|
|
Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 10/06/1779 |
Elphinston, historian and administrator of Mumbai province, was born. |
| 10/06/1808 |
Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer, innovator, chief engineer and Inspector of Machinery at the Steam Factory at Bombay and one of the dignitaries, was born. |
| 10/06/1858 |
Nanasaheb Peshwa, a revolutionary of first mutiny, died. |
| 10/06/1862 |
Indian Penal Code was notified. However, it was implemented from 1st January 1862. |
| 10/06/1893 |
Meghnad N. Saha, astrophysicist, was born. In 1920, he developed the 'Thermal Ionization Equation', which has remained fundamental in all works on stellar atmospheres. This equation has been widely applied to the interpretation of stellar spectra, which are characteristic of the chemical composition of the light source. |
| 10/06/1913 |
V. R. Kant, famous poet, was born. |
| 10/06/1927 |
The first independent film processing laboratory, Atmanand Laboratory, was set up by Narayanrao alias Dhanjibhai K. Desai at Bombay. |
| 10/06/1927 |
First Indian Cinematograph Enquiry Committee, under the chairmanship of Diwan Bahadur T. Rangachariar, was appointed by the Government. |
| 10/06/1935 |
Jeevan D. Ghosh, cricket Test umpire from 1978-91, was born in Bengal. He has the distinction of having the longest umpiring career of 32 years in India. |
| 10/06/1949 |
Jawaharlal Nehru laid the foundation stone of National Defence Academy in Kharakvasla near Pune. |
| 10/06/1954 |
Nehru declared the National Health Scheme for the entire country. |
| 10/06/1963 |
Baba Kharak Singh, freedom fighter and grand old man of Punjab, died. |
| 10/06/1969 |
Bruna Coutinho, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Calangute, Goa. He was recognised as Indian Player of the Year in 1996. |
| 10/06/1974 |
Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon, great freedom fighter, barrister, leader, politician, nationalist and member of the Lok Sabha, passed away. He resigned as the defence minister soon after the Chinese aggression. |
| 10/06/1983 |
Punjab Government was dismissed to halt religious and political violence by Indira Gandhi, who imposed President's rule in the state. |
| 10/06/1985 |
P.T. Usha sets record for 400m (Women) in 51.61 seconds at Canberra . |
| 10/06/1990 |
Justice Ranganath Mishra sworn in as Chief Justice of Supreme Court. |
| 10/06/1992 |
Z. R. Ansari, former central minister, died. |
| 10/06/1997 |
International Commodity Exchange Division of the India Pepper and Spice Trade Association in Kochi opened. |
| 10/06/1997 |
I. K. Gujral, PM, begins visit to South Africa, which was the first ever by an Indian Prime Minister. |
| 10/06/1997 |
Abhijit Kunte wins Asian Junior Chess title. |
| 10/06/1998 |
Railways wins the BOB-Senior National Hockey championship for women defeating Haryana in the final at Chennai. |
| 10/06/1999 |
INLD-BJP combine wins by big margin in Haryana. |
| 10/06/1999 |
The DMK front is set to win a majority of LS seats in Tamil Nadu. |
| 10/06/1999 |
Suraj Bhan sworn in Governor of Bihar. |
| 10/06/1999 |
Sonia Gandhi, Congress(I) president, won the Bellary Lok Sabha seat defeating her BJP rival Sushma Swaraj by a margin of 56,100 votes. |
| 10/06/2000 |
Mamata Banerjee, Trinamool Congress chief, withdraws her resignation from the Union Cabinet of Ministers. |
|
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 07/24/1911 | Pannalal Ghosh, famous flute player, was born. |
| 01/19/1963 | Kuladhor Chaliha, one of the pioneer Congress leaders of Assam, passed away. |
| 06/03/1947 | British Government issued the partition plan, which was worked out by Lord Louis Mountbatten in New Delhi and was accepted by both Muslim League and Congress. The salient features of the partition were, 1) Provices of Bengal and Punjab to be divided., 2) The Indians will form the constitution of India and it will only be applicable in the areas where people accept it., 3) The province of Baluchistan shall adopt proper ways to decide its future., 4) 562 Princely States shall be free to decide their own future., 5) Referendum shall be held in N.W.F.P. and Assam., 6) The Governor General of both countries shall be the executive head of their respective countries., 7) Military assets shall be divided between the two countries and 8) Red Cliff Mission was setup, to demarcate the boundaries of the two countries. India would become free on 15th August 1947. |
| 07/24/1932 | Ramkrishna Mission Seva Pratisthan was established for the service of the sick and humanitarian activities. |
| 09/29/1996 | Water from Krishna river (AP) released for Madras. |
| 10/13/1971 | Hitesh Modi, cricketer (Kenyan left-handed batsman 1996 World Cup), was born. |
| 02/05/1981 | Kuda Bux, great Indian mystic (I'd Like to See), passed away at 75. |
| 07/22/1987 | A.G. Kripal Singh, 14 Tests for India and one century on debut, passed away. |
| 08/17/1780 | Indian Governor General Warren Hastings duel with Francis to settle personal and official quarrels. Francis was wounded but survived. |
| 05/17/1927 | A.N. Radhakrishnan, great educationist, was born. |
|
|
|
