Houston Indian Community - HoustonIndian.net
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 8/11/1916

Gopal Raghunath Bewur, former Chief of Army and fighter, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/14/1990Over 90 persons killed in an Airbus crash in Bangalore.
10/1/1919Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar, famous Marathi poet and screenplay writer, was born.
1/3/1997Congress President Sitaram Kesri elected leader of Congress Parliamentary Party, and Sharad Pawar appointed leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha.
7/5/1998An Amusement and Picnic Resorts Pvt. Ltd. with five dolphins and sea lions was inaugurated at Mahabalipuram.
12/21/1903Bhalchandra Digambar Garware, famous industrailist, was born.
2/13/1945Vinod Mehra, famous Hindi film actor, was born.
9/19/1960Sindhu River water-sharing settement was signed between India and Pakistan.
5/25/1894Biharilal Chakravorty, bengali poet, passed away.
1/8/1925The first All India Art & Craft Exhibition was inaugurated by Sir William Marries, Governor UP at Kaisar Baug, Lucknow.
12/22/1939When Britain declared war against the Germans it appealed for help from all political parties. Congress put up some conditions which in other words were the immediate transfer of power. The Viceroy promised to give due consideration to the suggestions of each party and that the dominion status would be given after the war. Congress in order to pressurize the Govt. boycotted all ministries and started a civil disobedience movement and eventually resigned. Jinnah declared 22nd Dec 1939 as ""Day of Deliveranc