|
|
Historical Event on 8/17/1934
Murasoli Shanmuga Sundram Maran was born in Thirukkuvalai village in Thiruvarur (Tamil Nadu).
Other Historical Dates and Events |
5/21/1984 | Army moves in after 114 die in religious strife at Bomay. |
5/8/1933 | Gandhi starts hunger strike to protest the British repression of untouchables. |
12/16/1952 | Sri Ramalu Potiu sacrificed his life for the demand of seperate Andhra Pradesh state for the Telugu- speaking people. |
3/23/1923 | Shekh Mubarak Ali Ayaj, Sindhi litterateur, was born. |
6/4/1972 | First Environment Day. |
4/11/1999 | India successfully test-fires the extended range ''Agni-II'' missile, bridging a key gap in its minimum nuclear deterrent profile. |
2/18/1945 | Kal Yug' era passed away. |
3/3/1989 | Gwal Pahari in Haryana switched on the solar energy centre of the first pilot 50 kilowatt solar power plant. |
3/22/1907 | Perturbed by a new law restricting Asiatic immigrants, Mohandas Gandhi, a young Indian attorney now living in South Africa, organized a campaign of civil disobedience to resist the statute popular bill passed by the new Boer government of the Transvaal Colony. The Asiatic Registration Bill was considered by Gandhi unjust and discriminatory to the large Chinese and Indian populations. However, the government expressed the belief that the ordinance was popular. ""Over 90 percent of the white people thoroughly approve of it,"" said Sir Gilbert Parker, a Conservative member of Parliament. |
10/30/1991 | Norberto Carvalho, vetern freedom fighter of Goa freedom fight, passed away. |
|
|
|
|