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Historical Event on 4/10/1880
C.Y. Chintamani, renowned journalist, was born.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
4/12/1752 | Agreement to save the king between Shinde and Holkar. |
7/1/1999 | Two leaders of Hindu Makkal Katchi (HMK) are detained under National Security Act (NSA). |
11/13/1908 | Yeshwantrao Hindurao Ghorpade, former ruler and great industrialist, was born. |
5/20/1996 | CPI Leader Indrajit Gupta appointed pro-term speaker in the Lok Sahba. |
12/19/1969 | Nayan Ramlal Mongia, cricketer (Indian Test batsman-wicketkeeper 1994- ), was born in Baroda. |
2/17/1931 | Viceroy of India Lord Irvin accepted Mahatma Gandhi as leader of people and invited him at Vicregal Lodge (now known at Rashtrapati Bhavan). After the event, Winston Churchill, who later became Prime Minister of Britain, referred Gandhiji as ""the Half-Naked Fakir of India"". |
11/16/1915 | Vishnu Ganesh Pingle, martyr, died. |
10/15/1990 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (b-1918), the South African black nationalist leader who arrived in India on a five-day visit. He is the first non-Asian to get this honour. |
11/24/1948 | Ashok Gandotra, cricketer (Two Tests for India 1969), was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
5/31/1994 | Pandit Samtaprasad, famous Tabla player, passed away. |
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