1414
Khidr Khan Syed, Governor of Lahore, replaced Daulat Khan Lodi on Delhi’s throne.
1754
On this day in 1754, a 22-year-old lieutenant colonel of the Virginia militia named George Washington successfully defeated a party of French and Indian scouts in southwest Pennsylvania as Virginia attempts to lay claim to the territory for its own settlers. The action snowballed into a world war and began the military career of the first American commander in chief.
1883
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar “Veer”, great freedom fighter, social reformer, politician and writer, was born at Bhagur village near Nasik.
1895
Bagal Bhai Madhavrao Khanderao, freedom fighter, author and painter, was born.
1903
Shantanu L. Kirloskar, great industrialist, was born at Sholapur (Maharashtra).
1923
Nandamuri Tarak Ramarao, film star, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and founder of Telgu Desam Party, was born. He acted in many films including ‘Patal Bhairavi’.
1930
Bhagwaticharan Vohra, great revolutionary freedom fighter, died near the banks of Ravi river during a bomb testing.
1950
Bhagwaticharan, great revolutionary, passed away.
1961
On this day in 1961, the British newspaper The London Observer publishes British lawyer Peter Benenson’s article “The Forgotten Prisoners” on its front page, launching the Appeal for Amnesty 1961–a campaign calling for the release of all people imprisoned in various parts of the world because of the peaceful expression of their beliefs.
1963
Estimated 22,000 died in cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India).
1964
A slow-moving funeral cortege containing the body of Jawaharlal Nehru inched through the streets of New Delhi today. A million and a half Indians lined the route to pay final respects to their beloved leader.
1966
B. S. Chawla was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 21-02-1973.
1968
Bhagwan Gopinathji died. He was a great devotee of Shiva and Shakti and took intense “Sadhana”. His disciples and devotees set up an ashram at Kharyar in Srinagar.
1970
All India Trade Union Congress was divided.
1972
Edward VIII, King of Great Britain/N Ireland/emperor (India 1936), passed away at the age of 77.
1978
The kiss came to the Hindi screen in ‘Love Sublime,’ and was seen as a sign of what the govt. called greater ‘creative freedom,’ after Indira Gandhi’s authoritarian rule at Bombay.
1988
The first Cultural Exchange Programme was signed between India and China.
1989
Kerala diocese of Marathakavalli was the first Christian priest in India.
1992
Indo-US naval exercises began.
1998
India took retaliatory measures against Australia for its unilateral action.
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