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Today in Indian History

Events for September 25

25-September-1524
Vasco-de-Gama was the Last Viceroy of Portuguese, who ruled India.

25-September-1857
Lucknow relief by Havelock & Outram begins
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25-September-1899
Narhar Gangadhar Apte, great Hindi writer, was born at Satara.

25-September-1914
Devilal, former deputy Prime Minister of India and leader of farmers, was born.

25-September-1916
Pandit Dindayal Upadhyay, great litterateur, philosopher, social worker and first General Secretary of UP branch, was born at Dhankia village, Rajasthan.

25-September-1919
Rayat Educational Institute (Rayat Shikshan Sanstha) was established.

25-September-1922
Shri Nath Pai, freedom fighter, Barrister and Member of Parliament, was born in Konkan region of Maharashtra.

25-September-1927
Jagmohan Amirchand was born in Hafizabad (now in Pakistan).

25-September-1928
Madhavrao Gadkari, great litterateur and editor, was born.

25-September-1936
Juliet Prowse, actress (Who Killed Teddy Bear) and dancer, was born in Bombay, India.

25-September-1946
Bishan Singh Giansingh Bedi, cricketer (mighty Indian slow left-armer 1966-79), was born in Amritsar. He received the Arjun Award (1969) and the Padmashree (1970).

25-September-1947
Kashmir accedes to Indian Union.

25-September-1954
14 Members of Parliament (MP) form a new party called the Union of Socialist Progress. Acharya Kripalani is the leader.

25-September-1962
Rajiv Ramesh Kulkarni, cricketer (Indian Test pace bowler 1986-87), was born in Bombay.

25-September-1984
Indian Army withdraws from the Golden Temple; repair of Akal Takht complete.

25-September-1985
Akali Dal wins Punjab state elections.

 

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25-September-1990
L. K. Advani, BJP President, starts his Somnath Temple, Ayodhya Rath Yathra.
25-September-1990
S. S. Chauhan, one of the students who had suffered severe burns while trying to immolate himself in protest against implementation of Mandal Commission Report, died.
25-September-1990
Sabyasachi Mukherji, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, aged 63, died in London.
25-September-1990
Prafull Chandra Sen, former Chief Minister of West Bengal and Gandhian leader, died in Calcutta. He was 94 years old.
25-September-1993
Soli Sorabji, 63, nominated as Prosecutor of the International War Crimes Court by UN Secretary General.
25-September-1997
BAI-IBC dispute resolved.
25-September-1997
India clinches the Red & White Latif Masters International Snooker title in Karachi.
25-September-1999
Eighth SAF Games inaugurated in Kathmandu.
25-September-2000
A Delhi Court dismisses applications of three of the 17 accused seeking dropping of proceedings against them in the sensational Coomar Narain espionage case which hit the headlines and rattled the Rajiv Gandhi Government in 1985.

 

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Today in Indian History
Events for October 19
19-October-1689
Sambhaji's queen Yesubai and her child surrendered the Raigarh Fort to the Mughals.
19-October-1774
Members of the Council and the Judge of Supreme Court of England came to improve the management in India.
19-October-1875
The first section from Hathras Road to Mathura Cantonment was opened to traffic.
19-October-1888
Namakkal Kavignar, Gandhian poet and painter, was born at Mohanur in Salem.
19-October-1905
Prince and Princess of Wales leave on an official visit to India at London.
19-October-1907
Sulochana Modi, first lady Mayor of Mumbai Mahanagar Palika, was born.
19-October-1910
Subrahamanyam Chandrasekhar was born in Lahore. He was one of the world's leading astrophysicists. For his contributions to the study of stars, Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science, the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983.
19-October-1920
Prakashchandra Sethi, former central minister, was born.
19-October-1921
Pandurangshastri Athvle, founder of 'Swadhyay Pariwar', was born.
19-October-1925
B. Shankaranand, former central minister, was born.

