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Historical Event on 2/11/1933
First edition of weekly ""Harijan"" edited by Mahatma Gandhi was published from Pune in English and Hindi.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
7/14/1854 | Mahendranath Gupt, follower of Ramkrishna Paramahans, was born. |
11/8/1948 | Nathuram Godse confesses to murder of Gandhi but denies conspiracy. |
7/12/1932 | The 16,000-foot Shyok ice dam in the Himalayas bursts flooding the Indus Valley at Kashmir. |
9/23/1997 | India win Sahara Cup Cricket series by 4-1 victory over Pakistan. |
7/12/1970 | Major flood in Alaknanda river resulted in sweeping of buses and claimed 600 lives. |
11/19/1917 | Indira (Pridarshani) Gandhi, the first Indian Lady Prime Minister, was born at Allahabad. She was the only child of Jawharlal Nehru and took active participation in freedom fight by forming ""Vanar Sena"" (a team of young detectives). She lead India in a successful war against Pakistan to seperate East and West Pakistans and establish the nation of Banglades |
6/25/1992 | BJP bags eleven seats in the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha, Congress (I) secures seven. |
8/18/1891 | Jain Muni Mishrimalji, poet, social reformer and orator, was born at Pali, Rajasthan. |
8/18/1891 | Saint Gora Kumbhar, an intense devotee of the deity Vitthal at Pandharpur, took Samadhi in Ter village in Osmanabad Zilla, near Latur. |
1/18/1992 | Muthuswami Pillai, father of Bharat Natyam classical dance, passed away. |
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