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Historical Event on 3/16/1901
Pralhad Balacharya Gajendragadkar, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
5/30/1919 | Rabindranath Tagore returned back the honour as a protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. |
8/7/1934 | Gandhi begins a fast for penance following the violent treatment of a Hindu leader by some of his followers. |
8/20/1997 | Premananda, self-styled godman, sentenced by Pudukottai district and sessions court to life imprisonment for two terms and a fine of Rs. 66.4 lakhs for rape of 13 inmates of his ashram and murder of a male inmate. |
3/18/1948 | Eknath Dhondu Solkar, cricketer (India 1969-77, brilliant short-leg fielder), was born in Bombay. He is recipient of Arjun Award (1973). |
4/29/1848 | Raja Ravi Verma, famous classic, prolific painter and great Indian Artist, was born in Kilimanoor, Kerala. |
11/15/1920 | Assembly meeting of the League of Nations. |
8/19/1916 | Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President of India, was born. |
1/12/1924 | Gandhiji was operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Pune. |
4/10/1919 | Miss Mercia Sherwood, an English teacher, was assaulted by a mob in Amritsar. Brig. General. R.E.H. Dyer had given instructions to beat her. |
7/25/1938 | Gautam Kalicharan, famous Hindi poet, was born. |
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