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Historical Event on 1/3/1871
Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara, freedom fighter and social reformer, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/2/1930 | Gandhiji addresses letter to Viceroy intimating his intention to break Salt Law if Congress demands are not conceded. |
| 7/1/1997 | The Sankaracharyas of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam were given a warm reception at the Golden Temple, Amritsar. |
| 4/10/1760 | Gerard George Clifford, head of East-Indian Company, passed away at the age of 75. |
| 3/10/1995 | ONGC's oil rig that blew out ( January 8 ) at Pasalapudi site near Amalapuram (Andhra Pradesh) put out after 62 days. |
| 6/9/1967 | Narayan Shripad Rajhans, alias Bal Gandharva, went into a coma in Bombay and never regained his consciousness. |
| 7/23/2000 | Ram Jethmalani, Union Law Minister, quits the Cabinet after the Prime Minister shows him the door following the outbursts against the Chief Justice of India, Dr. A. S. Anand. |
| 8/11/1984 | A cloud of toxic chemicals escaped from a Union Carbide plant near Charleston, West Virginia, this morning, and at least 135 residents were treated for eye, throat, and lung irritation. Last December, methyl isocyanate gas escaped from a Union Carbide plant in India, killing 2,000 people. No MIC escaped today, plant officials said. Aldicarb oxime, a much less toxic gas, is declared as one constituent of the gas cloud. |
| 2/1/1901 | Six language penel were started on the Rs. five dinomination. These notes were single sided and the back side could be used for accounting purposes. The six languages were Urdu, Bengali, Telugu, Kaithi, Kannada and Tamil. The paper used for printing was white hand made and moulded. |
| 4/28/1992 | Vinayak Krishna Gokak, famous Kannad poet and Gyanpeeth Awardee, passed away. |
| 4/23/1955 | Political Committee of Asian-African Conference at Bandung adopted an Indian resolution calling for a ban on atomic weapons. |
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