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Historical Event on 12/1/1974
Sucheta Kriplani, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, passed away.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/26/1997 | Mizoram becomes a dry state, the fourth, after Gujarat, AP and Haryana. |
8/29/1992 | Eco-mark introduced in Indian market to distinguish eco-friendly products, . |
1/9/1916 | Ramkrishna Ramnarayan Ruia, great industrialist, was born. |
9/7/1955 | All India Council of Secondary Education set up by the Government. |
9/1/1989 | Yasser Arafat chosen for the 1988 Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding. |
5/11/1919 | Troops under General Barrett inflicted a sharp reverse today on the invading Afghans at Bagh Springs. The whole of the frontier area was up in arms with tribesmen threatening Landi Khotal and martial law being proclaimed in Peshawar. It was expected however that General Barrett, well equipped with guns and airplanes, would soon control the situation. Reports had been reaching London for some time about the possibility of an Afghan incursion following the murder of the pro-British Emir Habibullah. His third son, Amanullah Khan, who took over the throne, was known to be hostile toward the government of India. |
12/14/1955 | Henry Heras, famous artist and an active member of the Indian Historical Records Commission, died in Bombay. |
12/14/1955 | Maharana Pratap Singh of Udaipur, great freedom fighter, soldier and revolutionary, passed away. His son Amar Singh succeeded him. |
8/1/1986 | Amnesty scheme for evaders of taxes announced. |
5/30/1955 | Narayan Malhar Joshi, father of Indian Worker's Movement, passed away. |
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