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Historical Event on 7/7/1937
Jagdish Prasad Goenka, great industrialist, was born in Calcutta.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/23/1993 | Indian Airlines B737 crashes at Aurangabad, 61 die. |
3/25/1990 | Lakshadweep Council elections. |
4/14/1944 | Blast in ammunition loaded on 1,318 tonned freighter 'S. S. Fort Stikine' which was anchored in Victoria Dock at Bombay. The explosion killed 1376 people, wrecking 27 ships and destroying 40,000 tons of food. |
3/3/1939 | Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" at Rajkot to protest state's autocratic rule at Bombay and to secure ruler's adherence of promise given towards reform administration, and ends it on March 7 on Viceroy's intervention. |
7/21/1911 | Umashankar Jethalal Joshi, famous Gujarati poet, Hindi writer and educationist, was born at Bamna in Gujarat. |
9/4/1921 | British govt. sends ultimatum to rebels in India, demanding their surrender within 48 hrs, at Madras. |
11/9/2000 | The 17-day old Manohar Parrikar led BJP Government in Goa wins the trust vote. |
3/24/1855 | First long distance telegram message was opened between Agra and Calcutta at a distance of 1,300 km. |
5/3/1971 | Dhanjay Ramchandra Gadgil, famous economist, passed away. |
5/24/1999 | Noted wrestling coach Dronacharya awardee Guru Hanuman passed away in a road accident near Meerut. |
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