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Historical Event on 2/25/1884
Ravishankar Maharaj, freedom fighter and national leader of the country, was born at Radhu village of Kaira District.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
6/20/1979 | Renedy Singh, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Manipur. |
5/23/1990 | Banarasi Das Gupta elected CM of Haryana following Om Prakash Chautala's resignation. |
10/5/1890 | Kishorlal Ghanshyamlal Mashruwala, great thinker and philosopher of Gandhi era, was born. |
1/10/1908 | Gandhiji adopts word, ""Satyagraha"" in place of ""Passive Resistance"". Sentenced to two months' imprisonment for failure to leave Transvaal. |
2/8/1872 | Lord Mayo, Viceroy of India, was assassinated by prisoner Sher Ali during his visit to Andaman Islands. |
6/25/1908 | Sucheta Kriplani, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, was born. |
1/3/1997 | Olympian Jaspal Rana sets new national mark in junior men's sports pistol 25 metres in National Shooting in Asansol. |
3/18/1922 | Mohandas K. Gandhi ""Mahatma,"" the great spirit, sentenced by British authorities to six years in prison for sedition at Sabarmati. Gandhi was sentenced just eight days after he was arrested. The British acted hastily after government officials in London and India were criticized for not arresting him sooner. In London, the Secretary of State for India was forced to resign because of the controversy over Gandhi. In India, the arrests of Gandhi and other Indian nationalists had only increased sympathy for their cause. |
11/18/1960 | Raghunath Chaudhary, famous natural poet of Assam, passed away. |
11/9/2000 | The 17-day old Manohar Parrikar led BJP Government in Goa wins the trust vote. |
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