This Day in "History"

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Today in Indian History

Events for May 29

29-May-1658
Dara Shukoh was utterly
defeated by Aurangzeb in
the battle of Samugarh
near Agra.

29-May-1906
Terence Hanbury White,
novelist (England Have My
Bones), was born in
Bombay.

29-May-1915
Sita Ram Surajmal Jajoo,
social reformer and
politician, was born at
Neemuch Cantt, M.P.

29-May-1933
Gandhi ends his 21-day
fast, his second for the
cause of the
'untouchables.'

29-May-1933
Kishorilal Goswami,
famous Hindi novelist,
passed away.

29-May-1936
Gandhi's eldest son
creates a controversy as
he converts to the Muslim
faith.

29-May-1947
Establishment of Indian
Standard Institution.

29-May-1952
The Socialist Party and
Krishak Mazdoor Praja
Party decide to form a
single parliamentary
party.

29-May-1953
Mount Everest conquered
by Edmund Hillary and
Tensing Norgay.

29-May-1953
Ranji Nanan, cricketer
(Trinidad off-spinner, 1
Test v Pakistan 1981), was
born.

 

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29-May-1957
Satish Kumar Sareen
graduated from the first
batch of the JSW and
went onto the AFFC for
flying training.

29-May-1965
Indian Everest team sets
a world record by
climbing the Everest for
the fourth time.

29-May-1967
First blowdown of the 4 ft
trisonic tunnel; the
tunnel with all auxiliary
facilities such as
compressor system,
electrical sub-station,
design office and model
fabrication shop is
formally set up and
commissioned by National
Aeronautical Laboratory.

29-May-1968
Dara Singh becomes the
world wrestling champion.

29-May-1972
Prithviraj Kapoor, famous
film actor, passed away.

29-May-1973
Jo Paul Ancheri, Indian
Soccer(Football) player,
was born in Trichur,
Kerala. He was recognised
as Indian Player of the
Year in 1994.

 

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29-May-1977
Dr. Suniti Kumar
Chatterji, president of
Sahitya Academy, National
Professor and eminent
linguist, passed away.

29-May-1979
Perminder Singh Sangha,
Soccer(Football) player,
was born in Oslo, Norway.
29-May-1982

Naval Academy at
Ezhimala, Kerala, was
approved by Union
Cabinet.

29-May-1987
Chaudhary Charan Singh,
former Prime Minister,
leader of farmers and
freedom fighter, passed
away at the age of 85 yrs.

29-May-1991
P.V. Narasimha Rao
elected President of
Congress (I).

29-May-1992
Agni-India's IRB missile
successfully test-fired
from Orissa coast for the
first time since May 22,
1989.

29-May-1993
Ramesh More, Shiv Sena
MLA, was murdered.

 

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Today in Indian History

Events for May 30

30-May-1826
The first Hindi newspaper
'Udant Martand' was
published from Calcutta
under the Editorship of
Pandit Shridhar Shukla.

30-May-1867
Maulana Mohammad
Kasim Nanantavi
established the famous
Islamic educational
centre 'Dar- Ul -Ulum' in
Devkampa, Uttar Pradesh.

30-May-1887
The 7th Battalion of the
Mechanised Infantry
Regiment was raised as 37
DOGRAS by Lt. Col V.
Rivas at Sialkot.

30-May-1895
Pandurang Sakharam
Pisurlekar, great historian
in Goa, was born.

30-May-1915
Krishen Behari Lall,
Indian Civil Service and
Diplomat, was born at
Delhi.

30-May-1919
Rabindranath Tagore
returned back the honour
as a protest against the
Jallianwala Bagh
massacre.

30-May-1950
Devdutta Ramkrishna
Bhandarkar, great
historian and
archaeologist, passed
away.

30-May-1952
S.C.Mathur was
appointed as the
Narcotics Commissioner of
India. He headed this
office till 01-07-1955.

