Des Moines Indian Community - DesMoinesIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 2/16/1931

Viceroy Lord Irwin meets Mahatma Gandhi for the first time.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/29/1947Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar became the President of Constitution Council.
3/1/1971Central Translation Bureau was setup as a subordinate office under the Ministry of Home Affairs. The Bureau undertakes translation work of manuals, codes, forms and other non-statutory procedural literature of various ministries, departments, offices of the Central Government and Undertakings, Banks etc.
1/2/1959Kirtivardhan Bhagwat Jha Azad, cricketer (Indian off-spin all-rounder in 7 Tests 1981-83), was born in Purnea, Bihar.
7/30/1997Madras High Court restrains, by an interim injunction, the foreign universities/institutions having offices in India from awarding or conferring any degree on Indian students.
6/3/1995Mayavati (BSP) becomes the new CM of UP with the outside support of BJP.
7/17/1893Lokmanya Tilak was arrested for 18 months.
7/12/1896Dangambarrao G. Bindu, politician and father of Hydrabad Liberation Party, was born.
1/12/1992Kumar Gandharva (Shivputra Siddharamaiya Komkali), famous Classical singer, passed away at the age of 67.
1/12/1992Guru Amardasji passed away.
7/3/1948H. M. S. Auchils was taken over by Indian Navy.