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Historical Event on 1/10/1964
Battles between Muslims & Hindus in Calcutta.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
2/5/1981 | Kuda Bux, great Indian mystic (I'd Like to See), passed away at 75. |
5/30/1950 | Devdutta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar, great historian and archaeologist, passed away. |
8/23/1933 | Mahatma Gandhi was released from government detention in the Poona Civil Hospital after doctors warned that his fast was endangering his life. Gandhi, who undertook the fast eight days ago in protest over being arrested again by British authorities, weighed 90 pounds at the time of his release. There was considerable speculation over what the nationalist leader would do upon regaining his strength, but the common assumption was that he would be arrested again by the British authorities if he resumed his civil disobedience. |
1/24/1937 | Gandhi announces that he will retire from politics. |
6/23/1920 | Kesri Jagannathrao Joshi, senior leader of Janata Party in Karnataka, was born. |
4/18/1959 | Premier Chou En-lai insists Tibetan Dalai Lama was abducted to India. |
3/25/1898 | Swami Vivekanand accepted Sister Nivedita as his disciple. |
4/14/1952 | Three integrated Railway Zones, Northern, North Eastern and Eastern inaugurated. |
4/4/1990 | MI-4 was re-equipped with the mighty Mi-35, thus becoming a dedicated Attack Helicopter unit of the IAF. |
7/20/1955 | Suez Canal nationalised by Gamal Abdul Nassar. |
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