|
|
Historical Event on 8/4/1914
Gandhiji reaches London and raised Indian Volunteer Corps.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/29/1802 | Agreement between Gaikwad of Baroda and Britishers about the army. |
| 9/18/1924 | Mahatma Gandhi was to fast for 21 days in despair of the recent riots between Muslims and Hindus. It was an expression of his 'unbearable hopelessnes'. ""Nothing I say or write,"" he said, ""can bring the two communities together."" Even as he spoke there were reports of further riots at Kohat, in which 20 Hindus and 11 Muslims were killed. Reservations, Gandhi speaking in Allahabad said, reserved the right to drink water with or without salt. ""It is both a penance and a prayer. As it is penance I need not have taken the public into my confidence but I publish it as, let me hope, an effective prayer to Hindus and Muslims, not to commit suicide"". |
| 11/12/1958 | Satyajit Ray gets the award for best direction at the San Francisco International Film Festival. |
| 5/31/1995 | Statute Bill, a constitutional amendment bill, introduced in Lok Sabha to extend reservation in jobs and in promotion for SCs and STs. |
| 10/23/1973 | Sambamurthy Pichhu, famous musician of Madras, died. |
| 3/12/1967 | Indira Gandhi became Prime Minister of India for the second time after winning the General Elections. |
| 5/7/1889 | Dr. Narayan Subbarao Hardikar, freedom fighter, journalist and Padmabhushan awardee, was born. |
| 11/3/1990 | Manmohan Krishna, famous film actor, passed away. |
| 7/2/1928 | Nandkishor Bal, great Odia poet, passed away. |
| 3/22/2000 | INSAT-3B launched. |
|
![]()
|
|
|
