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Historical Event on 4/2/1877
Narottam Morarjee, great social reformer and the architect of the modern Indian Shipping, was born at Porbandar.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
10/26/1969 | Neil Armstrong, the first men to land on Moon by 'Apollo II ', and Edwin Aldrin came to Bombay. |
6/30/1995 | CNN launches a 24-hour news channel in partnership with Doordarshan. |
4/24/1996 | Indian Express launches Vizag (17th) edition. |
3/31/1663 | Mir Jumla, Mughal Commander, passed away in Bihar. |
1/2/1943 | Vir Bhai Kotwal sacrificed his life. |
2/26/1966 | Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ""Veer Savarkar"", great revolutionary freedom fighter, social reformer, politician and writer, passed away at the ripe old age of 83. He was known for the first person to flee by swimming from Port Blair Jail and was associated with right-wing Hindu Mahasabha, started the Abinav Bharat as a secret society of revolutionary terrorists. He was a great Novelist and Poet. |
8/12/1997 | Gulshan Kumar of Super Cassette Industries was shot dead by four unidentified persons in north-west Mumbai. |
7/1/1997 | Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme `97 (VDIS) comes into effect. |
8/18/1900 | Vijayalakshmi Pandit, first woman President of U.N.O. General Assembly, was born. |
7/12/1999 | Rajendra Kumar (71), legendary actor who acted in over 150 Hindi films, died in Mumbai. |
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