19-October-1929
Balbir Singh, India field hockey player (Olympic gold 1948-56), was born.

19-October-1954
Nehru and Mao meet in Peking.

19-October-1967
Dr. C. V. Raman elucidated his new theory on wave motion in respect to vision and dim light.

19-October-1970
First Indian-made MIG-21 handed over to the Air Force. Privy purses and privileges of former Indian rulers abolished.

 

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Today in Indian History

Events for October 24

24-October-1505
Don Francis-Di-Almeda of Portugal arrived at Cochin as Viceroy of India.

24-October-1579
Jesuit father and first Englishman S.J.Thomas Stephens arrived at Goa in a Portuguese ship. He settled here and died in 1619.

24-October-1605
Jahangir became the fourth Emperor of Mughal Empire at Agra.

24-October-1657
Kalyan and Bhiwandi came under the rule of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.

24-October-1789
Jean C Baud, Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1834-6), was born.

24-October-1827
Viceroy Lord Rippan (1880-1884) was born.

24-October-1851
First official telegraph line was opened between Calcutta and Daimond Harbour spanning 33.8 km.

24-October-1856
Veer Narayan Singh, freedom fighter, was arrested by the British Government at Sambalpur for distributing grains from the warehouse to the people. He was sent to jail at Raipur.

24-October-1868
Balasaheb Pantpratinidhi, king of Aundh and painter, was born.

24-October-1890
Shishirkumar Mitra, Physics expert, was born in Calcutta.
24-October-1904
Lalchand Hirachand, famous industialist, was born.

24-October-1930
Raj Bagri, Indies and British merchant in metal, was born.

24-October-1933
Govindjee, famous scientist, was born in Allahabad, U.P. He found cutting plant sections easier than dissection of animals.

24-October-1934
Mahatma Gandhi quits Indian Indian National Congress in struggle over tactics.

24-October-1934
Arvindrao Laxmanrao Apte, cricketer (brother of Madhav scored 8 & 7 runs in one Test), was born in Bombay.
24-October-1938
Farooq Rehmany Mohammad, journalist, social reformer and political worker, was born at Bandipur.

24-October-1945
UNO Day.

24-October-1953
Selection of the Dassault Ouragan fighter from France at this time reflected the decision to initiate diversification of supply sources. The first four of over 100 Ouragans, or 'Toofanis' as they were to become known in the IAF, reached Palam Airport from France and this type re-equipped Nos.8, 3 and 4 Squadrons in that order.

24-October-1954
Rafi Ahmad Kidwai, Congress leader, died.

24-October-1955
Ghulam Ahmad Hasan Muhammad Parkar, cricketer (Indian batsman vs England 1982), was born in Kalusta, Maharashtra.

24-October-1966
Yugoslavia, UAR call on the US at New Delhi to stop bombing of North Vietnam.

24-October-1975
Bounded labour system was abolished by Ordinance.

24-October-1984
First Metro Train (Underground Train) in India started between Esplanade and Bhowanipore in Calcutta city.

24-October-1990
BJP-sponsored 'Bharat Bandh' in protest against L. K. Advani's arrest evokeed mixed response.

24-October-1991
Ismat Chugtai, famous Urdu author, social worker and campaigner for justice for women, died at the age of 80 years.

24-October-1992
Narmada, World Bank sets time to correct defects.

24-October-1994
Justice Ahmad Mushabber Ahmadi sworn in as Chief Justice of India.

 

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The Supreme Court refused to answer Presidential reference on Ayodhya and acquisition of disputed land was upheld.

24-October-1995
A total eclipse of the sun witnessed from India to Vietnam.

24-October-1995
Total solar eclipse seen over Rajasthan, UP, Bihar and West Bengal, while partial eclipse seen in the rest of the country.

24-October-1997
Kerala bans ragging in educational institutions by an ordinance.

