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Historical Event on 3/1/1910
The Dalai Lama is welcomed in Darjeeling.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/4/1905 | More than 10,000 people are feared to have perished in an earthquake that hit the northeast Indian province of Lahore during the night. The town of Dharmsala was almost completely razed to the ground with the entire population rendered homeless and sleeping out in icy conditions. Five hundred Gurkha soldiers were buried alive when their stonebuilt barracks collapsed on them. The towns of Kangra and Palampur have also been leveled to the ground by the worst natural disaster measured at 8 on Ricter Scale. In Lahore, 70 Hindus were killed, Muslim inhabitants were parading in the streets, weeping and offering up prayers with ceremonial rites. Several British administrators and missionaries were known to have been killed or injured. At Simla, Lady Curzon, wife of the Viceroy, had a close escape from death when a chimney crashed into the room in which she was sleeping. |
| 5/25/1606 | Guru Arjun Dev, spiritual leader of Sikhs and Hindus, was massacred at the instruction of Emperor Jahangir. |
| 6/11/1921 | Snehlata, social reformer and politician, was born at Mathura, U.P. |
| 9/13/1996 | Lok Pal Bill introduced in Lok Sabha. |
| 6/4/1953 | University of Cambridge confers honorary Doctorate of Laws on J. L. Nehru. |
| 4/3/1984 | Soyuz T-11 carried three cosmonauts along with the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma to Salyut 7. |
| 10/1/1949 | 'Marathi Rangbhumi' , a drama company, established. |
| 8/7/1906 | First Tricoloured National Flag consisting of Green, Yellow and Red, with eight Lotuses on the top, second strip carrying ""Vande Matara"" in Devnagri and the third strip having Sun and Cresent Moon, was hoisted at Green Park in Calcutta by Surendranath Banerjee. |
| 3/1/1997 | India `A' blanks Sri Lanks 5-0 in the inaugural tennis `Tests' in Delhi. |
| 7/31/1988 | Air Chief Marshal D A La Fontaine PVSM, AVSM, VM. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. |
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