This Day in "History"

[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History
Events for April 15
15-April-1658
Raja Jaswant Singh was
defeated at Dharmat. He
was sent by Shahjahan
and Dara Shukoh to resist
Aurangzeb's advance
towards Agra.
15-April-1794
Moropant Paradkar, great
poet of Marathi in Peshwa
kingdom, passed away.
15-April-1874
Tryambak Sitaram
Karkhanis, founder of
`Maharashtra Natak
Mandali', was born.
15-April-1883
Narhar Raghunath Phatak,
famous journalist and
historian, was born.
15-April-1890
Gaganvihari Lalubhai
Mehta, famous Indian
economist, politician and
journalist, was born.
15-April-1895
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
inagurated the Shivaji
Mahotsav at Raigad Fort.
15-April-1901
Balakrishna Janardan
Mohoni, cricket Test
Umpire for 11 Tests from
1948-57, was born in
Maharashtra.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

Balakrishna Janardan
Mohoni, cricket Test
Umpire for 11 Tests from
1948-57, was born in
Maharashtra.
15-April-1919
Arjan Singh, Air Chief
Marshal and Padma
Vibhushan, DFC, was born
in Lyalpur.
15-April-1919
British troops kill 400
Indians, who were
demonstrating against the
British rule at Amritsar
for the forced marshall
law on Punjab.
15-April-1926
Gurvel Singh Pannu,
famous Hindi writer, was
born in Lauhka, Punjab.
15-April-1927
Abha Gandhi, servant to
Gandhi, was born.
15-April-1932
Suresh Shridhar Bhat,
famous poet, was born.
15-April-1938
Madhurima. Ch,
educationist and artist,
was born in Begusarai,
Bihar .
15-April-1942
George VI awards the
George Cross to the
people of Malta.
15-April-1946
The Kangla Tongbi war
memorial built for 221
members Advance Base
Depot, who laid down
their lives to repulse
several waves of Japanese
attacks, was erected near
a village named Kangla
Tongbi at Mile 8 on the
Imphal - Dimapur road. It
was originally erected
from local stone and the
main epitaph displayed
above is of black Naga
stone.
15-April-1946
Triumphant over flesh
and pain they passed
away our day of peace to
Cain. The original
memorial was erected
from local stone and the
main epitaph displayed
above is of black Naga
stone.
15-April-1947
The new Indian
Parliament appeals for
non-violence.
15-April-1947
Issues with Jinnah a joint
appeal for communal
peace.
15-April-1948
Indian territory of
Himachal Pradesh was
created by the merger of
some 30 small ruling
states.
15-April-1948
Purushottamdas Tandon
was honoured with the
title of 'Rajashri' at a
huge rally by Devaraha
Baba. He was awarded
the Prestigious 'Bharat
Ratna' award.
15-April-1950
Acharya Vinoba Bhave
requested to the villagers
of Panchampalli
Telangana, Andhra
Pradesh to give 80 acres
of land, and with this he
had started his 'Bhudan
Andolan'.
15-April-1956
A combined army and
police action against well
armed Naga rebels.
15-April-1962
S. S. Khera was appointed
as the Cabinet Secretary
of India. He held this
office till 18-11-1964
15-April-1963
Manoj Prabhakar, cricketer
(Indian opening batsman
& opening bowler), was
born in Ghaziabad.
15-April-1975
India recognises the
Sihanouk Government in
Cambodia.
15-April-1975
Janata Party's `People's
March' to Parliament.
15-April-1976
India announces it will
send an envoy to Peking,
first time in 15 years.
15-April-1980
Six more private sector
banks nationalized.
15-April-1984
Extremist Sikhs plunder
40 stations in Punjab,
India.
15-April-1992
Union Carbide decides to
sell its holdings in India
to raise upto $ 17 million
for a hospital in Bhopal.
15-April-1992
D. T. Lakdawala, former
member of Planning
Commission, passed away.
15-April-1994
India signed `GAT'
agreement.
15-April-1996
Shyam Benegal's film 'The
Making of a Mahatma'
released in S. Africa
15-April-1997
Interest rate on domestic
term deposits brought
down from 10 to nine per
cent by RBI.
