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Historical Event on 4/20/1887
Padmabhushan Jemini Roy, famous painter, was born.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
4/24/1918 | Durgaprasad Dhar, former Vice President of Planning Commission, was born. |
8/1/1957 | M. K. Vellodi was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 04-06-1958. |
2/2/1993 | Prices of iron and steel hiked. |
8/5/1905 | Dr. Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar, social reformer, was born. |
5/17/1873 | Hindi daily 'Bharat Mitra' started from Calcutta. |
10/3/1999 | Insp N Gojen Singh won a 'silver' medal in 10,000 m. race and 6th position in 5,000 m. race in the 8th Asian Junior Athletic Championship ( International Level) held at Singapore. |
6/19/1901 | Raj Chandra Bose, Indian mathematician and statistician, was born at Hosangabad in Madhya Pradesh. He made many valuable contributions to the subject. He discovered new codes for telecommunication. In 1976, America's highest honour to a scientist came to Bose as he was elected Fellow of the US Academy of Sciences. |
1/10/1980 | President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy invited Indira Gandhi to form Government. |
3/1/1908 | A.E.T. Barrow, educationist, was born. |
5/31/1928 | Pankaj Khirod Roy, cricketer (Indian opener, 413 partnership w/Vinoo Mankad), was born in Calcutta. He was the recipient of Padmashree (1975). |
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