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Historical Event on 2/2/1930
Vasudev Govind Apte, editor and dictrionay creator, passed away.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
9/11/1921 | Subramania Bharati, freedom fighter, Tamil poet and editor, passed away at an early age of 39. |
6/16/1893 | Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar, social worker and industrialist, was born at Athikkadu Thekkur in Tamil Nadu. |
10/18/1952 | Vinoo Mankad takes 13 Pakistan wickets to win first Indo-Pak clash. |
1/17/1909 | Bejoy Kumar Sinha, journalist and social worker, was born at Kanpur. |
10/16/1990 | Dr. Nelson Mandela, conferred with 'Bharat Ratna', the highest civilian honour. |
4/1/1918 | Royal Air Force replaces Royal Flying Corps in Britain. |
2/6/1955 | 55 miners die in explosion in Bihar State. |
2/6/1955 | Genghis Khan, Monghol conqueror, passed away. |
8/15/1947 | India gains independence from the British rule and Pakistan emerges as a separate Islamic nation. Around 600,000 die in clashes during the subsequent population exchange of 14 million people between the two new countries. |
7/23/1903 | Chandra Shekhar Azad was born Today in 1903 |
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