 

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30-May-1955
Narayan Malhar Joshi,
father of Indian Worker's
Movement, passed away.

30-May-1962
69 killed in a bus crash
near Ahmedabad.

30-May-1977
Express Train fell into
Beki river in Assam killing
44 persons.

30-May-1985
Earthquake in Srinagar.

30-May-1987
Goa becomes the 25th
state of India.

30-May-1991
Uma Shankar Dixit (90)
passed away.

30-May-1995
Notification issued for the
constitution of Jharkhand
Autonomous District
Council.
30-May-1999
India rejects U.N. offer to
send a special envoy to
defuse Indo-Pak tensions.


Today in Indian History - Events for May 30

 

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Today in Indian History

Events for May 31

31-May-1756
Jose Cusodio Faria was
born in Candolim of Goa.
He was a revolutionary
scientist and also known as
Abbe Faria.

31-May-1818
Samachar Darpan, the first
vernacular newspaper, was
published in Bengali
language by Carey and
Marshman from
Serampore.

31-May-1891
Buddhagaya Mahabodhi
Society, an organization to
encourage Buddhist
studies in India and
abroad, was established by
a Buddhist monk Anagarika
Dharmapala.

31-May-1921
Suresh Hariprasad Joshi,
modern Gujarati poet,
story writer and critic, was
born.

31-May-1926
Probir ""Khokhan"" Sen,
cricket wicket-keeper (India
in late 40's/early 50's), was
b

31-May-1928
Pankaj Khirod Roy,
cricketer (Indian opener,
413 partnership w/Vinoo
Mankad), was born in
Calcutta. He was the
recipient of Padmashree
(1975).

31-May-1947
Gandhiji declares that
peace must precede
partition, and he would
not be party to India's
vivisection.

31-May-1968
F.V. Arul became the
director of Central Bureau
of Investigation (till
06/05/71).

31-May-1970
Indira Gandhi called for
international help as the
civil war in Bangladesh, or
East Pakistan, had turned
two million people into
refugees. Many of them
were suffering from cholera
and smallpox. The
authorities of West
Pakistan refused to care for
them, and India couldn't
afford to.

 

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31-May-1973
Mohan Kumaramangalam,
Central Minister, died in
an air crash near Delhi.

31-May-1977
Major Premchand and Naik
Nima Dorji Sherpa, in the
team on Indian Army
Treckers, reached the peak
of Kanchenjunga. They
were amongst the first
Indians to reach this peak.

31-May-1981
First developmental launch
of SLV-3, Rohini (RS-D1)
placed in orbit. It was
used for conducting some
remote sensing technology
studies using a landmark
sensor payload.

31-May-1987
Daman and Diu to remain
as union territories after
Goa becomes the 25th
state of India.

31-May-1988
Dwarika Prasad Mishra,
former Chief Minister of
Madhya Pradesh, passed
away.

31-May-1994
Pandit Samtaprasad,
famous Tabla player,
passed away.

31-May-1995
Statute Bill, a
constitutional amendment
bill, introduced in Lok
Sabha to extend
reservation in jobs and in
promotion for SCs and STs.

31-May-1996
J. H. Patel sworn in
Karnataka CM.

31-May-1997
Fourth National Games
opened at Bangalore.

31-May-1998
B. R. Rawat, an Indian
diplomat, is assaulted by a
Pakistani private security
guard in Islamabad.

31-May-1998
India rejects mediation on
issues with Pakistan,
reiterates its commitment
to address outstanding
issues bilaterally.


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Today in Indian History

Events for June 1

1-June-1786
Madras General Post
Office started functioning.

1-June-1790
A treaty was signed
between Marathas,
Britishers and Nizam.

1-June-1819
William Carey, Ward and
Marshman established
the Serampore College in
Bengal.

1-June-1842
Satyendranath Tagore,
Bengali officer and
litterateur, was born.

