Pittsburgh Indian Community - PittsburghIndian.net
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 9/1/1956

Indian state of Tripura becomes a territory.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/1/1989New Governors were appointed in five states. Gen. K. V. Krishna Rao became Governor for J&K.
4/30/1909Sant Tukdoji Maharaj, great saint, patriot and social worker, was born at Yawali, district Amravati.
1/29/1993Test debut of Vinod Kambli, prolific Indian batsman.
10/30/1999The Central Ministerial team led by Mr. Advani is prevented from making an on-the-spot assessment of the havoc wrecked by the super cyclone.
4/28/1936Abdul Rashid 'Fida' (Kishtwari), great poet, was born.
12/11/1999Dr. M. L. Madhu, poet and translator, wins the Pushkin Gold Medal award.
1/4/1931Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar, great orator, eminent journalist, fighter and one of the founders of Jamia Millia Islamia, died at London during the first Round Table Conference. He was closely associated to Mahatma Gandhi and took active part in Civil Disobedience Movement.
12/8/1994At 1730 hrs, a rocket propelled grenade fired by Somalia militia during inter clan fighting exploded on the roof of the barrack which housed IAF officers. In the explosion, two officers and an airman were injured.
1/16/1996Union Cabinet Minister V.C. Shukla, Balram Jhakar, Madhavrao Scindia, and others including BJP President L.K. Advani, Arjun Singh and Devi Lal chargesheeted in the multi-crore Jain `Hawala' case. CBI seeks sanction to prosecute them. L.K. Advani resigns from Lok Sabha membership.
2/1/1931Gandhi chiefs order campaign of civil disobedience to continue.