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Historical Event on 12/1/1985
Rajiv Gandhi concludes the first official visit to Japan by an Indian Prime Minister at Tokyo.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
12/4/1940 | Khurshid Novrojee, freedom fighter, was arrested for not giving prior intimation to go in tribal area. She had founded Gujarat, Kathiwad and Bombay Presidency ""Women Voluntary Amry"". |
2/19/1992 | Shridhar Narayan Bendre, famous painter, passed away. |
9/5/1997 | Mother Teresa, founder of Missionaries of Charity who was awarded with Nobel Prize (1979) and Bharat Ratna, died at the age of 87 due to heart attack late in the evening around 9:30 pm in Calcutta. |
6/4/1953 | University of Cambridge confers honorary Doctorate of Laws on J. L. Nehru. |
5/9/1995 | Militants set Charar township on fire in the vicinity of the Charar-e-Sherif shrine. More than 1,000 houses burnt. |
10/26/1890 | Martyr Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi was born at Allahabad. He was also the editor of revolutionary weekly 'Pratap'. |
12/8/1930 | British Gen. Norman Simpson shot at desk by Indian nationalists. |
7/31/1940 | Udham Singh, fiery revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer, was hanged by the British Government in the Pantone Villa Jail, London. |
9/15/1940 | Anil Yashwant Tipnis, Air Chief Marshal, was born. |
11/16/2000 | The Government to reduce equity holding in nationalised banks from 51 per cent to 33 per cent. |
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