Portland Indian Community - PortlandIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 2/18/1899

Jainarain Vyas, leader, freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Jodhpur, Rajasthan. He played a leading role in creating united Rajasthan by integration of various states of Rajputana. He was the first Chief Minister of Rajasthan from 1951 to 1954.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/5/1995Narsimha Rao, PM, reaches Argentina for G-15 summit at Buenos Aires.
8/13/1943Chintamanrao Deshmukh was first Indian to be appointed Governor of Reserve Bank.
9/19/1927Kunwar Narayan, famous writer of 'Atmajayee' and 'Akaron Ke Aas Pas', was born.
9/29/2000The Government raises the prices of petroleum products across- the-board while cutting import and excise duties on crude oil, diesel and motor spirit (petrol).
10/29/1996Kamini' (Kalpakkam Mini), a 30 KW research reactor which uses man-made Uranium-233 as fuel and the only working reactor of its kind in the world, attains 'criticality'.
8/4/1935Government of India got the Royal Assent Act 1935.
1/12/1949Tej Bahadur Saproo, liberal leader, passed away. He was a strong believer in constitution and not in revolutions.
4/9/1974India, Pakistan, Bangladesh reach pact to exchange prisoners of 1971 war in New Delhi.
6/20/1946Gandhiji attends Working Committee meeting from 20-21 June.
9/30/1943Ramanand Chattopadhyay, famous author and journalist, died.