This Day in "History"

[Anup Tiwari]

27-June-1922
Vaidyalingam Akhiladam
Perunglur, Gyanpeeth
awardee and famous Tamil
author, was born.
27-June-1939
Rahul Dev (R. D.) Burman
""Pancham Da"", famous
music director, was b
27-June-1964
Teen Murti Bhavan, official
residence of the Prime
Minister of India, became
the Nehru Memorial
Museum.
27-June-1966
D. S. Joshi was appointed
as the Cabinet Secretary
of India. He held this
office till 31-12-1968
27-June-1967
First Indian made AVRO
aircraft passenger Plane
HS748 handed over to
Indian Airlines.
27-June-1995
Environmentalist and
'Chipko' leader, Shri
Sunderlal Bahuguna ends
the 49-day old fast in
demand for a scientific
review of the controversial
Tehri dam project in UP.
27-June-1997
Surendra Pratap Singh,
famous Journalist and
former chief editor of Nav
Bharat Times Group,
died ]at Delhi.
27-June-1998
Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan,
Gandhian, Congressman
and former Sikkim
Governor, dies at 86.
27-June-1998
Mr. Nikhil Chakravartty,
journalist and chairman of
Prasar Bharati, dies in
New Delhi at 84.
27-June-1999
India won the four-nation
under-21 women's hockey
title, defeating England in
the final at the Kean
University, New Jersey.
27-June-2000
The Clinton administration
rejects a demand by 21
U.S. Congressmen for
declaring India a terrorist
state in the wake of
attacks on Christian
priests and churches.
27-June-2000
Maneka Gandhi, Union
Minister of State for Social
Justice and Empowerment,
launches National
Initiative for child
protection of which
childline is an integral
part.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History

Events for June 28

28-June-1787
Sir Henry G W Smith,
leader of British-Indian
forces, was born.

28-June-1857
Nana Sahib proclaimed
himself as the Peshwa
and called for the total
extermination of the
British power of India at
Bithoor.

28-June-1883
Shivprasad Gupta, social
reformer, politician,
leader, philanthropist,
freedom fighter and
educationist, was born at
Varanasi.

28-June-1921
Sahityaratna P. V.
Narsingh Rao, former
Prime Minister of India,
was born.

28-June-1924
Jamshedji Framji Madan
( J. F. Madan ), founder of
Madan & Co. and Parsi
Theatrical Company,
passed away on June 28
at Calcutta.

28-June-1928
Baburao Sadvelkar,
famous painter, was born.

28-June-1972
Prasanta Chandra
Mahalanobis died. He was
the first founder of Indian
statistical Institute to
receive world recognition.
In 1958, he started his
national sample surveys.
A Sample survey means
assessing a situation by
studying a part of it
which would represent
the whole, some of his
proposals were included
in the second five year
paln. His original work
made him elected as
fellow of the Royal society
in 1945.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

28-June-1975
Netherlands gives
independence to Dutch
Guyana, which becomes
Suriname; one third of
Hindus (descendants of
Indian plantation
workers) emigrate to
Netherlands for better
social and economic
conditions.

28-June-1975
As a response to anti-
government
demonstrations, India
imposes the toughest
press censorship since
independence.

28-June-1986
Accord with Mizo National
Front; Lal Denga to be
the chief minister of
Mizoram.

28-June-1986
Union Government
sanctions maternity leave
for unmarried women
employees too.

28-June-1991
K. Doraiswamy, a senior
executive of the Indian
Oil Corporation, was
kidnapped by Kashmir
ultras.

28-June-1993
A multi-millionaire
industrialist, main
financier of smuggler
Veerappan,and 6
Veerappan-men arrested.

28-June-1995
Madhya Pradesh in
central India is
designated a `tiger state'
to protect the animal
from poachers and
settlers.

28-June-1996
India opens its office
(based in Gaza city) in
the area under the
Palestinian Authority.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History

Events for June 29

29-June-1533
Chaitanya Maha Prabhu,
vaishnav Sant, passed
away. His mortal remains
at Puri.(9/7or 29/6).

29-June-1757
Mir Zafar was installed on
the throne as the Nawab
of Bengal, Bihar and
Orrisa from Murshidabad.

29-June-1857
Battle at Chinhat (Indies
rebel under Barkat
Ahmed beat British).

29-June-1864
Dr. Asutosh Mukherjee,
great judge, educationist
and lawyer of Bengal, was
born at Calcutta.

29-June-1873
Micheal Madhusudan
Dutta, first Bengali
modern poet, died.

29-June-1893
Prasanta Chandra
Mahalanobis, physics,
mathematics expert and
founder of Indian
Statistical Institute, was
born at Calcutta.

29-June-1901
Amal Kumar Sarkar, Chief
Justice of Supreme Court
of India, was born.

29-June-1908
Pratapsing Gaekwad,
Prince of Baroda, was
born.

29-June-1909
Pandit Motilal, social
reformer and freedom
fighter, was born.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

29-June-1924
Ezra Laderman, NYC,
composer (Jacob & the
Indians), was born.

