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


 

Historical Event on 10/4/1977

Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister, was released off the charges of corruption.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/6/1932Kamleshwar, famous Hindi writer, was born.
10/24/1933Govindjee, famous scientist, was born in Allahabad, U.P. He found cutting plant sections easier than dissection of animals.
9/12/1971Jaikishen, famous Hindi film music director, died.
7/3/1897Hansa Mehta, educationist and social reformer, was born at Surat (Gujarat).
5/18/1912Narayan Govind Chitre, with the help of R. P. Tipnis and Cameraman Johnson, produced a 8000 ft. long theatrical film 'Pundalik', which was directed by Ramchandra Torney alias Dada Saheb Torne. The entire film was shot in a theatre at Mangaldas Wadi in Bombay, where the Sangit Mandali, a professional theatre group, was performing a play 'Pundalik'. The film was released on May, 18 in the Coronation Cinematograph at Girgaum, Bombay.
9/28/1909Jairaj, famous film actor, was born. His first film was 'Sparkling Youth' (1930). He was a receipant of Dada Saheb Phalke Award. Some of his films are 'Fight unto Death', 'All for love', 'Bhawani No Bhog', 'Pearl', 'Queen of Faries', 'The Enemy', 'My Hero'.
4/11/1937Ramnath Krishnan, well known Indian Tennis player, was born.
3/1/2000P.Harikrishna becomes India's youngest International Master in the Sangli International chess tournament.
1/19/1951Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar (Thakkarbappa), social reformer of Gujrat and right hand of Gandhiji in socially segregated Harijans, passed away.
10/24/1904Lalchand Hirachand, famous industialist, was born.