1867

Prarthana Samaj was established by Ranade, Bhandarkar and others at Mumbai in 1864.

1871

Gangadhar Balkrishna Deshpande, freedom fighter and loyal Congress leader ‘Lion of Karnataka’, was born.

1889

The Eiffel Tower is dedicated in Paris in a ceremony presided over by Gustave Eiffel, the tower’s designer: and the ceremony was attended by the French Prime Minister Pierre Tirard, a handful of other dignitaries, and 200 construction workers.

1904

British slaughter hundreds of Tibetans.

1913

Foundation stone of ‘Gateway of India’ was laid by Sir George Sydneham Clerk.

1930

Shyamji Krishna Varma, freedom fighter, nationalist and patriot, passed away in Geneva.

1942

During the 2nd World War, Japan was heavily successful in Burma and Andaman which posed a danger to the Indian Security.

1959

Dalai Lama fled China & was granted political asylum in India.

1964

Tram-way service ended in Mumbai (Bombay). This last electric tram left Bori Bunder (CST) for Dadar at 10 p.m., crowds lined the route all the way at that late hour to bid farewell to the common man’s transport medium.

1973

The Mississippi River reaches its peak level in St. Louis during a record 77-day flood. During the extended flood, 33 people died and more than $1 billion in damages were incurred. The roots of the 1973 flood go back to October 1972.

1986

Bombay Telephone Nigam renamed as Mahanagar Telephone Nigam.

1990

Bharat Ratna, India’s highest award, was given to Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1841-1956) (Posthumous).

1993

Major changes in exim policy announced.

1999

The PIO card, conferring privileges on persons of Indian origin settled abroad, is formally launched.

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1665

Murarbaji died at Purandar fort during a battle with Dilerkhan.

1699

Guru Govind Singh the 10th Guru of Sikh’s established ‘Khalsa Panth’.

1913

B. S. Soman, first Admiral of India, was born.

1919

Gandhi announces resistance against Rowlatt Act.

1923

New financial measures come into force, including restoration of Salt Tax.

1929

Weekly postal service across 5,000-miles by aeroplane started between England and India serving India, Egypt, Palestine and Iraq in London.

1977

Swami Agnivesh merged his ‘Bhartiya Aryasabha Party’ in Janata Party.

1981

President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by a deranged drifter named John Hinckley Jr.

1990

Constitution (64th) Amendment Bill to extend President’s rule in Punjab collapses in Lok Sabha.

1993

Air Time Committee Chief P.S. Deodhar and its members resign in protest against the implementation of the metro channel of Doordarshan.

1994

Exim Policy streamlined to attract exporting community.

1994

G-15 summit in New Delhi decides to set up a trade panel.

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1561

Akbar attacked on Malwa at Sarangpur and defeated Bajbahadar.

1849

Maharaj Dulip Singh left the throne of Punjab that once belonged to his late father Ranjit Singh and was then occupied by the East India Company. The Britishers had captured it after defeating the Sikh Army at Amritsar.

1857

Sepoy Mangal Pandey shot the first bullet of 1857 Indian mutiny in the barracks of Barrackpur near Calcutta against British Empire. This was the starting of the mutiny.

1869

Sir Edwin Lutyens, Builder of Rashtrapati Bhavan and England’s most outstanding architect of his time, was born.

1942

Britain offered dominion status to India after the war if it cooperated now.

1943

Shaheed Laxman Nayak, freedom fighter and leader, was hanged at Berhampur Jail.

1952

India enters into a war with Japan.

1954

Indian Institute of Public Administration inaugurated.

1970

Union Government revises the percentage of reservation in service for SC\STs from 12.5\% to 15\%.

1974

The unmanned U.S. space probe Mariner 10, launched by NASA in November 1973, becomes the first spacecraft to visit the planet Mercury, sending back close-up images of a celestial body usually obscured because of its proximity to the sun.

1982

The combination of an earthquake and a volcanic eruption at El Chichon in southern Mexico converts a hill into a crater, kills thousands of people and destroys acres of farmland

1989

Central Institute of Fisheries Education gets the distinction of becoming the first Fisheries University in India.

1996

SC asks All India Indira Congress to modify its name as All Indira Congress (Tiwari).

1999

A massive earthquake in the Garhwal region of Uttar Pradesh in the inner Himalayas claims 85 lives and more than 130 injured.

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1556

Origin of Fasli Era (India).

1645

Har Govind Singh, Sikh Guru, died.

1774

Upset by the Boston Tea Party and other blatant acts of destruction of British property by American colonists, the British Parliament enacts the Coercive Acts, to the outrage of American Patriots, on this day in 1774.

1914

Komagata Maru sailed from Hong Kong to Vancouver with 351 Sikhs and 21 Punjabi Muslim youths under the captaincy of Sardar Gurjeet Singh as a part of ‘Ghadar’ Movement.

1941

Netaji Subhashchandra Bose reached Berlin after his secret underground journey from Calcutta.

1954

The flight undertook its first VVIP commitment, when it carried the first Prime Minister of India, the Late Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, from Palam to Tilpat range and back to witness the ‘Fire Power Demo’. It carried wide spectrum of VVIPs, including the President, the Prime Minister, renowned statesmen, Generals, Luminaries and visiting foreign dignitaries.

1963

First meeting of the National Aeronautical Laboratory Executive Council held under the chairmanship of J R D Tata.

1979

At 4 a.m. the worst accident in the history of the U.S. nuclear power industry begins when a pressure valve in the Unit-2 reactor at Three Mile Island fails to close. Cooling water, contaminated with radiation, drained from the open valve into adjoining buildings, and the core began to dangerously overheat.

1984

Bhausaheb Ranade, famous freedom fighter, passed away.

1994

G-15 summit opens with only six heads of Government in New Delhi.

1996

JKLF declared unlawful by central govt.

1997

Final phase of repatriation of Chakma and other tribal refugees of the Chittagong Hill Tracts from Tripura begins.

1999

Pakistan decides to ease visa restrictions for the aged, women and children from India in response to New Delhi’s move towards visa relaxation for several categories of Pakistani nationals.

2000

Delhi police arrest Shoaib Ilyasi, producer of the crime serial ”India’s Most Wanted” for the death of his wife Anju on January 10.

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