|
|
Historical Event on 10/16/1920
B. Sathyaji Rao, cricket Test umpire for 17 tests from 1960-79, was born in Karnataka.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/20/1968 | First Edition of 'Amrit Bazar Patrika' weekly was published in Bengali language. |
| 5/5/1994 | Revolt against Nar Bahadur Bhandari government in Sikkim, Sanchaman Limboo elected new leader. |
| 4/4/1898 | Hiralal Sen and his brother Motilal Sen purchased a Bioscope Cinematographic Machine from London. The first show of imported films was arranged by them at Classic Theatre on April 4, after which they formed 'The Royal Bioscope Co.,' controlled by H. L. Sen & Bros., 85/2, Maszid Badi Street, Calcutta. The Bioscope Company started touring the provinces of Bengal, Orissa and Bihar. |
| 5/27/1951 | Taraporewala Aquarium was inaugurated at Mumbai by President Dr. Rajendra Prasad. |
| 6/12/1990 | CPI(M) accuses Communist Party of Soviet Union of departing from the basic ideology of Marxism-Leninism in the name of correcting past distortions. |
| 2/1/1976 | Air Marshal Hrushikesh Moolgavkar PVSM, MVC, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/Aug/1978. |
| 12/1/1931 | The Second Round Table conference that began in London ended. Congress was solely represented by Gandhi and Muslim League by Sir Allama Iqbal and Quaid-e-Azam, etc. Two committees were setup to carry out the work of the conference on Federal Structure and Minorities. Gandhi was the member of both committees. He claimed that being the sole representative of the Congress, he represented the whole of India. Quaid-e-Azam replied that Muslims are a separate nation. Sir Shafi demanded that the 14 points of Quaid-e-Azam be incorporated in future constitution. |
| 9/25/1928 | Madhavrao Gadkari, great litterateur and editor, was born. |
| 4/30/1977 | Nine Congress-ruled states placed under President's rule. Janata Party formed. |
| 3/3/1921 | Ahmed Gulsher, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Satna (M.P). |
|
![]()
|
|
|