15-April-1998
Punjab men and Railways
women emerge champions
in the National Volleyball
League in Patna.
15-April-2000
Baichung Bhutia became
the first Asian-player to
score a goal in the
professional English
game.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History
Events for April 16
16-April-1801
Warrior Vithoji Holkar of
Peshwa kingdom was
assassinated.
16-April-1848
Kandukuri Veeresalingam,
Telegu author and social
reformer, was born in
Andhra Pradesh.
16-April-1852
The first railway on Indian
sub-continent ran over a
stretch of 21 miles from
Bombay to Thane. In the
inauguration ceremony, 14
railway carriages carrying
about 400 guests left Bori
Bunder (presently C.S.T.) at
3.30 pm, amidst the loud
applause of a vast
multitude and to the salute
of 21 guns.
16-April-1853
The first Railway Train on
Indian sub-continent ran
over a streach of 21 miles
i.e. 35 kms from Bombay to
Thane. In the inauguration
ceremony, 14 railway
carriages carrying about
400 guests left Bori Bunder
(presently C.S.T.) at 3.30
pm, amidst the loud
applause of a vast
multitude and to the salute
of 21 guns.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

16-April-1903
Kalka-Simla Railway line
section was opened for
public conveyance.
16-April-1918
Lalita Pawar, famous actress
of Indian film industry, was
born.
16-April-1918
Spike Milligan, famous
actor and comedian (Digby,
3 Musketeers), was born in
India.
16-April-1930
Baba Kanshi Ram, freedom
fighter and social reformer,
was arrested by British
police.
16-April-1930
Rioting continues in India
as British police fire on
mob of 10,000.
16-April-1934
Ram Damodar Naik was
born in Sangli
(Maharashtra).
16-April-1958
Raghuram Adwai Bhat,
great Indian left-arm
spinner 1983-84, was born
at Mangalore.
16-April-1959
Raurkela Iron Project's first
furnace started functioning.
16-April-1962
Third Lok Sabha
constituted after the third
general election in India. J.
L. Nehru forms the third
Congress ministry.
16-April-1963
Gopal Singh Nepali, famous
poet, passed away.
16-April-1966
Nandlal Bose, who
established modern
painting in Bengal, passed
away.
16-April-1974
Dr. Sarvapalli
Radhanakrishnan, former
President of India,
Philosophist and
litterateur, passed away.
16-April-1976
The govt. announces its
new birth-control program
to curb population growth.
16-April-1980
Delhi beat Bombay by 240
runs to win Ranji Trophy
final.
16-April-1991
President's rule imposed in
Haryana.
16-April-1992
Arjun Singh, Pawar, Antony
win CWC polls.
16-April-1992
The PM gives a new slogan
to the nation, 'Desh banao,
desh bachao'.
16-April-1993
The Supreme Court stays
the operation of M.P. High
Court's order quashing
President's rule in the
state.
16-April-1996
Narasimha Rao, PM, visits
Kerala (2 days).
16-April-1997
Govt. orders foreign and
domestic airlines to install
air safety systems by the
end of 1998. Aircraft with
more than 30 seats that do
not have Airborne Collision
Avoidance System and
transponders not to be
allowed into Indian airpace
from 1/1/99.
16-April-1997
Anupama Gokhale wins
National women's `A' chess
in Calcutta.
16-April-1997
G. Kishenchand, former
Indian Test cricketer, died.
16-April-2000
India wins the second leg
of the pre-olympic hockey
tournament at Perth.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History
Events for April 17
17-April-1479
Acharya Surdasji, famous
poet in Hindi and great
devotee of Lord Krishna,
was born.
17-April-1675
Chhatrapati Shivaji
Maharaj attacked the
Fonda fort and won
Karwar.
17-April-1799
Srirangapatnam was
surrounded by British
Army in the fourth and
last Mysore war which
began in 1798. Tipu
Sultan' was killed in the
battle on 4th May. The
East India Company
announced the
Seringapatanam Medal
(1799).
17-April-1904
Naoomal Jeoomal Makhija,
cricketer, pioneer Indian
Test opening batsman,
Right Arm Bowler and
played 3 matches, was
born at Karachi.
