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Historical Event on 1/31/1958
First Earth Satellite Explorer I was launched from Cape Kennedy.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
3/10/1897 | Savitri Bai Phule passed away. She played a prominent role in assisting her husband Mahatma Jyotirao Govindrao Phule in education field. She taught in schools for girls and for downtroddens and untouchables. |
7/5/1997 | Janata Dal splits. Laloo Prasad Yadav forms Rashtriya Janata Dal and Sharad Yadav was elected as the Janta Dal president. |
4/18/1992 | Russia suspends transfer of rocket technology to India. |
4/1/1869 | Income Tax was imposed. On the same day New Indian Divorce Act came into operation. |
7/6/1935 | Dalai Lama, the 14th incarnate and religious leader of Tibet, was born. He was born to Tenzin Gyotso (His Holiness the VIVth Dalai Lama) in Taksten Village, Chhija Nangso, Tibet. He was awarded with Nobel Prize for Peace in 1989. |
11/2/1841 | Akbar Khan revolts against Shah Shuja in Afghanistan. |
4/4/1904 | Kundan Lal Saigal, golden voiced singer, legend in his lifetime, actor and film maker, was born in Jammu. Some of his famous songs are ""Ek Bangla Bane Nayara"", ""Diya Jalao"", ""Jab Dil Hi Toot Gaya"". |
9/4/1921 | British govt. sends ultimatum to rebels in India, demanding their surrender within 48 hrs, at Madras. |
9/10/1918 | Muslim riots break out in Calcutta. |
9/25/1990 | S. S. Chauhan, one of the students who had suffered severe burns while trying to immolate himself in protest against implementation of Mandal Commission Report, died. |
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