Detroit Indian Community - DetroitIndian.net
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 1/30/1949

Night Airmail Services was inaugurated.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/11/1930Ganesh Narayan R, great Industrialist, was born.
1/30/1999Paes-Bhupathi stumbled in the doubles final losing to Patrick Rafter-Jonas Bjorkman in the Australian Open Tennis tournament.
3/9/1997Bangladesh and Chakma refugee leaders sign a historic agreement for repatriation of the 50,000 refugees sheltered in six camps in Tripura for the past 11 years.
9/14/1992S. A. Banerjee, cricketer who played one Test for India in 1948 without scoring any runs but took 5 wkts, died.
7/31/1946Jinnah threatens sanctions of ""Direct Action"".
2/15/1920Kanti Mehta, trade unionist, was born at Calcutta.
12/11/1996T. N. Seshan retires. M. S. Gill becomes the new election Chief Election Commissioner.
8/7/1941Rabindranath Devendranath Tagore ""Gurudev"", great Indian poet, voluminous playwright, Noble Laureate, social reformer, freedom fighter, painter and philosopher, passed away at Calcutta at the age on 80 years. He will be always remembered for the national song ""Jana Gana Mana"" and as a founder of Vishwa Bharati, Shantiniketen, etc.
1/29/1896Swami Paranabananda Brahamachari, founder of `Bharat Sevashram Sangha', was born in Bajitpur village of Faridpur district. He took 'sanyas' in 1924.
2/10/1930Shrikant Kirloskar, director of 'Kirloskar Udyog Samuh', was born.