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


 

Historical Event on 8/1/1882

Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, was born at Allahabad (U.P.).

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/5/1907Kashi Nath Pandey, politician and Trade Unionist, was born in Fursatpur Village.
6/3/1818Maratha wars between British & Maratha Confederacy in India ends.
3/5/1851Geological Survey of India was established in Calcutta.
1/20/1898Krishnarao Ganeshpant Fulanbrikar (Master Krishnarao), famous singer, actor and music director, was born.
3/29/1932Sundaram Gundibalirama, right-hand batsman and right-arm medium fast bowler, was born at Udipi in Karnataka.
9/24/1992Union Labour Minister announces a new export-oriented emigration policy in place of the regulatory one.
7/15/1904Mogubai Kurdikar, veteran singer of 'Jaypur Gharana', was born.
9/25/1946Bishan Singh Bedi, a former Indian cricketer was born.
1/22/1990The International Literacy Campaign was launced in the country by the Prime Minister at a national function held at New Delhi. (8-9-90).
8/20/1997Premananda, self-styled godman, sentenced by Pudukottai district and sessions court to life imprisonment for two terms and a fine of Rs. 66.4 lakhs for rape of 13 inmates of his ashram and murder of a male inmate.