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


 

Historical Event on 1/30/1911

Gajananrao Joshi, famous violin player and singer of ""Gwalior Gharana"", was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/17/1923Lindsay Anderson, director (Thursday's Children), was born in Bangalore, India.
9/26/1820Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Banerji), great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur, father of Bengali prose and who gave the Bengalees their first Primer in 1855, was born in the village of Birsingha in Midnapore district of Bengal.
3/16/1832Sarfoji Bhosle, King of Tanjawar, passed away.
1/19/1996Upendranath 'Ashk', noted Hindi literary figure known for his disputed writings, passed away.
2/19/1818Bapu Gokhle, last General of Maratha kingdom, passed away.
4/15/1932Suresh Shridhar Bhat, famous poet, was born.
10/28/1946Gandhiji leaves for Calcutta. Riots break out in Bihar.
5/5/1955Indian parliament accept Hindu divorce.
2/24/1997Charles Shobhaj, the notorious murder suspect, to be deported to France after 20 years in Tihar jail.
8/14/1987A soldier in a guard of honor attacks Indian Prime Minister Gandhi with his rifle butt at Sri Lanka.