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


 

Historical Event on 5/1/1886

May Day was first observed in Chicago, USA. Work, Social activities, Rest, for 8 Hours.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/5/1992Centre scraps octroi in Union Territories.
1/20/1997The third Test between India and South Africa ends in a draw in Johannesburg.
10/27/1982Gandhiji's personal secretary Pyare Lal died.
3/11/1963First Railway Engine was produced by Chittaranjan Railway Factory.
5/28/1930Bhagwaticharan Vohra, great revolutionary freedom fighter, died near the banks of Ravi river during a bomb testing.
12/15/1999Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, arrives in Berlin to attend G-20 meet.
1/9/1995Manipur Assembly removes Dr.H. Borobabu (Speaker) and suspends his membership until state election.
5/31/1970Indira 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.
9/12/1898Baldev Prasad Mishra, Hindi litterateur, was born.
11/7/1974South Africa beats India in Women's Open in 63rd Tennis Davis Cup.