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Historical Event on 8/1/1958
Ramon Magsaysay Award for community leadership given to Acharya Bhave.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
6/12/1891 | Gandhiji sailed for India and reached in July. |
5/4/1992 | India and Russia sign a five-year agreement on trade and economic cooperation. |
1/25/1954 | Manabendranath Roy, famous leader of socialist revolution, passed away at Dehradun. |
7/15/1969 | Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh, Padma Vibhushan, DFC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. After retirement he was appointed as the Ambassador in Switzerland. |
10/27/1999 | Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Madhya Pradesh splits. |
2/28/1919 | Gandhiji signs Satyagraha Pledge to secure withdrawal of Rowlatt Bills. |
5/11/1998 | Three momentous events took place on the day that did the nation proud. Firstly, three underground nuclear tests at Pokhran Range in Rajasthan, which included a hydrogen bomb, were tested; secondly, the successful test firing of the 'Trishul Missile' and thirdly, the maiden Certification test flight of 'Hansa-3', the first-all Composite indigenous two seater aircraft. |
9/13/1906 | Surendra Kumar Dey, social reformer and politician, was born at Sylhet (Bangladesh). |
6/30/1965 | Cease-fire was agreed under UN auspices between India and Pakistan, who signed treaty to stop the war at Rann of Kutch. |
10/14/1953 | Raghunath Dhondo Karve, Family Planning and Sex Education preacher, died. |
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