24-October-2000
Hyrunnisa, suspected to be the key accused in the Kollam liquor tragedy, nabbed along with her husband and a worker in her shop in Guruvayur.

24-October-2000
Delhi High Court admitted the appeal of former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao against the lower court judgement in the JMM MPs' bribery case.

24-October-2000
Sitaram Kesri (81), former Congress President, died at the AIIMS in New Delhi.

 

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Today in Indian History

Events for November 29

29-November-1644
The Massachusetts General Court issued a call for local pastors to learn the dialects of neighboring Indian tribes as an aid toward converting them to the Christian faith.

29-November-1798
Neplus Naresh Fardinad Chaturth announced that they will fight against France.

29-November-1869
Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar (Thakkar Bappa), social reformer of Gujrat and right hand of Gandhiji in socially segregated Harijans, was born at Bhavnagar, Saurashtra.

29-November-1916
Vasant Shridhar Vaidya, great industrialist, was born at Phaltan.

29-November-1926
Prabhakar Narayan Padhye (Bhau Padhye), great journalist and litterateur, was born.

29-November-1928
Krishnaji Narayan Aathaly, great Marathi litterateur and editor, passed away.

29-November-1945
Ugoslaviya in Rajshahi was ended.

29-November-1947
The Nizam of Hyderabad said that he would not consider acceding to either dominion, but would agree to a 'standstill arrangement' with India. The agreement is accepted by the Indian government.

29-November-1948
Assembly bans discrimination against untouchables.

29-November-1952
First international organization for birth control founded in Bombay.

29-November-1953
Bahuriya Ramswarup Devi, better known as Laxmibai of Bihar, passed away. She will be always remembered for Chapra District Revolt, whereby she tied seven British men and threw them in Narayani River.

 

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29-November-1953
Benegal Narsing Rau, foremost Indian Jurist of his time, passed away at Zurich. He performed some very prominent duties towards the nation. He was Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and a judge at the Permanent Court of International Justice at Hague.
29-November-1959
Govind Sakharam Serdesai, Jagirdar Raobahadur, passed away.
29-November-1961
First cosmonaut of the world, Yuri Gagarin of Russia, came to India.
29-November-1962
Haryana achieved their target of supplying electricity to 100\% villages.
29-November-1988
Rajiv Gandhi, grandson of Jawaharlal Nehru, resigned as Prime Minister of India, a country which had been ruled by his family for all but five of its 42 years of independence. The end of the dynasty came after elections that were both violent and inconclusive, neither Gandhi's Congress party nor the opposition National Front received a clear majority, although the latter had a few more votes. The only real winner was the fundamentalist Hindu party, Bharatiya Janata, which is now the power broker. If the National Front wants to rule, its leader V.P. Singh needs the religious group's support.

29-November-1989
Rajiv Gandhi resigned from the post of Prime Minister of India.

29-November-1989
Voters oust Gandhi and Congress party

29-November-1991
Industrial and bank strike called by the left-oriented trade unions to oppose the new industrial and economic policies.

29-November-1991
Test Cricket debut of Javagal Srinath vs Australia at Gabba.

29-November-1993
Jahangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata ""J.R.D. Tata"", Bharat Ratna awardee, Father of Modern Indian Industries and founder of Indian Aviation industry, passed away at 89 in Gen

29-November-1994
M.H. Kania, former Chief Justice of India made Chairman of the 14th Law Commission.

29-November-1996
Shaleem I. Shervani, Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare and President, ICMR Governing Body, was the Chief Guest at the concluding ceremony of the year long celebrations of the 85th year of ICMR at New Delhi. He released a special issue of the ICMR Bulletin on this occasion and presented momentos to the former Additional Directors-General and Directors-General of the ICMR.

