San Francisco Bay Area Indian Community - SFIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 1/2/1932

Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, famous Ragi and reluctant politician, was born in Sangrur's backward Gadarhiani village.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/8/1943Subhashchandra Bose started his journey to Japan from Kiel along with his secretary Major Abid Hassan in a submarine.
8/8/1984P.T. Usha at Los Angeles sets record for 400m H. (Women) in 55.42.
3/5/1851Geological Survey of India was established in Calcutta.
1/4/1958Waverley John Anderson, Scottish viscount and Governor of Bengal, died at the age of 75.
5/3/1997Vijay Pradhan, additional senior counsel for Srikrishna Commission probing 1992-93 riots in Mumbai, resigns. He is not allowed to cross-examine Chief Minister Manohar Joshi.
2/22/1977Emergency and 'MISSA' laws were cancelled.
8/12/1922Chunilal Kalidas Madiya, famous Gujrati one-act player, play wright story writer and novelist, was born.
5/5/1946Simla Conference in session from May 5 to May 12; Gandhiji's deliberations prove anfractuous.
6/28/1975As a response to anti-government demonstrations, India imposes the toughest press censorship since independence.
4/12/1992The 350-tonne Buddha statue salvaged from the Hussain Sagar where it had sunk in 1990.