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Historical Event on 1/5/1955
Kumari Mamata Promileswar Banerjee was born in Calcutta (West Bengal).
Other Historical Dates and Events |
4/30/1936 | Mahatma Gandhi started staying in Sevagram Ashram at Wardha in the Central Provinces, making it his headquarters. |
6/10/1959 | Tyagmurti Goswami Ganeshdutt, social worker, died near Hardwar. |
5/29/1987 | Chaudhary Charan Singh, former Prime Minister, leader of farmers and freedom fighter, passed away at the age of 85 yrs. |
6/18/1943 | British Field Marshal Archibald Wavell becomes Viceroy of India. |
8/7/1982 | Krishnakanta Radhakant Handique, linguist, educationist, Sanskrit scholar, principal of J.B. College and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away. He also authored the learned works 'Naisadhacarita', 'Yasastilaka and Indian Culture' etc. His original treatise written in Sanskrit by Somaveda in the 10th century is an encyclopedic work dealing with Jainism and Indian thoughts and culture. |
10/30/1908 | Pasumpon Muthuramalingam Thevar, freedom fighter and social worker, was born at Pasumpon village, Tamil Nadu. |
1/1/1974 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""World Population Year"". |
3/15/1983 | Karnataka beat Bombay in 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy. |
4/23/1930 | Riots break out in Peshawar; 20 Indians shot down after killing of three Britishers. |
10/21/1947 | The office of Controller of Military Accounts (Pensions), Lahore was bifurcated and the pension work relating to Indian nationals was transferred to Allahabad. |
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