies'.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History
Events for April 12
12-April-1621
Guru Teg Bahadur Singh,
Sikh Guru, was born.
12-April-1752
Agreement to save the
king between Shinde and
Holkar.
12-April-1799
The Church Missionary
Society was organized in
London under the original
name of the Society for
Missions in Africa and the
East. This Anglican
missions agency currently
works in fields located in
Africa, Ceylon, India,
Pakistan, Iran and
Palestine.
12-April-1801
William Carey fort was
appointed the Professor
of Bengali Language in
fort at William College,
Calcutta.
12-April-1801
Ranjit Singh proclaimed
himself Maharaja of
Punjab.
12-April-1871
Gangadhar Balkrishna
Deshpande, editor in
modern era and
dictionary creator, was
born.
12-April-1873
Kumaran Asan, famous
Malyalam poet and social
reformer, was born at
Kayikkara, Kerala.
12-April-1912
Kirpal Singh Narang,
social reformer and
educationist, was born at
Amritsar (Punjab).
12-April-1913
Gandhiji in Indian
Opinion draws attention
to new Immigration Bill's
failure to fulfil terms of
Provisional Settlement of
1911. Kasturba decides to
join Passive Resistance
struggle.
12-April-1917
Mulvantrai Himatlal
Mankad better known as
""Vinoo Mankad"",
cricketer (India's greatest
all-rounder to his time),
was born at Jamna
12-April-1936
Nehru urges Socialism for
India.
12-April-1942
Nehru pledges 'no
surrender' to the Axis
despite the rejection of
Britain's plans at New
Delhi.
12-April-1967
Judge Kailas Nath
Wanchoo became the
Chief Justice of India. He
helded this office till
24/02/1968.
12-April-1967
U. Thant,UN Secretary
General, receives the first
Nehru Award for
international
understanding.
12-April-1976
India set 403 to win
against the West Indies.
12-April-1978
After several state
victories, Congress party-I
(for Indira) is recognized
as official opposition.
12-April-1978
India's first double
decker train was started
between Victoria Terminus
(CST) and Pune which
beared the name as
""Janta Express"", which
is now known under the
name of Shivaji's fort as
""Singhgarh Expr
12-April-1983
Richard Attenborough's
'Gandhi' wins 8 Oscars.
12-April-1987
V. P. Singh resigns as
Defence Minister of India,
K. C. Pant appointed in
his place.
12-April-1991
Lok Sabha elections
announced for May 20, 23,
26; Punjab Assam, J&K
polls deferred.
12-April-1992
M. Basavapunniah (77)
,Communist leader,
passed away.
12-April-1992
The 350-tonne Buddha
statue salvaged from the
Hussain Sagar where it
had sunk in 1990.
12-April-1993
Indian ship MV Vishva-
Mohini sinks off Spain, 33
killed.
12-April-1997
Maharashtra assembly
adopts bill banning
interviews for admitting
students to pre-primary
schools.
12-April-2000
Ban on LTTE for two more
years from May 14, says
the Union Home Minister
L. K. Advani.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History
Events for April 13
13-April-1699
Khalsa Panth established.
13-April-1772
Warren Hastings, who
became the president of
their Bengal Council, was
appointed in the court of
Directors of the East
India Company.
13-April-1796
The first elephant was
brought to America from
Bengal, India.
13-April-1851
Ganga Ram, great social
reformer and an assistant
engineer in the Public
Works Department,
Punjab, was born at
Mangtanwala, now in
Pakistan.
13-April-1889
Balkrishna A. Pillai,
litterateur and journalist,
was born.
13-April-1890
Ramchandra Gopal Torne
(Dadasaheb), film director,
was born.
13-April-1919
Jallianwala Baug
massacre. The great
Indian tragedy occured in
Amritsar which claimed
389 lives and wounded
1,516 activitists fighting
for Indian independence.
Early in 1919, the Rowlatt
Act (Black Act) was
passed. This authorized
the Government to
imprison any person
without any trial and
conviction in a court of
law. This furious act was
under the guidence of
cruel Brigedier General R.
E. H. Dyer and his 50
men troop. Michael O'
Dwyer was then the
Governor of Punjab who
naturally defended the
action. This day is
observed as Jallianwala
Baug Day.
13-April-1940
Najma Heptulla, Vice
President of Rajya Sabha,
was born.
13-April-1947
Diplomatic relations
between India and Russia
established.
13-April-1948
Bhuvaneshwar became
the capital of Orissa.
13-April-1963
Babu Gulab Rai, famous
hindi critic, passed away.
13-April-1971
Carlton Chapman, Indian
Soccer(Football) player,
was born in Bangalore
,Karnataka
13-April-1972
Balraj Sahani, famous film
actor, passed away.
13-April-1982
Bindeshwari Prasad
Mandal passed away.
13-April-1982
Pandit Parmanand,
founder member of
`Gather Party', passed
away.
