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Historical Event on 6/1/1930
First Indian luxurious fast train 'Deccan Queen' started from Victoria Terminus (CST) to Pune.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
11/16/1915 | Vishnu Ganesh Pingle, martyr, died. |
10/9/1994 | Kamal Bose, great photographer, died. |
8/22/2000 | Parliament okays two Constitutional Amendment Bills restoring relaxations in marks for promotion in government jobs to SC/STs and exempting Arunachal from reservation for SCs. |
5/1/1940 | Marathi magzine `Digdarshan' was published. |
4/14/1992 | The 79th Plenary session of the Indian National Congress opens in Tirupati. |
4/14/1992 | |
1/26/1950 | India became a Republic within the British Commonwealth and the Indian Air Force dropped its ""Royal"" prefix. At this time, it possessed six fighter squadrons of Spitfires, Vampires and Tempests, operating from Kanpur, Poona, Ambala and Palam, one B-24 bomber squadron, one C-47 Dakota transport squadron, one AOP flight, a communications squadron at Palam and a growing training organisation. |
10/9/1963 | Saifuddin Azizuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter, President of Punjab and the first Indian to win the Lenin Award for International Peace, died. |
2/26/1996 | Parliament's budget session opens. |
2/11/1847 | Thomas Alva Edison, great scientist and inventor of electric light lamp, was born at Milan, Ohio. |
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