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Historical Event on 11/17/1953
Sadanand Swaminathan, famous journalist, passed away.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
9/20/1857 | British troops conquered Delhi from the Mutineers. |
3/22/1938 | IRFA was registered as a local body not administered by the Government on March 22, 1938 under the Government of India Act No. XXI of 1860. |
1/5/1953 | Andhra University celebrated its silver jubilee. |
10/1/1992 | Broadcasting of Zee TV started. |
12/4/1998 | Sonia Gandhi said the Congress(I) was prepared to meet the challenge of contesting a mid-term poll if it was forced on the country. But it would not take any initiative to pull down the BJP-led coalition. |
9/26/1996 | Deve Gowda, PM, takes oath as Rajya Sabha member. He was the first PM to enter parliament through RS. Indira Gandhi was already a RS member when elected leader in 1966. |
7/1/1913 | Vasantrao Phulsing Naik, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra State, was born at Ganuli (Yeotmal). |
7/4/1760 | Meeran, Mir Jaffer's son, accidently died on the banks of Ganga near Patna due to lightning. |
10/18/1712 | Jeremias Van Riemsdijk, Governor General of Dutch Indies (1775-77), was born. |
10/2/1942 | Menka Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested by the police when she and her friends were carrying out Gandhi Jayanti procession. She was tortured with cigar butts and the administration set her house on fire. |
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