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Historical Event on 1/15/1898
Nanasaheb Ramji Tawde, educationist and scientist, was born at Taluq Malvan, Maharashtra.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/15/1898 | Don Francis-Di-Almeda of Portugal arrived at Cochin as Viceroy of India. |
1/3/1922 | Kirat Chothairam Babani, versatile Sindhi Writer and Journalist, was born. |
12/26/1989 | The Constitution 62nd Amendment Bill, seeking to extend reservation for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in Lok Sabha and state assemblies for another ten years, approved in Parliament. |
8/20/1993 | Mother Teresa hospitalized for malaria. |
5/5/1932 | Prabhatkumar Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali short story writer and novelist, passed away. |
3/15/1904 | Annada Shankar Rai, modern Oria and Bengali poet, was born. |
4/21/1996 | Sanjay Thapar of the IAF (leader) becomes first Indian to parachute down to geometric North pole and unfurl the flag. |
1/10/1986 | Pakistan decides to lift 8-year-old ban on private trade with India. |
3/18/1922 | Mohandas K. Gandhi ""Mahatma,"" the great spirit, sentenced by British authorities to six years in prison for sedition at Sabarmati. Gandhi was sentenced just eight days after he was arrested. The British acted hastily after government officials in London and India were criticized for not arresting him sooner. In London, the Secretary of State for India was forced to resign because of the controversy over Gandhi. In India, the arrests of Gandhi and other Indian nationalists had only increased sympathy for their cause. |
6/17/1903 | Jyotiprasad Agarwal, Assamia playwright, poet and music director, was born. |
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