Sacramento Indian Community - SacramentoIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 2/1/1944

Arun Tikekar, editor and writer, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/23/1795East India Company gave Warren Hastings a grant of the money and he was honourably acquitted of the charges.
10/9/1978Asian Games begin in Bangkok.
1/17/1933Aga Khan, religious leader (Muslims), was born.
1/12/1992Kumar Gandharva (Shivputra Siddharamaiya Komkali), famous Classical singer, passed away at the age of 67.
10/16/1905Bengal was partitioned by Lord Curzon on the pretext of it being too big to administer. Instead of dividing it on the basis of non-Bengali areas, the division was on the basis of Hindus and Muslims. Britishers thought that would succeed in increasing Hindu - Muslim tensions. The tremor of partition was felt throughout India and was regarded as an insult and challenge to Indian Nationalism. A movement was launched by the moderates. New method of protests 'Swadeshi and Swaraj' became the slogan of the common man and the whole of India was drawn into the national movement.
6/24/1946Gandhiji meets Cabinet Mission.
7/18/1953Riots against increase in streetcar fares continue with demonstrators taking control of parts of Calcutta.
3/26/1989Eighth Antarctica Expedition returns after erecting India's second permanent manned station 'Maitri'.
8/8/1912Prabhulal Bhatnagar, mathematician and Padmabhushan awardee, was born.
5/23/1942Lt Gen Joseph Stilwell and his men arrive at Dimapur, having retreated 150 miles (240 km) through the Burmese jungle. `We took a hell of a beating,' he said.