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Historical Event on 9/12/1905
Anglo-Japanese treaty provides for Japan to help safeguard India at London.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/5/1948 | Parthasarathy Harishchandra Sharma, cricketer (Indian batsman of the mid-70's), was born in Alwar, Rajasthan. |
1/1/1981 | Colaba District renamed as Raigad District. |
1/3/1997 | Olympian Jaspal Rana sets new national mark in junior men's sports pistol 25 metres in National Shooting in Asansol. |
2/10/1949 | Pune University' established. |
8/25/1917 | The first significant step towards the Indianization of the Army was initiated when seven selected Indians, serving in the Army, were granted King's Commission in the Infantry and the Cavalry. Before the World War ended, two more Indians, who previously held temporary commissions, were granted King's Commission. |
4/3/1991 | UP Assembly dissolved to pave way for Assembly polls . |
9/14/1803 | Lord Lake was captured Delhi. |
4/17/1952 | First Lok Sabha was formed. Ananthasaynam Ayyangar, was elected as the first Deputy speaker of Lok Sabha (1952). |
4/17/1952 | Sher Shah Sur died. He was fatally wounded in an explosion on Kalanjara fort while preparing for an attack. He introduced the new silver rupee-coin ""Rupiya"" based on ratio of 40 copper coin pieces (paisa) per rupee and built several roads including the longest road of India known as Grand Trunk Road (now Natioinal Highway-2). |
7/25/1977 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy became the sixth President of India. His held this office till July 25, 1982. |
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