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[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History

Events for August 5

5-August-1604
John Eliot, ""Apostle to
Indians,"" Bible translator,
bapti

5-August-1905
Dr. Rajah Sir Muthiah
Chettiar, social reformer,
was born.

5-August-1905
Subhadrakumari Chauvhan,
famous Hindi poet, was
born.

5-August-1907
Kashi Nath Pandey,
politician and Trade
Unionist, was born in
Fursatpur Village.

5-August-1909
Dwijhans Kalika Prasad
Dixit, great poet and
educationist, was born at
Gram Dedani in Uttar
Pradesh.

5-August-1921
Malhi Govind, modern
Sindhi novelist, was born.

5-August-1939
In the first case to be
brought under Prohibition
laws, a railroad passenger
was today convicted of
possessing a bottle of
brandy in Bombay.

5-August-1950
Gopinath Bardoloi, architect
of modern Assam, freedom
fighter and leader, passed
away.

5-August-1965
Jaya Prakash Narayan was
awarded the Ramon
Magsaysay Award for public
service.

5-August-1965
M. V. Sridhar, cricketer
(scored 366 for Hyderabad
vs Andhra Pradesh, 1994),
was born.

5-August-1969
Bapu Krishnarao Venkatesh
Prasad, cricketer (consistent
Indian Test pace bowler
1996-), was born in
Bangalore.

5-August-1975
The RSS, Anand Marg,
Jamat-i-Islami, and 23 other
organisations were banned.
Parliament approved
Conservation of Foreign
Exchange and Prevention of
Smuggling Activities Act
(COFEPOSA). Maintenance of
Internal Security Act (MISA)
approved by the Parliament.

 

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5-August-1978
Five died and 70 were
injured as upper-caste
Hindus clashed with
untouchables in
Maharashtra.

5-August-1981
Jagjivan Ram heads
breakaway Congress(U) and
calls new party Congress (J).
5-August-1986
Vellupillai Prabakaran, Tamil
rebel leader, died. The
vision of secession for Sri
Lanka's Tamil minority may
have come to an end. But
so, too, might the violence
that the nation had
endured. Today, Tamil rebel
leader Vellupillai
Prabakaran accepted the
peace accord signed last
week by India and Sri
Lanka. Prabakaran
surrendered to Indian
forces and his men turned
over their weapons. The
pact is seen as a
compromise by the co-
signers. But to the dejected
Tamil leader, who has
fought since childhood for a
Tamil victory, it was a
stinging defeat. The treaty
creates an autonomous
multi-religious zone in the
eastern and northern
provinces. The rebels
dreamed and passed away
for a separate state of their
own.

5-August-1991
Leila Seth was sworn the
Chief Justice of Himachal
Pradesh High Court. She is
a judge of Delhi High Court.

5-August-1992
The Supreme Court
appoints a 3-member panel
to visit Ayodhya and report
on the new structures
there.

5-August-1992
Achyutrao Patwardhan,
leader of 'Quit India
Movement', died at Varanasi
at the age of 86.

5-August-1994
Yakub Abdul Razak Memon,
a key accused in 1993's
Bombay blast case, was
arrested.

5-August-1999
Nisha Millet became the
first Indian swimmer to
receive the International
Olympic Committee's
Solidarity Scholarship, given
to sportspersons with
outstanding track record
and possessing Olympic
potential.

5-August-1999
The Global Peace March
demands demilitarisation of
the entire planet.

5-August-2000
Lala Amarnath (88), former
Indian cricketer, died in
New Delhi.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History

Events for August 9

9-August-1788
Gulam Kadir removed the
eyes of Shah Alam 2nd,
King of Delhi with a knife.

9-August-1892
Shri Shiyali Ramamrita
Ranganathan, prolific
author and first librarian
of the University of Madras,
was born.

9-August-1893
Shivpujan Sahai, famous
Hindi story writer and
novelist, was born at Bihar
in a middle class family.

9-August-1902
King Edward VII was
crowned the emperor of
Great Britain at
Westminster Abbey after
the death of his mother
Queen Victoria. Earlier, he
had held a grand function
in which nearly 4,56,000
invitees celebrated this
royal feast.

9-August-1909
Vinayak Krishna Gokak,
famous Kannad poet, play
writer, critic of literature,
educationist and
Gyanpeeth awardee, was
born at Savanur.

9-August-1911
Khorshedji Rustomji
Meher-Homji, cricketer
(Indian wicket-keeper
1936), was born in Bombay.

9-August-1925
Government Treasury from
Postal Train was looted
near Kakuri Station just
about 22 km. away from
Lucknow by the members
of 'Hindustan Socialist
Republican Association.'