17-April-1917
V.Sp. Manickam, famous
Hndi writer, was born at
Melasivapuri (Pudukkottai)
.
17-April-1923
Lindsay Anderson, director
(Thursday's Children), was
born in Bangalore, India.
17-April-1926
Chandrashekhar, eighth
Prime Minister of India,
was born.
17-April-1941
Office of Price
Administration was formed
which handled the
rationing of essential
commodities.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

17-April-1945
Gandhiji, in a statement
regarding the ensuing San
Francisco Conference, says
that 'peace is impossible
without equality and
freedom of India'. Also
demands a just peace for
Germany and Japan.
17-April-1946
Shri Valangaiman
Sankaranarayana Srinivasa
Shastri, greatest social
reformer, freedom fighter,
educationist, politician,
master, scholar of Sanskrit
and President of India,
passed away.
17-April-1946
Bellary Raghava, famous
actor, social worker, lawyer
and dramatist, passed
away.
17-April-1952
First Lok Sabha was
formed. Ananthasaynam
Ayyangar, was elected as
the first Deputy speaker of
Lok Sabha (1952).
17-April-1975
Dr. Sarvapalli
Radhakrishnan, India's
second president, died at
Madras.
17-April-1977
Swatantra Party was
merged in Janata Party.
17-April-1983
Rohini (RS-D2), placed in
orbit, was used for
conducting some remote
sensing technology studies
using a landmark sensor
payload. Launched by the
second developmental
launch of SLV-3.
17-April-1990
Gas explodes on
passenger train in
Kumrahar, India killing 80
people.
17-April-1990
Dinkar Gangadhar Kelkar,
famous Director of Raja
Kelkar Museum, passed
away.
17-April-1996
Sheila Kaul, H.P. Governor,
indicted in house
allotment scandal, should
be removed from her post,
says Supreme Court.
17-April-1996
Indian Railways bars AIDS
patients from using trains.
17-April-1997
Biju Patnaik, 81, Janata
Dal leader and important
personality in Orissa
politics, died.
17-April-1998
BJP Prof. Chaman Lal
Gupta retains his Lok
Sabha seat in the
Udhampur-Doda-Kathna
constituency defeating
National Conference's
Rajinder Kumar Chib by
over 50,000 votes.
17-April-1999
The Vajpayee Government
resigns after it loses the
confidence vote in the Lok
Sabha by one vote - 269 to
270.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History
Events for April 18
18-April-1336
The famous Vijaynagar
Hindu Empire established
(1336-1565-1646), Deccan
region of South India is
founded. European visitors
are overwhelmed by the
wealth and advancement of
its 17-square-mile capital.
18-April-1612
Marriage of Shahjahan and
Mumtaj Mahal.
18-April-1612
Khurram prince was
married to Arjumand Banu
Begum.
18-April-1858
Bharatratna Dhondo Keshav
Karve, great educationalist
and social reformer, was
born.
18-April-1859
Tatya Tope (his original
name was Ramchandra
Raghunath Tope) a leader
of Sepoy Mutiny, was
captured in April,
courtmarshalled and
hanged at Sivpuri for 1857
Indian Mutiny.
18-April-1898
Damodar Hari Chapekar,
India's first revolutionary,
was hanged in the Yervada
Central Jail. He was
punished for killing the
Rand and Ayrest British
Officials.
18-April-1904
Ramnath Goenka, president
and founder of Indian
Express Group, was born.
18-April-1914
Cottari Subbanna Nayudu,
cricketer (brother of C K, 11
Tests as leggie), was born
in Nagpur.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

18-April-1914
Jamshedji R. Patel, cricket
Test Umpire for 9 tests
from 1948-59, was born in
Mumbai.
18-April-1916
Iyyer G. Subramaniam,
Congress leader, passed
away.
18-April-1917
Gandhi saw one of his
testing grounds of
Satyagraha in Champaran.
He defied section 144 of
Criminal Act.
18-April-1918
Amboo alias Lalita Pawar
was born in Indore. She
will be always remembered
as the a leading film
actress and character
artist. Her first film was
'Ganimi Kawa' (1928). Some
of the other films of silent
era are Shri Balaji,
Bhimsen, Champion of the
Sward, Chatur Sunderi,
Goodbye Marriage, Flaming
Soul, Kailash.
