Vancouver, Surrey Indian Community - BCIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 12/30/1929

The first inland Indian air mail left New Delhi this morning for Jodhpur, Hyderabad, and Karachi to connect at Karachi with the air service to London.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/17/1994Opposition ends Parliament boycott.
3/3/1990JD-BJP coalition government in Gujarat, Chimanbhai Patel to become CM; Sharad Pawar in Maharashtra and Bhairon Singh Shekhewat of BJP to head the BJP-JD coalition government in Rajasthan.
10/10/1910Dr. Dwarkanath Kotnis, famous doctor who worked in China, was born at Solapur, Maharashtra.
12/11/1908New law suspends trial by jury and increases penalties for 'sedition.'
12/23/1845Rasbhihari Ghosh, famous patriot and law expert, was born.
4/26/1762Shyam Shastri, musician and a great artist of India, was born at Tiruvarur.
5/18/1966Panchanan Maheshwari, great Indian scientist of botany, passed away. He studied the morphology, anatomy and embryology of some angiosperms, the class of plants which produce flowers. He discovered species of plants like ""Panchanania Jaipuriensis and Isoeted Panchananil."" He wrote two authoritative books, 'An Introduction to the Embryology of Angiosperms' & 'Recent Advances in Embryology on Angiosperms'. In 1951, he founded the International Society of plant Morphologists.
10/16/1942Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills some 40,000 people in south of Calcutta, India.
9/26/1946Gandhiji was interviewed with Wavell.
1/2/1993Allahabad court allows 'darshan' at Ayodhya.