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Historical Event on 4/14/1907
P. C. Joshi, famous Leftist leader and thinker, was born.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
3/16/1946 | Alladiya Khan, famous singer of Kolhapur Darbar, passed away. |
4/28/1848 | Utkal Gourab Madhusudan Das was born in Calcutta district in Orissa. |
3/9/1974 | Guru Amudan Sharma, famous Manipuri dance master, passed away. |
7/4/1760 | Meeran, Mir Jaffer's son, accidently died on the banks of Ganga near Patna due to lightning. |
8/19/1999 | India's role in ASEAN, ARF is lauded at a colloquium in Singapore. |
6/24/1991 | The first-ever BJP ministry led by Kalyan Singh takes over in UP. |
2/20/1976 | Production of Crude Oil started from offshore Bombay High near Mumbai. |
3/30/1665 | Murarbaji died at Purandar fort during a battle with Dilerkhan. |
8/15/1947 | On the the stroke of mid-night on 14th August 1947, India became independent and was partitioned. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru became the first prime minister and Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first president of free India. The mixed economy policy was taken on a five-year plan basis for economic development. On 26th January 1950, India became a democratic and is the biggest democracy of the world today. In 1956, on the basis of languages, India was divided into 14 states and 6 union territories. Today, there are 27 states and 7 union territories. |
10/10/1909 | Nagarwala Noshirvan Dorab, cricket umpire of five Tests, was born in Maharashtra. |
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