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Historical Event on 11/2/1908
50 years after the start of direct rule, Edward VII talks of 'prudently extending' democracy.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
2/2/2000 | The Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry clears Ms. Deepa Mehta's film ''Water'' after the director agreed to make some changes in the script. |
2/19/1919 | Arvind Gokhle, great Marathi story writer, was born. |
7/17/1937 | Delhi-Calcutta Express Train derailed near Patna killing 95. |
9/1/1908 | Amir Elahi, right-hand batsman and right-arm leg-break bowler, born at Multan in Lahore. |
8/15/1867 | Bhartendu Harishchandra publishes a Hindi monthly 'Kavi Vachan Sudha'. |
1/1/1967 | Day's play in the Calcutta Test vs West Indies cancelled by riots. |
5/31/1891 | Buddhagaya Mahabodhi Society, an organization to encourage Buddhist studies in India and abroad, was established by a Buddhist monk Anagarika Dharmapala. |
11/23/1926 | Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose, Indian plant physiologist and physicist, passed away. He investigated the properties of very short radio waves, wireless telegraphy and radiation-induced fatigue in inorganic materials. His physiological work involved comparative measurements of the responses of plants exposed to stress. His invention of highly sensitive instruments for the detection of minute responses by living organisms to external stimuli enabled him to anticipate the parallelism between animal and plant tissues noted by later bio-physicists.รก |
7/25/1991 | Dr. V. K. R. V. Rao, famous economist and former central minister, passed away. |
4/20/1930 | The Viceroy imposes an ordinance for the suppression of terrorism, following a series of attacks. |
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