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


 

Historical Event on 5/12/1955

The PM laid the foundation stone for the National Museum.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/6/1932Veena Das, revolutionary freedom fighter, shot Stenly Jackson, Governor of Calcutta at the convocation ceremony of B.A. degree, but Jackson was afraid and bend down, thus the aim was missed.
9/17/1937Sitakant Mahapatra, 1933 Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Orria poet, was born.
6/3/1915Sir' knighthood was granted to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore by the British Government.
1/1/1975Shankarrao Vasudev Kirloskar, famous iindustrialist, died.
3/13/1958Vallathol Narayana Menon, great freedom fighter, poet, literateur and writer,died at the age of 80.
1/16/1985Balram Jakhar elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
11/19/19829th Asian Games started in Delhi.
9/14/1803Lord Lake was captured Delhi.
7/5/1968Naval Submarine wing in Indian Naval Force came into existence with the arrival of the first submarine from the Soviet Union.
9/14/1949Hindi declared the national language by the Constituent Assembly after a three-day debate.