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Historical Event on 2/10/1931
Capital of India shifted from Old Delhi to New Delhi, formal inauguration of New Delhi City took place.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
12/12/1961 | Portuguese civilians are evacuated amid fears of an Indian troop invasion at Goa, Daman and Diu. |
5/9/1874 | First horse-drawn tram car started running in Mumbai. |
5/31/1970 | Indira Gandhi called for international help as the civil war in Bangladesh, or East Pakistan, had turned two million people into refugees. Many of them were suffering from cholera and smallpox. The authorities of West Pakistan refused to care for them, and India couldn't afford to. |
7/18/1695 | Joannes Camphuys, Governal General of Dutch-Indies, died at the age of 61. |
4/26/1991 | Syed Shahabuddin filed nominations for two seats as a candidate of two different parties within 24 hours. |
2/23/1908 | Maharaj Kumar Raghubir Sinh, famous Hindi writer and historian, was born. |
2/13/1936 | Dinsha Wachha, great Industrialist and social worker, passed away at Mumbai. |
9/22/1979 | Israel conducts nuclear test at Indian Ocean. |
10/9/1987 | Official Languages Rules, 1976 amended. |
4/13/1982 | Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal passed away. |
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