13-April-1984
India beat Pak by 58 runs
to win the first Cricket
Asia Cup in Sharjah.
13-April-1984
Kerala Government drops
Silent Valley Project and
declares the entire area a
national park.
13-April-1988
Mother Teresa asks
Margret Thatcher for help
to set up a hostel for
London's elderly homeless
in UK.
13-April-1989
Malayalam film 'Piravi'
directed by Shaji N.
Karun adjudged best
feature film of 1988.
13-April-1993
Bhupan Hazarika wins
Phalke Award for 1992.
13-April-1993
Lalitadevi Shastri passed
away.
13-April-1994
United Arab Emirates lost
to India in its first official
ODI.
13-April-1997
Anand wins Dos
Hermanas chess crown.
13-April-1997
Paes-Bhupathi corner
doubles glory in the Gold
Flake Open tennis in
Chennai.
13-April-1999
D. Sripada Rao, former
Speaker of the Andhra
Pradesh Assembly, is shot
dead by People's War
Group naxalites near
Annaram village in
Karimnagar district.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History
Events for April 14
14-April-1469
Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak
Dev, was born on Baisakhi
in a Khatri family in
Talwandi Rae Bhoe in
Pakistan, known as
Nankana Sahib. Guru
Nanak's birthday has
been traditionally
celebrated on Katik
Poornamashi. Althought
the correct birth date has
been established as
Vaisakh 1 (April 14), it will
continue to be celebrated
on Katik Poornamashi
until such time as it is
changed to Vaisakh 1.
(Most Sikhs in the present
day consider themselves
members of a separate
religion.).
14-April-1563
Guru Arjun Dev, Sikh
Guru, was born.
14-April-1659
Aurangzeb defeated his
brother Dara Shukoh to
capture the throne of
Delhi.
14-April-1772
Ahmadshah Abdali passed
away.
14-April-1891
Dr. Bhimrao Ramji
'Babasaheb' Ambedkar,
India's great social
reformer, politician,
author, architect, lawyer
and agitator, was born in
Maharashtra.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

14-April-1905
Earthquake at Kangra
region in Himachal.
14-April-1907
P. C. Joshi, famous Leftist
leader and thinker, was
born.
14-April-1914
Takli Shivshankar, famous
Malyalam novelist and
short story writer, was
born.
14-April-1916
Commandur
Rajagopalachari
Rangachari, cricketer
(India 1947-48), was born
at Mamandur, Tamil
Nadu.
14-April-1919
Gandhiji confesses at
Nadiad his ""Himalayan
miscalculation"" regarding
satyagraha martial law
declared in Pun
14-April-1925
Harisingh Gogumal
Kishanchand, cricketer (5
Tests for India 1947-52),
was born in Karachi.
14-April-1941
Julie Christie, actress (Dr
Zhivago), was born in
Assam, India.
14-April-1944
Blast in ammunition
loaded on 1,318 tonned
freighter 'S. S. Fort
Stikine' which was
anchored in Victoria Dock
at Bombay. The explosion
killed 1376 people,
wrecking 27 ships and
destroying 40,000 tons of
food.
14-April-1948
Law about Atomic Energy
implemented in India.
14-April-1950
Sri Raman Maharshi,
modern south Indian
saint, passed away .
14-April-1952
Three integrated Railway
Zones, Northern, North
Eastern and Eastern
inaugurated.
14-April-1962
Sir Mokshagundam
Vivesvaraya, father of
modern engineering,
passed away at the age of
102. He was receipent of
""Bharat Ratna"" Awar
14-April-1963
Maha Pandit Rahul
Sanskrityayan, great Hindi
writer, politician and
professor, passed away at
Darjeeling.
14-April-1979
Sanjiva Reddy,President,
flagged off the first
electric train in Madras.
14-April-1988
Ashok Kumar, actor,
recieved the Dada Saheb
Phalke Award.
14-April-1989
Ranjan Roy, captain of
Indian Navy, and his wife
Rupali Roy started off in a
Maruti car.
14-April-1990
J&K Assembly dissolved.
14-April-1990
L. P. Poarbosa sworn in as
CM of Goa.
14-April-1990
Over 90 persons killed in
an Airbus crash in
Bangalore.
14-April-1990
Veena Vidwan S.
Balachander passed away.
14-April-1991
NF promises 5-10\% jobs
to economically backward
sections among the upper
castes.
14-April-1992
The 79th Plenary session
of the Indian National
Congress opens in
Tirupati.
14-April-1993
The Cabinet Committee
approves delicensing of
car, refrigerator and
leather goods industries.
14-April-1995
India beats Sri Lanka to
win the Asia Cricket Cup
final in Sharjah.
14-April-1998
Kushabhau Thakre is
declared elected BJP
president.
14-April-2000
The AIADMK expels senior
leaders Sedapatti R.
Muthiah, S. Raghupathy
and Karuppusamy Pandian
for ''anti-party activities''.