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Historical Event on 1/18/1969
Prajapita Brahma, great social reformer and freedom fighter, passed away.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
10/2/1942 | Menka Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested by the police when she and her friends were carrying out Gandhi Jayanti procession. She was tortured with cigar butts and the administration set her house on fire. |
6/4/1972 | First Environment Day. |
12/8/1932 | Indian Air Force Act was passed. |
7/9/1969 | Sagi Lakshmi Venkatapathy Raju, cricketer (Indian slow left-armer), was born in Hyderabad. |
7/9/1969 | Mian Tansen, a prominent figure of North Indian (Hindustani) classical music and famous singer of Akbar's court, died at Gwalior. Tansen is remembered for his epic Dhrupad compositions, creating several new ragas, as well as for writing two classic books on music Sri Ganesh Stotra and Sangita Sara. |
2/25/1920 | Balraj Madhok was born. |
2/25/1920 | Saint Chokhoba passed away. |
10/15/1977 | The Congress party denies bid by Indira Gandhi to regain leadership. |
10/6/1990 | Justice Ranganath Mishra sworn in as Chief Justice of Supreme Court. |
10/6/1990 | Shahaji Raje Bhosale, father of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, was born. |
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