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Historical Event on 12/1/1921
Des Raj Kalia, great librarian, was born at Fazilka, Punjab.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
7/11/1882 | Baba Kanshi Ram, great freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Dada Siba village, Tehsil Dehra District, Kangra. |
3/1/1998 | Bharat Ratna is awarded to Dr. A.J.P. Abdul Kalam, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, and Smt. M. S. Subbulakshmi, Carnatic musician. The award is also conferred posthumously on film director Satyajit Ray, freedom fighter Aruna Asaf Ali and former Prime Minister Gulzari Lal Nanda. |
3/25/1983 | Chalpati Rao, great journalist, passed away. |
4/9/1669 | Aurangzeb issued a general order all the schools and temples of the infidels. |
5/19/1908 | Manik Bandopadhyay, modern Bengali novelist and story-writer, was born. |
2/7/1908 | Manmanath Gupta was born. |
6/24/1996 | Nanchil K. Manoharan, former DMK Finance Minister, expelled from the party. |
7/18/1987 | Amitabh Bachhan resigns his Lok Sabha membership. |
9/19/1990 | Rajeev Goswami, a student of Delhi University, attempts to self immolate himself in protest against the implementation of Mandal Commission Report. |
10/2/1994 | Gandhi Peace Prize instituted on the lines of Nobel Peace Prize on the great leader's 125th birth anniversary. |
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