|
|
Historical Event on 1/2/1960
Raman Lamba, Cricketer was Born
|
|
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/24/1980 | Varahagiri Venkata Giri, former president of India, died at Madras. |
| 1/30/1903 | Lord Curzon opened the Imperial Library in in Metcalfe Hall at Calcutta. |
| 7/18/1909 | Vishnu Dey, Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Bengali poet, was born. |
| 1/23/1915 | Kamal Nayan Bajaj, famous industrialist, was born. |
| 3/31/1972 | Meena Kumari, famous film actress, passed away. |
| 12/29/1983 | Gavaskar makes the highest Test Cricket score by an Indian, 236* vs West Indies. |
| 7/19/1925 | Dinesh Singh, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Kalakankar (U.P). |
| 11/1/1956 | Indian Government re-organizes the states according to linguistic principles and inaugurates second Five-Year Plan. The states declared were Madhya Pradesh, Punjab by merging Patiala & PEPSU, Mumbai was divided in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka. Union Territories namely Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshdeep Minikai and Amin Divi were approved. |
| 4/13/1772 | Warren Hastings, who became the president of their Bengal Council, was appointed in the court of Directors of the East India Company. |
| 9/22/1789 | Office of Postmaster General is created under the Treasury Department. |
|
|
|
|
