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Historical Event on 7/1/1984
Ravishankar Maharaj, freedom fighter and national leader of the country, died at the age of 101.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
5/14/1976 | Pakistan and India agree to resume diplomatic ties. |
10/5/1868 | Laxmi Narayan Barua, Assamia novelist, was born. |
5/31/1970 | Indira Gandhi called for international help as the civil war in Bangladesh, or East Pakistan, had turned two million people into refugees. Many of them were suffering from cholera and smallpox. The authorities of West Pakistan refused to care for them, and India couldn't afford to. |
8/8/1936 | Corbett National Park was established. It was the first country in the country. |
7/5/1916 | Indian Women's University was established at Hingne near Poona by Dr. Dhondo Keshav Karve with just four students. After 1920, it was renamed as Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Indian Women's University. |
12/25/1846 | Swati Tirunal Ramavarma passed away. |
4/15/1948 | Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh was created by the merger of some 30 small ruling states. |
6/21/1941 | Chakravorty Rajgopalachari became the First Indian Governor General of India. |
12/24/1880 | Pattabhi Sitaramayya, politician and president of Indian National Congress, was born in Andhra Pradesh. |
12/25/1937 | Pitambar Datt Kaushika, great educationist, was born at Bulandshahar. |
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