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Historical Event on 1/24/1937
Gandhi announces that he will retire from politics.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
12/17/1999 | Pramod Mahajan, Parliamentary Affairs Minister, announces that Women's Bill will be introduced in the Lok Sabha. |
7/10/1971 | Kochin University was established in Kerala. |
3/3/1943 | Gandhi breaks his hunger strike after 21 days. |
10/31/1962 | Krishna Menon, Home Minister, resign due to attack by China. |
12/29/1904 | K. V. Puttappa, famous Kannada poet and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born at Hirekodage. |
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. |
9/25/1946 | Bishan Singh Giansingh Bedi, cricketer (mighty Indian slow left-armer 1966-79), was born in Amritsar. He received the Arjun Award (1969) and the Padmashree (1970). |
4/13/1963 | Babu Gulab Rai, famous hindi critic, passed away. |
10/5/1993 | Geet Sethi retained World Billiards title by beating Mike Russel. |
7/4/1992 | Sanskrit made a compulsory subject from sixth to intermediate classes in Uttar Pradesh. |
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