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Historical Event on 2/1/1930
A bomb, believed to be planted by Indian nationalists, is found at the British Museum at London.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
5/18/1974 | First underground Atomic device explosion for India was carried out successfully near Pokhran in Rajasthan (Thar Desert) at 8:05 a.m. This event made India as the 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb. |
11/19/1910 | Gohar alias Gohar A. Kayoum Mamajiwala was born at Lahore. She was a film actress. Her first film was 'Fortune & Fools' (1925). Other films were 'Lanka Ni Laadi', 'Handsome', 'Briefless Barrister', 'Thief of Delhi', 'Punjab Mail', 'My Darling' and 'The Web'. |
5/16/1933 | Shani, writer of novel 'Kalajal' and film 'Shaukin', was born. |
1/11/1613 | Emperor Jahangir in a proclamation permitted East India Company to establish factories in Surat. And the first British factory was established under Thomas Aldworth. |
4/7/1920 | Ravi Shankar Bhattacharya, renowned Sitar player (Sounds of India), was born in Banaras, India. |
11/18/1925 | Madhukar Gopal Pathak, noted author and film director, was born. |
12/25/1926 | Dharmavir Bharti, journalist and editor of Dharmyug, was born. His famous books are ""Gunahon Ka Devta"" and ""Suraj Ka Satwa Ghoda"". |
1/18/1980 | Assam agitation turns violent; Army called in. |
3/15/1993 | Vinod Kambli scores 227 vs Zimbabwe. This was his second consecutive Test 200. |
1/24/1826 | Gnanendra Mohan Tagore, first Indian barrister, was born in Calcutta. |
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