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Historical Event on 1/19/1932
Balgovind Jaiswal, educationist and author, was born at Mhow.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 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. |
| 3/30/1977 | Swami Agnivesh merged his 'Bhartiya Aryasabha Party' in Janata Party. |
| 1/19/1985 | Dr. P. C. Alexander, principal secretary to the PM, quits following the arrest of three aides in an espionage case. |
| 11/18/1972 | Tiger was adopted as India's 'National Animal' |
| 8/17/1970 | The first microwave link, which was set up without foreign assistance, was commissioned between Asansol, Dhanbad and Ranchi. |
| 10/14/1991 | Prasannakumar Abhyankar, senior journalist, died. |
| 4/18/1859 | Tatya Tope (his original name was Ramchandra Raghunath Tope) a leader of Sepoy Mutiny, was captured in April, courtmarshalled and hanged at Sivpuri for 1857 Indian Mutiny. |
| 3/11/1886 | Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi became the first Indian lady doctor. She passed the MBBS degree from Philadelphia University of America. |
| 5/14/1953 | Y. N. Sukthankar was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1957. |
| 1/24/1997 | Justice Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi and Justice Sukhdev Singh Kang appointed Governors of Tamil Nadu and Kerala respectively. |
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