|
|
Historical Event on 9/17/1892
Shri Hanuman Prasad Poddar, social reformer, revolutionary and poet, was born in Shillong.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/18/1931 | Lord Willingdon took over as the Viceroy of India. |
| 9/26/1975 | Notification to pay equal payment to both men and women workers was promulgated. |
| 9/15/1993 | Election Commission announces polls in the former BJP-ruled states of UP, MP, HP, Rajasthan and in Delhi and Mizoram. |
| 8/2/1885 | Poet Siyaram Saran Gupt, brother of national poet Maithilysharan Gupt, was born. |
| 2/8/1994 | Gopalrao Deuskar, internationally famed painter, passed away. |
| 11/20/1967 | First Indian made Sounding Rocket 'Rohini RH75' launched into space from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station. |
| 11/25/1999 | Baba Amte, a Gandhian and noted social worker, is chosen for the Gandhi Peace Prize. |
| 12/21/1999 | The Manisana Wage Board for Journalists and Non-Journalists of Newspapers presents tentative proposals to the Government. |
| 1/19/1905 | Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, Bengali writer and thinker, passed away. |
| 7/23/1976 | Hari Chand at Montreal sets record for 10,000m in 28.48.72. |
|
![]()
|
|
|
