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Historical Event on 10/9/1947
P. C. Joshi, General Secretary, Communist Party of India (CPI), appealed to all LEFT parties to rally around Nehru to fight for peace.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/5/1918 | Ratanji Jamshetji Tata, famous Indian industrialist and social reformer, died. |
| 12/4/1829 | Britain abolished ""sati"" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre) |
| 3/20/1925 | Marquess Curzon of Kedleston died this morning at age 66 from complications following an operation. Long a kingpin of the Conservative party, Lord Curzon spent 40 years in public life, serving as Viceroy and Governor General of India and, at the end of his career, as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Though he came close to becoming prime minister in 1923, his aristocratic past militated against him in an era which nominated leaders from the House of Commons. He twice wed US women and enjoyed fame as an author of books about politics and his own travels. |
| 3/20/1925 | Humayun died at Delhi. Two days earlier he had slipped on the staircase of a library being constructed at the Old Fort. |
| 4/1/1912 | The imperial capital of India was moved from Calcutta to Old New Delhi and the Province of Delhi was declared by a proclamation. |
| 11/19/1975 | Sushmita Sen, former Miss Universe and film actress, was born. |
| 3/1/1992 | Anant Gundopant Tendulkar, great journalist, passed away. |
| 9/30/1922 | Bakhshish Singh Nijjar, great historian and author, was born at Domeli village (Punjab). |
| 2/1/1942 | 17 Indian Division's were withdrawn over vast stretches and the British evacuation in Burma was the longest in British military history. The Division was to subsequently extract terrible retribution from the Japanese Army during World War II and to destabilise the Indian Economy with forged notes of 5, 10 and 100 Rupees. |
| 11/21/1998 | India 'B' beats Sri Lanka 3-2 in the final of the Bristol Freedom Cup four-nation football tournament in Colombo. |
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