29-November-1996
The Indian Journal of Medical Research brought out special issues, as part of the 85th year celebrations of ICMR, on Nutrition Research (November 1995) and Diarrhoeal Diseases (July, 1996). The ICMR Bulletin also brought out special issues on such topics as Nutrition, Tuberculosis, AIDS, Tribal Health, etc. so as to coincide with the theme selected for a particular month as part of the celebrations. As part of the global theme initiative coordinated by JAMA, USA, the January 1996 issue of the ICMR was devoted to 'Emerging and Re-emerging Infections'.

29-November-1999
Delhi HC dismisses the CBI plea against Jain brothers in Hawala case.

29-November-2000
India strikes a counter-trade oil deal with Iraq as part of an effort to build a strategic relationship with Baghdad.

 

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Today in Indian History

Events for November 30

30-November-1759
Alamgir was murdered by his minister Imad-ul-Mulk.

30-November-1858
Jagdish Chandra Bose, botonist and physics expert, was born at Mymensingh (now in Bangladesh).

30-November-1896
Gandhiji sails for South Africa with wife and children.

30-November-1909
Gandhiji reaches South Africa.

30-November-1909
Ramesh Chandra died.

30-November-1915
Venkat Apparao Gurjad, famous Telgu poet, died.

30-November-1920
N. B. Kamat, filmmaker and distributor, was born.

30-November-1974
India, Pakistan decide to end the ten-year trade ban.

30-November-1982
World premier of Sir Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' held in New Delhi.

30-November-1986
Sikhs hijack bus, killing 24 at Punjab.

 

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30-November-1988
Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed.

30-November-1989
Congress (I) emerges largest party in Lok Sabha by winning 193 seats, Congress (I) rule in Karnataka and Veerendra Patil made the Chief Minister.

30-November-1990
Admiral Laxmi Narayan Ramdas takes over as Chief of Naval Staff.

30-November-1994
Laxmi Menon, former Foreign state minister, died.

30-November-1994
Mrinalini Desai, freedom fighter and famous litterateur, died.

30-November-1995
G. Umapati, filmmaker, died.

30-November-1998
Ghasiram Yadav (74), member of Parliament representing Alawar in Rajasthan and former MLA and Minister in the State, died in Jaipur.

30-November-1998
Sonia Gandhi names Ashok Ghelot and Sheila Dixit as Chief Ministers of Rajasthan and Delhi respectively.

30-November-1999
Prof. M. N. Sromovas, (83), well-known Sociologist in Bangalore, died.

30-November-1999
The disinvestment panel headed by G. V. Ramakrishna demits office after the end of its three-year term.

30-November-2000
Jagdev Singh Talwandi, a former Akali Dal leader, was the unanimous choice as the new SGPC president.

30-November-2000
CBI files fresh cases against JMM MPs Shibu Soren, Simon Marandi and Suraj Mandal on charges of possessing assets disproportionate to their known sources of income.

30-November-2000
Dr. Anil Kakodkar takes charge as Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy.

 

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Today in Indian History

Events for December 5

5-December-1657
Murad proclaimed himself Emperor of India.

5-December-1872
Bhai Vir Singh, great poet, social worker, writer, educationist, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Amritsar.

5-December-1898
Josh Malihabadi, famous Urdu poet, was born.

5-December-1905
Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, was born in Soura, Srinagar, Kashmir.

5-December-1931
Gandhiji leaves England for India.

5-December-1931
Jayant G. Nadkarni, former Admiral of Indian Navy, was born.

5-December-1933
Balendu Shantilal Jain, famous hindi writer, was born at Kunchord, M.P.

5-December-1935
Bipinchandra Joshi, chief of Indian Army general, was born.

5-December-1943
The Japanese planes attack Calcutta port.

5-December-1946
Dada Maharaj Satarkar passed away.

5-December-1950
Sikkim becomes a protectorate of India.
5-December-1950

Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and teacher, passed away.

5-December-1951
Abanindranath Tagore, a great Modern Indian Painter, passed away.

5-December-1959
K. S. Duleepsinhji, cricketer (12 Tests for England, 995 runs), passed away.