29-June-1966
Damodar Dharmanand
Kosambi, famous
mathematics expert, died.

29-June-1976
Sandhya Chib, Miss India-
Universe (1996), was born.

29-June-1991
A 32-member Left Front
cabinet led by Jyoti Basu
sworn in in West Bengal.

29-June-1992
Congress (I) nominates K.
R. Narayanan for the Vice-
Presidentship.

29-June-1993
24 jawans were killed in
ambush by NSCN
militants in Manipur.

29-June-1997
Anand wins Frankfurt
chess classic '97 title in
Germany.

29-June-1998
Government decides to
grant full statehood for
Delhi and create three
new States namely
Uttaranchal, Vananchal
and Chattisgarh.

29-June-1999
An Indian High
Commissioner member N.
R. Doraiswamy is beaten
up by Pakistani
intelligence operatives.
29-June-2000
The Election Commission
derecognises seven
regional parties in some
states -- Samata Party in
Haryana, Shiv Sena in
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
and the RJD in Manipur,
NTR-Telugu Desam Party
in Andhra Pradesh, the
Samajwadi Janata Party
(Rashtriya) in Chandigarh,
the United Minority Front
in Assam and the Haryana
Vikas Party in Haryana--
These will remain
registered but
unrecognised parties.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History

Events for June 30

30-June-1755
Jayappa Shinde who was
the son of Ronoji Shinde
was murdered.

30-June-1799
Krishnaraj Bodiyar was
once again declared as
the King of Mysore.

30-June-1817
Dadabhai Navroji, veteran
leader and industrialist,
died.

30-June-1823
Sir Dinshaw Manokji Petit,
famous industrialist, was
born.

30-June-1834
Congress creates Indian
Territory (now Oklahoma).

30-June-1855
Santhals of Rajmahal
Hills, Santhal-Paragana,
Bihar started their
agitation against ill
treatment by Britishers,
revenue officers, police,
landlords and
moneylenders under the
leadership on Sindhu and
Kanhu at Bhoranadhighi,
Bengali.

30-June-1914
Mahatma Gandhi's first
arrest during campaigning
for Indian rights in S
Africa.

30-June-1917
Dr. Dadabhai Naoroji,
great Indian, patriot and
one of the founders of the
Indian National Congress,
politician and merchant,
died at the age of 92.

30-June-1928
Kalyanji, famous music
director, was born.

30-June-1930
George Fernandes,
worker's leader and
politician, was born.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

30-June-1931
June Thorburn, actress
(Touch & Go, Children
Galore), was born in
Kashmir, India.

30-June-1934
Chintamani Nagesh
Ramachandra Rao, famous
Scientist and Chemist,
was born. His research
work confines to ""Solid
State Chemistry"". In
1982 he was elected
Fellow of the Royal Societ

30-June-1965
Cease-fire was agreed
under UN auspices
between India and
Pakistan, who signed
treaty to stop the war at
Rann of Kutch.

30-June-1966
Judge K. Subba Rao
became the Chief Justice
of India. He held this
office till 11/04/1967.

30-June-1968
Makhanlal Chaturvedi,
famous journalist and
litterateur, passed away.

30-June-1979
R.D. Singh became the
director of Central Bureau
of Investigation (till
24/01/80)

30-June-1981
President's rule imposed
in Assam.

30-June-1984
W. R. Dhavle, editor,
died.

30-June-1986
Mizoram became the
state of India.

30-June-1991
A 36-member Congress
ministry led by Hiteswar
Saikia assumes office in
Assam.

30-June-1992
Over 20 Indian pilgrims
die in Saudi Arabia due
to heatwave and
inadequate medical
attention.

30-June-1993
AN-12 phasing out
marked the end of a
glorious chapter of
transport operations in
the IAF.

30-June-1995
CNN launches a 24-hour
news channel in
partnership with
Doordarshan.
30-June-1997
Gujarat floods claimed
170 lives.

30-June-1997
Joginder Singh, CBI
Director, was given
marching orders bringing
his 11-month-old
controversial tenure to
sudden end. R. C.
Sharma, Special Director,
took over.

30-June-1999
India reiterates that any
talks will resume only
after Pakistan's
unconditional withdrawal
from Kargil. Meanwhile
Indian Army continues to
attack the Tiger Hill area
and captures two
positions in close
proximity to Jubar
features. The Election
Commission says that Lok
Sabha polls will be held
as per schedule.

30-June-1999
The first ever direct bus
service between India
and Bangladesh gets
delayed due to heavy
rain.

30-June-2000
The Ladakh Autonomous
Hill Development Council
adopts a resolution
seeking separation from
J&K.

