Chicago Indian Community - ChicagoIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 12/23/1926

Swami Shradhanand, great revolutionary freedom fighter, social worker and politician, was assassinated by a revolver shot that was fired by a young Muslim Abdul Rashid.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/31/1902Keshav Shankar Pillai, great writer and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Kayamkulam in Kerala.
8/2/1942Gandhi says that the Japanese might be welcomed in India should they invade due to current Indian discontent.
5/28/1989Kerala diocese of Marathakavalli was the first Christian priest in India.
6/5/1995A three-week long, the first ever Indo-US joint army training exercise begins.
11/13/1922Mahadev Sadashivrao Ande, freedom fighter and political leader, was born.
1/1/1995This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Tolerance"".
9/20/1997President K. R. Narayanan inaugurates the first Dr. Ambedkar Law University in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
8/22/1818Warren Hastings, first Governor General of India (1773-84), died at the age of 85.
6/1/1992Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Academy established at Satara.
1/27/1974President V. V. Giri inaugurated the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Museum and it was opened for public at Teen Murti House, New Delhi.