9-August-1942
The Congress at its
Bombay session passed the
famous Quit India
resolution, calling for mass
struggle on non-violent
lines on the widest
possible scale, under the
leadership of Gandhiji. He
stressed that ""We shall
either free India or die in
the attempt; We shall not
live to see the
perpetuation of our
slavery""; popularly known
as ""Do or Die"". But
before the Congress could
start the movement, the
government arrested all
the major leaders and the
Congress was declared
illegal. Spontaneous
popular revolts broke out
with the battle cry of
'British Quit

9-August-1942
Mahatma Gandhi after
announcing 'do or die'
slogan alongwith 'Quit
India Movement' at
Bombay was arrested along
with 50 others. Gandhiji
was interned in Aga Khan
Palace at Poona. This Do or
Die slogan deep rooted in
Indian hearts and resulted
in nationwide Quit India
Movment. This day is
commemorated as ""Kranti
Day"". Govind Vallabh Pant
was send to Ahmednagar
Jail, while Sarojini Naidu
and many other leaders
were also arres

9-August-1942
Subhash Chandra Bose
(Netaji) forms the Indian
National Army in Malaya
with the help of the
Japanese. He inaugurates
the Government of Free
India at Singapore.

9-August-1952
New Delhi reports that 20
mil. Indian peasants were
imperiled by crop failures.

9-August-1963
India is the first country to
add its signature to the
test-ban treaty at Moscow.

 

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9-August-1965
Pakistan chose to persist
while the Indian Army
Corps on the ceasefire line
got down to neutralizing
the Gibraltar Force. As a
first step, main infiltration
routes were blocked and
Pakistan was forced out of
the Haji Fir bulge (known
to them as Bedori).

9-August-1966
Heroes of the 1942
movement were honoured
at a rally in Red Fort.

9-August-1969
Ochterlony Memorial in
Calcutta was renamed as
'Shahid Minar'.

9-August-1970
Trailokyanath Chakravarty
died in Delhi.

9-August-1971
A 20-year non-aggression
treaty for peace, friendship
and co-operation was
signed between India and
U.S.S.R.

9-August-1971
Vinodnand Jha, former
Chief Minister of Bihar,
died.

9-August-1992
Golden jubilee
celebrations of the Quit
India Movement begin in
Bombay.

9-August-1995
India celebrated 53rd
anniversary of Quit India
movement.

9-August-1996
Sachin Tendulkar, 23,
chosen India's cricket
captain.

9-August-1996
Unofficial estimates put
black money in the country
at Rs. 70,000 crore, i.e. 6\
% of GDP.

9-August-1997
Sonia Gandhi addresses
Congress plenary session
at Calcutta.

9-August-1998
India moves the World
Trade Organisation against
the European Union
reimposing anti-dumping
duties on unbleached
cotton gray fabric imports.

9-August-1999
India's Manisha Malhotra
won the $10,000 ITF
women's circuit
tournament at
Harrisonburg, Virginia for
her maiden tour title.

9-August-2000
Parliament approves the
Madhya Pradesh
Reorganisation Bill 2000,
paving the way for the
creation of a separate
Chhattisgarh State.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History

Events for August 10

10-August-1581
Akbar, great Mughal
Emperor, won Kabul.

10-August-1755
Narayanrao Peshwa was
born.

10-August-1758
Marathas won the Atak.

10-August-1855
Alladiya Khan, famous
singer of Kolhapur court,
was born.

10-August-1860
Vishnu Narayan
Bhatkhande, the great
architect of the renaissance
of Hindustani music and
who played a vital role in
giving re-birth to North
Indian classical music, was
born at Balukeshwar,
Maharashtra.

10-August-1894
Varahagiri Venkata Giri, the
fourth former President of
India, was born at
Berhampur in Orissa. He
was one of the patriarchs of
Trade Union Movement of
India.

10-August-1901
Narayan Pillai Gopala Pillai,
great poet and
educationist, was born in
Quilon, Kerala.

10-August-1904
Japanese troups were
defeated by the Russian
Amry at Port Aurther.

10-August-1905
Sundarji Gokuldas Betard,
modern Gujrathi poet, was
born.

10-August-1927
Manali Kallat Vainu Bappu,
first Indian astronomer,
litterateur and Urdu poet,
was born at Madras.

10-August-1930
In the 'Gandhi Cap Case' in
Guntur, the magistrate
prohibits wearing of Gandhi
caps within a five-mile
radius of the town.

10-August-1942
Manju Bala Patil was shot
on the road at Mumbai by
the British Police.