 

[Thakur]

July 1

69 Vespasian, a Roman army leader, is hailed as a Roman emperor by the Egyptian legions.
1543 England and Scotland sign the Peace of Greenwich.
1596 An English fleet under the Earl of Essex, Lord Howard of Effingham and Francis Vere capture and sack Cadiz, Spain.
1690 Led by Marshall Luxembourg, the French defeat the forces of the Grand Alliance at Fleurus in the Netherlands.
1777 British troops depart from their base at the Bouquet river to head toward Ticonderoga, New York.
1798 Napoleon Bonaparte takes Alexandria, Egypt.
1838 Charles Darwin presents a paper on his theory of evolution to the Linnean Society in London.
1862 Union artillery stops a Confederate attack at Malvern Hill, Virginia.
1863 In the first day’s fighting at Gettysburg, Federal forces retreat through the town and dig in at Cemetery Ridge and Cemetery Hill.
1867 Canada, by the terms of the British North America Act, becomes an independent dominion.
1876 Montenegro declares war on the Turks.
1898 American troops take San Juan Hill and El Caney, Cuba, from the Spaniards.
1916 The Battle of the Somme begins. Approximately 30,000 men are killed on the first day, two-thirds of them British.
1942 Axis troops capture Sevastapol, Crimea, in the Soviet Union.
1945 The New York State Commission Against Discrimination is established–the first such agency in the United States.
1950 American ground troops arrive in South Korea to halt the advancing North Korean army.
1961 British troops land in Kuwait to aid against Iraqi threats.
1963 The U.S. postmaster introduces the ZIP code.
1966 The U.S. Marines launch Operation Holt in an attempt to finish off a Vietcong battalion in Thua Thien Province in Vietnam.
Born on July 1
1649 Gottfried Von Leibniz, German philosopher and mathematician.
1804 George Sand (Amandine-Aurore Lucille Dupin), French novelist.
1876 Susan Glaspell, playwright, (Alison’s House).
1892 James M. Cain, author (The Postman Always Rings Twice, Mildred Pierce).
1899 Thomas Dorsey, American songwriter, singer and pianist, the “father of gospel music.”
1902 William Wyler, film director (The Best Years of Our Lives, Ben Hur).
1903 Amy Johnson, English aviator.
1915 Willie Dixon, blues musician.
1915 Sydney Pollack, film director (Tootsie, Out of Africa).
1915 Jean Stafford, American writer (The Mountain Lion).
1916 Roland Robert Tuck, British fighter ace during World War II.
1961 Diana Frances Spencer, Princess of Wales.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History

Events for July 2

2-July-1757
Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula was
captured and
assassinated. He was
stabbed with a knife by
Muhammad Beg at the
instance of Miran, son of
Mir Zafar.

2-July-1905
Shantiswaroop Dhavan,
former Governor of West
Bengal, was born.

2-July-1926
Ram Sewak Yadav, social
reformer, politician and
leader, was born in Tala
Village, Uttar Pradesh.

2-July-1928
Nandkishor Bal, great
Odia poet, passed away.

2-July-1929
Amritlal Basu, famous
Bengali playwright, died.

2-July-1938
Chandra K. N. Patel was
born at Baramati near
Pune. In 1974, he was the
youngest scientist to be
elected to the US
National Academy of
Sciences. Besides, he is
the recipient of the
Ballantine Medal, The
Worykin Award and The
lamme Medal. Chandra K.
N. Patel is the Executive
Director of one of the
divisions of the AT&T Bell
Laboratories, USA.

2-July-1941
Muhammad Baqa Jilani,
one Test for India, 0-55,
died at the age of 29.

2-July-1950
Yusuf Meharali, socialist
leader, died.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

2-July-1961
Prof M S Thacker, DG-
CSIR, laid the foundation
stone for the wind tunnel
complex.

2-July-1970
Pandit Kunjilal Dubey,
freedom fighter,
educationalist and
politician, passed away.

2-July-1972
Shimla Treaty' was singed
between Indian Prime
Minister Indira Gandhi
and her Pakistani
counterpart Zulfikar Ali
Bhutto.

2-July-1991
Nanankal Krishna Pillai,
famous Malyalam poet,
died.

2-July-1992
Six new ministers
inducted into the Union
Cabinet.

2-July-1993
Delhi High Court stays
the Lok Sabha Speaker's
order disqualifying four
Janata Dal MPs under the
anti-defection law.

2-July-1993
ONGC converted into
corporation by ordinance.

2-July-1997
Screening for Hepatitis C
made mandatory all over
India.

2-July-1998
India and Sri Lanka sign
an agreement on
promoting agricultural
research in New Delhi.

2-July-1999
In Jammu and Kashmir,
nine people are killed by
unidentified militants.

2-July-1999
Medha Patkar of Narmada
Bachao Andolan (NBA)
planned a 'fast' to protest
against the Sardar Sarovar
Project (SSP).

2-July-1999
Sahara India, sponsor of
the Sahara Cup annual
cricket series between
India and Pakistan in
Canada, withdrew
sponsorship in view of the
Kargil conflict.

2-July-1999
The Indian Army launches
a three pronged attack on
Kargil. India is firm on
Pakistan pullout from the
area.

2-July-2000
At least 30 people had
died after a boat
collapsed in Kumla river
near Pratapur in
Madhubani district of
Bihar.