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Historical Event on 4/14/1950
Sri Raman Maharshi, modern south Indian saint, passed away .
Other Historical Dates and Events |
10/1/1959 | Hon'ble Judge Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 31/01/1964. |
12/1/1963 | Nagaland becomes the 16th state of Indian union. |
6/16/1893 | Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar, social worker and industrialist, was born at Athikkadu Thekkur in Tamil Nadu. |
1/1/1988 | On the Christan New Year Day, Maharashtra became the first state to launch a public campaign against smoking. |
6/17/1991 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Rajiv Gandhi (Posthumous) (1944-1991). |
5/23/1942 | Lt Gen Joseph Stilwell and his men arrive at Dimapur, having retreated 150 miles (240 km) through the Burmese jungle. `We took a hell of a beating,' he said. |
2/27/1956 | G. V. Mavlankar, first speaker of Lok Sabha, passed away. |
6/18/1943 | British Field Marshal Archibald Wavell becomes Viceroy of India. |
3/19/1911 | Santosh Kumar Ganguly, cricket test empire and 10 test 1955-65, was born in Bengal. He also played Hockey and Football. He is the aurthor of ""Manual of Cricket Umpires"" and ""Technique of Umpiring Hockey"". |
8/6/1996 | Dr. Raj Kumar was conferred Dada Saheb Phalke award. |
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