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Historical Event on 1/30/1908
Gandhiji was summoned to see General Smuts at Pretoria and released on reaching a compromise.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
11/2/1984 | Violence following Indira Gandhi's assassination takes heavy toll. |
5/19/1913 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, President of India, was born. |
1/24/1999 | The Orissa police arrest 47 persons in connection with the killing of the Australian missionary. |
6/4/1903 | Gandhiji established the weekly journal ""Indian Opinion"" organised at Phoenix farm near Durban. |
7/25/1970 | Pillai A. Thanu, former Chief Minister of Kerala, passed away. |
8/20/1997 | Lata Mangeshkar receives the Fifth Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award from the President. |
4/2/1991 | Haryana Governor recommends President's rule. |
7/24/1999 | Vimala Ranadive (84), senior CPI(M) leader, died in Mumbai. |
12/9/1946 | The first meeting of Constitutional Committee Assembly was held in Parliment after a gap of two years, 11 months and 17 days. The Congress started its work of framing the Indian Constitution. Muslim League boycott failed to prevent Constituent Assembly opening. From 16th August 1946, the country witnessed communal riots on an unprecedented scale. At this crucial juncture, on 20th February 1947, Clement Atlee the British prime minister, fixed June 1948 as a deadline for transfer of power and Lord Mountbatten was appointed as the new Viceroy. |
3/29/1989 | Central Institute of Fisheries Education gets the distinction of becoming the first Fisheries University in India. |
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