1-June-1874
East India Company was
dissolved.

1-June-1890
Sri Seeripi Anjaneyulu,
journalist, social reformer
and educationist, was
born at Dharmavaram,
Anantapur.

1-June-1904
Four Language panel were
used for Rangoon. This
panel had languages
namely Burmese, Urdu,
Tamil and Chinese.

1-June-1916
Lokmanya Tilak roared
''Freedom is by
birthright'' at
Ahmednagar.

1-June-1927
Justice Savyasachi
Mukherjee was born.
1-June-1929
V. Shantaram, S. Fattehlal
(Sheikh Syed Fattehlal),
Vishnupant Damle and
Keshavrao B. Dhaiber,
alongwith Sita Ram
Kulkami, founded the
'Prabhat Film Company' at
Kolhapur.

 

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1-June-1930
First Indian luxurious fast
train 'Deccan Queen'
started from Victoria
Terminus (CST) to Pune.

1-June-1930
Baba Adhav was born.

1-June-1933
Fortnightly 'Bal Sanmitra'
was published.

1-June-1938
Continental Publication'
started.

1-June-1944
M. V. Dhurandhar, famous
master painter of
Maharashtra, passed
away.

1-June-1944
Liladhar Jagudi, well
known Hindi poet, passed
away.

1-June-1945
Tata Fundamental
Research Institute was
established.

1-June-1947
Balbhimraj Gore,
litterateur and Hindi
critic, was born.

1-June-1955
India's Untouchability
(Offence) Act comes into
force.

1-June-1959
The Chinese occupy Tibet
and Dalai Lama flees to
India.

1-June-1959
National Aeronautical
Research Laboratory
(NARL) set up under CSIR
with temporary offices in
New Delhi. Dr. P.
Nilakantan is appointed
NARL's first Director.

1-June-1959
N.G. Ranga resigned from
the Indian National
Congress and took up the
leadership of the newly
formed Swatantra Party.

1-June-1964
Nava Paisa, established in
1947, was renamed as
'Paisa'.

1-June-1964
Rashid Ghulam
Muhammad Patel,
cricketer (Indian pace
bowler, better known for
Lamba incident), was born
in Sabarkantha.

1-June-1970
Monopolies and
Restrictive Trade Practices
Act was enforced. This act
was passed in 1969.

1-June-1972
Space Commission and
Department of Space was
set up. Indian Space
Research Organisation
(ISRO) brought under
Department of Space
(DOS).

1-June-1980
AIADMK wins Tamil Nadu
Assembly election;
Congress (I) wins in U.P,
M.P, Gujarat, Rajasthan,
Punjab, Maharashtra and
Orissa.

 

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Today in Indian History

Events for June 2

2-June-1756
Fort William, the English
stronghold in Bengal, was
surrendered to Siraj-ud-
Daulah.

2-June-1900
Sri Ram Sharma Acharya,
freedom fighter, social
reformer and leader,
passed away.

2-June-1908
Sri Aurobindo, freedom
fighter, was arrested in
Manik Tala Bomb explosion
case.

2-June-1953
Mountaineer Edmund
Hillary of New Zealand and
his Nepalese Sherpa guide
Tensing became the first
men to conquer Mount
Everest, the world's tallest
mountain. The two reached
the pinnacle of Everest,
more than 29,000 feet
above sea level, at 11.30
a.m.

2-June-1955
A British party scales the
third highest peak Mt.
Kanchenjunga, highest
unclimbed peak.

2-June-1965
The second of 2 cyclones in
less than a month kills
35,000 (Ganges R India).

2-June-1975
India's First Spunge Iron
project inaugurated at
Vijaywada.
2-June-1975
Devendra Mohan Bose,
famous Scientist of Physics,
passed away.
2-June-1984
Army takes control in
Punjab as 22 people are
killed in Sikh struggle for
autonomy. The state is
declared a restricted area
under the Foreigners' Act.