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Historical Event on 1/10/1953
Opening ceremony of Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research held.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
9/5/1988 | The country goes without newspapers on this day as the entire newspaper industry had protested against the Defamation Bill. |
12/28/1688 | Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb demolishes all temples (around 1,000) in Mathura. (During their reign, Muslim rulers had destroyed roughly 60,000 Hindu temples throughout India, constructing mosques on 3,000 sites). |
10/9/1947 | P. C. Joshi, General Secretary, Communist Party of India (CPI), appealed to all LEFT parties to rally around Nehru to fight for peace. |
4/12/1967 | U. Thant,UN Secretary General, receives the first Nehru Award for international understanding. |
5/19/1954 | The Govt. of India constituted a National Film Board. |
9/3/1953 | Laxmanrao Parvatkar (Khaprumama), famous Tabla player, passed away. |
3/9/1974 | Guru Amudan Sharma, famous Manipuri dance master, passed away. |
1/1/1900 | Doordrahsan was started.
Doordarshan is an autonomous public service broadcaster founded by the Government of India, which is owned by the Broadcasting Ministry of India and is one of two divisions of Prasar Bharati. |
8/9/1966 | Heroes of the 1942 movement were honoured at a rally in Red Fort. |
12/11/1780 | Goddard General, Bassein fort was captured near Bombay. |
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