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


 

Historical Event on 5/25/1941

Sagarmal Gopa, a devoted patriot and freedom fighter, was arrested in Jaisalmer. He wrote two books ""Jaisalmer Rajya ka Gunda Shasan"" and ""Raghunath Singh Ka Mukadma"" for which he was prohibited to enter in Jaisalmer.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/16/1932Britain instituted new electoral plan for India: to allow limited untouchables and giving them separate representation.
2/6/1998V. V. S. Laxman scores 301* for Hyderabad against Bihar.
5/31/1981First developmental launch of SLV-3, Rohini (RS-D1) placed in orbit. It was used for conducting some remote sensing technology studies using a landmark sensor payload.
4/17/1923Lindsay Anderson, director (Thursday's Children), was born in Bangalore, India.
11/16/1860First group of Indian worker's reached Natal, South Africa.
12/8/1875Tej Bahadur Sapru, great leader, was born.
6/9/1986First AIDS death reported from a private hospital in Mumbai.
12/20/1904Virendranarayan Chakravorthy, former Indian Ambassador in England and Governor of Haryana, was born.
5/14/1994LTTE banned for the second time under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
8/27/1946Gandhiji cables warning to British Government against repetition of ""Bengal Tragedy"". He also wrote to Wavell.