18-April-1926
Padmakar Ganesh Chitle,
famous Marathi novelist,
was born.
18-April-1930
Surya Sen alias Masterda
attacked on Armoury of
Chittagong with 62 men of
the Indian Republican
Army.
18-April-1931
Lord Willingdon took over
as the Viceroy of India.
18-April-1956
India, Indonesia, Burma,
Ceylon and Pakistan meet
in New Delhi to reaffirm
their faith in Bandung
Principles.
18-April-1959
India, Pakistan sign one-
year pact on Indus River
irrigation.
18-April-1959
Premier Chou En-lai insists
Tibetan Dalai Lama was
abducted to India.
18-April-1961
Pamella Bordes,
photographer and model,
was born in New Dehli,
India.
18-April-1966
Kuwalyanand Swami
(Jagannath Ganesh Gune),
great Physical Training and
Yoga expert, passed away.
18-April-1970
Dr. Dharmendra of the
Indian Council of Medical
Research awarded the
Damien-Duttan Award for
outstanding work in
leprosy.
18-April-1971
Air India's first Jumbo Jet
Plane passenger Boeing
747 named 'Emperor
Samrat Ashok' was landed
on Santacruz Airport at
Bombay.
18-April-1971
Gavaskar makes 220 in
second innings vs West
Indies after 124 in first.
18-April-1978
Sardar Sobha Singh,
famous builder of modern
New Delhi, passed away at
the age of 90.
18-April-1991
Kerala declared the first
fully literate state in the
country.
18-April-1992
Russia suspends transfer of
rocket technology to India.
18-April-1993
BJP issues white paper on
Ayodhya.
18-April-1998
Dr. A. R. Kidwai is
appointed Governor of
West Bengal.
18-April-2000
The Board of Control for
Cricket in India adopts a
six-point code of conduct
for the players.
18-April-2000
A. B. Vajpayee, Prime
Minister, constitutes a
Group of Ministers to
review the national security
system in its entirety in
the light of the
recommendations of the
Kargil review committee.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History
Events for April 19
19-April-1451
Buhlul Khan Lodi, an
Afghan of Lodi tribe,
marched down upon
Delhi.
19-April-1910
Anant Laxman Kanhere,
revolutionary, was
hanged.
19-April-1950
Shyama Prasad Mukherji
resigned. He was the first
Minister of Central
Cabinet.
19-April-1960
Meeting of Afro-Asian
Conference at New Delhi.
19-April-1975
First Indian Satellite
''Aryabhata'' launched.
The Satellite provided
technological experience
in building and operating
a satellite system. It was
launched by Russian
launch vehicle
Intercosmos.
19-April-1976
Maharshi Dayanand
University established in
Haryana.
19-April-1976
Indira Gandhi proposes a
resumption of ties with
Pakistan in New Delhi.
19-April-1981
Indira Gandhi,Prime
Minister, inaugurated
`Maharashtra
Vidhanbhavan'.
19-April-1993
Sanjay Dutt, film star, was
held under TADA for
possessing an AK-56 rifle.
19-April-1994
Rajindersing Sparo, first
awardee of `Mahavir
Chakra' and former Chief
Minister of Punjab Major
General, passed away.
19-April-1995
Gopala Ramanujam,Goa
Governor, takes up
additional charge of
Kerala.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

19-April-1995
Rajendra Kumari Bajpai
appointed the Lt.
Governor of Pondichery.
19-April-1996
AIDS deleted from the list
of contagious diseases in
the Railway Act of 1989.
19-April-1997
I.K. Gujral, External
Affairs Minister, chosen
leader of United Front in
place of Deve Gowda.
19-April-1998
Kottayam in Kerala
becomes the first district
in India to complete
computerisation of the
talluk offices connecting
them with the district
headquarters.
19-April-1998
Jayalalitha, AIADMK
leader, demands that all
''tainted leaders'' be
dropped by the Vajpayee
Government or that
Sedapatti R. Muthiah be
taken back.