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Historical Event on 3/1/1979
Jairamdas Doulatram, great national leader, freedom fighter and journalist, passed away at Delhi. He played a vital role to recognised Sindhi as one of the national laguages of India.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
5/23/1996 | 1995-96 deficit touches a new high at Rs.19,855 crore. |
10/17/1999 | Chiranjeev Milkha Singh won the Lexus International Golf tournament in Bangkok. |
9/9/1993 | Narsimha Rao, Prime Minister, arrived in Seoul for a three-day visit. |
10/12/1967 | Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia also known as "Dauntless Dr. Lohia", freedom fighter, social reformer and socialist leader, died at the Willingdon Nursing Home, New Delhi. He had founded the 'Praja Socialist Party' in 195 |
1/10/1920 | India became member of League of Nations. |
6/30/1817 | Dadabhai Navroji, veteran leader and industrialist, died. |
9/13/1998 | Dr. Justice Adarsh Sein Anand is appointed Chief Justice of India. |
1/21/1997 | Railways emerges overall champion in national road cycling championship in Calcutta. |
4/21/1990 | The first indigenously built missile cruiser boat, 'Vibhuti', was inaugurated and launched. |
1/27/1931 | Mahatma Gandhi was released from jail, ending eight months of imprisonment for his campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. To avoid demonstrations, Gandhi was released late in the evening from the Yerovda jail and put on a night train to Bombay. There was hope in British circles that the release of Gandhi would end the strife and lead to discussions of dominion status. Gandhi made clear, however, that he would persist in his civil disobedience campaign. |
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