10-August-1948
Atomic Energy Commission
established.

10-August-1963
The Kamraj Plan.

10-August-1979
Rohini Technology Payload
(RTP) intended for
measuring in-flight
performance of first
experimental flight of SLV-3,
the first Indian Space
launch vehicle, failed to be
placed in orbit.

 

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10-August-1986
Gen. A.S. Vaidya, who was
Chief of Army Staff, at the
time of 'Operation Blue
Star', was shot dead at
Pune.

10-August-1988
Ramakrishna Hegde resigns
as CM of Karnataka on
moral grounds in
connection with phone
tapping issue.

10-August-1989
Panchayatraj' and
'Nagarpalika' bills were
passed in Parliament's Lok
Sabha.

10-August-1991
Delhi airport police foils an
attempt by a Saudi national
to smuggle out a minor girl
named Ameena.

10-August-1992
Ram Niwas Mirdha
appointed Chairman of the
JPC on scam.

10-August-1992
P. P. Thorat, retired Lt and
General, died.

10-August-1993
Election Commission
withdrew controversial
order. By-polls to be held
before 10.

10-August-1993
Narayan Keshav Upasni,
famous educationist,
passed away.

10-August-1994
President's rule in J&K
extended for another 6
months beginning 3rd Sept.

10-August-1995
Harishankar Parsai, famous
Hindi litterateur, passed
away.

10-August-1998
Sri Bhuteshanandji
Maharaj, 97, president of
the Ramakrishna Math and
Ramakrishna Mission, died
in Calcutta.

10-August-2000
Arjuna Ranatunga, former
Sri Lankan cricket captain,
retires from international
cricket.

10-August-2000
Parliament approves the
Uttar Pradesh
Reorganisation Bill to
create a hilly state of
Uttaranchal.

 

[Thakur]

1457 The first book ever printed is published by a German astrologer named Faust. He is thrown in jail while trying to sell books in Paris. Authorities concluded that all the identical books meant Faust had dealt with the devil.
1559 Spanish explorer de Luna enters Pensacola Bay, Florida.
1605 The Popham expedition reaches the Sagadahoc River in present-day Maine and settles there.
1756 French commander Louis Montcalm takes Fort Oswego, New England, from the British.
1793 Republican troops in France lay siege to the city of Lyons.
1900 The European allies enter Beijing, relieving their besieged legations from the Chinese Boxers.
1917 The Chinese Parliament declares war on the Central Powers.
1942 Dwight D. Eisenhower is named the Anglo-American commander for Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa.
1945 Japan announces its unconditional surrender in World War II.
1947 Pakistan becomes an independent country.
1969 British troops arrived Northern Ireland in response to sectarian violence between Protestants and Roman Catholics.
1973 The United States ends the "secret" bombing of Cambodia.
1987 Mark McGwire hits his 49th home run of the season, setting the major league home run record for a rookie.
1995 Shannon Faulker becomes the first female cadet in the long history of South Carolina’s state military college, The Citadel. Her presence was met with intense resistance, reportedly including death threats, and she left the school a week later.
2007 Four co-ordinated suicide bomb attacks in Yazidi towns near Mosul, Iraq, kill more than 400 people.
2010 First-ever Summer Youth Olympic Games open, in Singapore. Athletes must be 14–18 years old.
Born on August 14

1777 Hans Christian Oersted, Danish scientist who discoverd electromagnetism.
1863 Ernest L. Thayer, author of the poem "Casey at the Bat."
1925 Russell Baker, author and columnist for The New York Times.
1938 Niara Shudarkasa, educator and first woman president of Lincoln University.
1945 Steve Martin, American comedian, actor, musician and screenwriter, his many awards include a Lifetime Achievement in Comedy (American Comedy Awards, USA), several Emmys, and Grammys for Best Comedy Album (1977, 1979) and Best Bluegrass Album (2009, 2013)
1947 Danielle Steel, the fourth-bestselling author of all time.
1950 Gary Larson, cartoonist (The Far Side).
1966 Halle Berry, actress, her many awards include a Golden Globe (Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, TV movie) and and an Oscar (Monster’s Ball).

 

[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History

Events for August 14

14-August-1862
Bombay High Court was
established for
Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra
and Nagar Haveli and
Daman and Diu territory.
This court has benches at
Nagpur, Panaji and
Aurangabad.

14-August-1896
Gandhiji published ""The
Green Pamphlet"" at Rajkot
and then toured to
Bombay, Madras, Poona
and Calcutta educating
Indians in regard to
grievances of South African
Indi
14-August-1900
S. K. Patil, Congress
leader, was born.

