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


 

Historical Event on 1/17/1909

Bejoy Kumar Sinha, journalist and social worker, was born at Kanpur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/21/1990Doordarshan starts afternoon news bulletins at 2 p.m. (Hindi) and 3 p.m. (English) of 7.5 minutes duration on week days and 5 minutes on Sundays.
8/4/1936Indian Government Act was approved by the king.
3/25/1990Lakshadweep Council elections.
1/8/1996Maharashtra government clears Enron Dhabol power project at a tariff of Rs. 1.86 per unit.
3/27/1898Syed Ahmad Khan, great social reformer, educationist, journalist, leader and one of the most eminent builders of Modern India, passed away at Aligarh.
5/23/1895Shivprasad Sitar-E-Hind passed away.
1/17/1997Government rules out granting dual citizenship to NRIs.
5/13/1967Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) retired from the post of second President.
1/1/1874The first women magazine ""Bola Bodhini"" was published.
12/31/1965Sivaramakrishan Laxman, right-hand batsman and leg break bowler, was born in Madras.