1030
Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni passed away in his capital.
1863
Indian Navy, that was under British East India Company, was sent to join the British Navy.
1870
Dadasaheb Phalke alias Dhundiraj Gobind Phalke was born at Trymbakeshwar near Nasik, Maharashtra. He is remembered as the ‘Father of Indian Cinema’. He produced India’s first feature Film, ‘Raja Harishchandra’ and founded Phalke & Co. at Bombay. He was a director, producer, writer, editor & laboratorian, portrait photographer and also a scene-painter.
1896
Maa Anandamayee (1896-1982), God-intoxicated yogini and mystic Bengali saint, was born at Kheora. Her spirit lives on in devotees.
1908
Khudiram Bose along with Prafulla Chaki had planned to throw a bomb at a carriage supposed to be carrying the tyrannical magistrate Kingsford. Unfortunately he was betrayed and was caught and finally was sentenced to death.
1909
Sant Tukdoji Maharaj, great saint, patriot and social worker, was born at Yawali, district Amravati.
1927
The Federal Industrial Institution for Women, the first Women’s Federal Prison, opened in Alderson, West Virginia. All women serving federal sentences of more than a year were to be brought here. Run by Dr. Mary B. Harris, the prison’s buildings, each named after social reformers, set atop 500 acres.
1936
Mahatma Gandhi started staying in Sevagram Ashram at Wardha in the Central Provinces, making it his headquarters.
1947
The entire nation was stirred by religious strife.
1948
The United States and 20 Latin American nations signed the charter establishing the Organization of American States (OAS). The new institution was designed to facilitate better political relations between the member states and, at least for the United States, to serve as a bulwark against communist penetration of the Western Hemisphere.
1977
Nine Congress-ruled states were placed under President’s rule. Janata Party formed.
1992
Import duty on gold halved; minor concessions in direct taxes.
1998
Anna Hazare, social worker, was awarded the CARE International humanitarian award for 1998.
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