14-August-1920
Rushikesh Mulgaonkar, Air
Chief Marshal (1976-78),
was born.

14-August-1942
Usha Mehta, freedom
fighter, started
broadcasting from a secret
transmitter on the wave
length of 42.84 meters.
This channel was used for
freedom movement
telecasts.

14-August-1947
Sir Harilal Jekisundas
Kania was appinted as the
Chief Justice of India. He
was in this office till
05/11/1951.

14-August-1947
Pakistan was partitioned
from India. Gandhiji
hailed the following day as
one of rejoicing for
deliverance from British
bondage.

14-August-1954
`State Carrom Association'
was established in
Mumbai.

14-August-1968
Week-long flood death toll
reaches 1,000.

14-August-1968
Pravin Kalyan Amre,
cricketer (Indian batsman,
century on Test debut
1992), was born in
Bombay.

14-August-1980
Centre nationalizes Maruti
company.

14-August-1987
Bharat Ratna, India's
highest award, was given
to Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
(1890-1988), Frontier
Gandhi. He is the first
non-Indian to receive this
honour.

 

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14-August-1993
15 bus passengers
massacred in J&K.
14-August-1993
New governors for MP,
Bihar, West Bengal &
Tripura.
14-August-1996
Amrit Rai, son of Munshi
Premchand, died.
14-August-1997
Special session of
Parliament to
commemorate 50 years of
independence.
14-August-1998
Classical vocalist
Shamshad Begum, who
enthralled radio listeners
in the 30s and 40s, died in
Mumbai.
14-August-1998
The Government
transferred Revenue
Secretary N. K. Singh and
Finance Secretary Montek
Singh Ahluwalia.

 

[Thakur]

15 August
1261 Constantinople falls to Michael VIII of Nicea and his army.
1385 John of Portugal defeats John of Castile at the Battle of Aljubarrota.
1598 Hugh O’Neill, the Earl of Tyrone, leads an Irish force to victory over the British at Battle of Yellow Ford.
1760 Frederick II defeats the Austrians at the Battle of Liegnitz.
1864 The Confederate raider Tallahassee captures six Federal ships off New England.
1872 The first ballot voting in England is conducted.
1914 The Panama Canal opens to traffic.
1935 American comedian and "cowboy philosopher" Will Rogers dies in an airplane accident, along with American aviation pioneer Wiley Post.
1942 The Japanese submarine I-25 departs Japan with a floatplane in its hold which will be assembled upon arriving off the West Coast of the United States, and used to bomb U.S. forests.
1944 American, British and French forces land on the southern coast of France, between Toulon and Cannes, in Operation Dragoon.
1945 Gasoline and fuel oil rationing ends in the United States.
1947 Britain grants independence to India and Pakistan.
1950 Two U.S. divisions are badly mauled by the North Korean Army at the Battle of the Bowling Alley in South Korea, which rages on for five more days.
1969 Over 400,000 young people attend a weekend of rock music at Woodstock, New York.
1971 US President Richard Nixon announces a 90-day freeze on wages and prices in an attempt to halt rapid inflation.
1986 Ignoring objections from President Ronald Reagan’s Administration, US Senate approves economic sanctions against South Africa to protest that country’s apartheid policies.
1994 US Social Security Administration, previously part of the Department of Health and Human Services, becomes an independent government agency.
1994 Infamous terrorist Carlos the Jackal captured in Khartoum, Sudan.
2001 Astronomers announce the first solar system discovered outside our own; two planets had been found orbiting a star in the Big Dipper.
2007 An earthquake of 8.0 magnitude kills over 500 and injures more than 1,000 in Peru.
Born on August 15

1769 Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France (1804-1815) and military leader.
1771 Sir Walter Scott, Scottish novelist who wrote Ivanhoe and Rob Roy.
1888 T.E. Lawrence, better known as Lawrence of Arabia for his military exploits against the Turks in World War I.
1912 Julia Child, American chef and television personality.
1924 Robert Bolt, English screenwriter and playwright best known for A Man for all Seasons.
1938 Maxine Waters, congresswoman from California, second African-American woman to be elected to congress.
1938 Stephen Breyer, US Supreme Court justice.
1946 Jimmy Webb, songwriter ("MacArthur Park," "By the Time I Get to Phoenix").
1961 Ed Gilllespie, US Republican political strategist and White House counsel to President George W. Bush.
1964 Melinda French Gates, businesswoman, philanthropist; co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with her husband, Bill Gates (co-founder of Microsoft).
1965 Rob Thomas, television writer (Veronica Mars, 90210).