|
|
Historical Event on 3/18/1919
Rowlatt Act, intended to perpetuate the extraordinary powers enjoyed by the Government under Lord Chelmsford during the war, provokes countrywide protests. This Rowlatt Act was forced instead of 1915 Indian Security Act which reduced freedom of Indian people.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/28/1931 | The second round of a British-Indian conference on the political future of India collapsed in disagreement over demands by Indian nationalists for complete independence. The British government had seemed willing to grant a limited dominion status. But Mahatma Gandhi, who had come to the conference to present the demands of the All-India Nationalist Congress, refused to accept anything less than complete independence. The breakdown of the talks set off a new round of disorders, Gandhi was greeted by rioting in the streets of Bombay between upper-caste Hindu members of the Congress party and ""untouchable"" caste members who had turned against him. |
| 3/22/1915 | Dr. Nagendra, famous hindi critic, was born. |
| 5/20/1850 | Vishnushastri Chiplunkar, father of modern story writing in Marathi, was born. |
| 7/25/1995 | India reaps a record harvest of food grain of 189.77 million tonnes ('94, 95). |
| 8/15/1772 | Divani and Faujdary courts seperated by East India Company. |
| 4/6/1956 | Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1976-92),was born in Rajapur, Maharashtra. He has received Arjun Award (1981) and Padmashree (1987). |
| 7/18/1980 | Naoomal Jeoomal, cricketer (3 Tests for India 1932-34, 108 runs), died. |
| 1/1/1914 | Dhirendra Nath Mukherji, social worker, was born at Bankura, West Bengal. |
| 10/21/1934 | Loknayak Jayprakash Narayan and his friends established the 'Congress Socialist Party' and Acharya Narendra Dev was its President and JP was its Gen. Secretary. |
| 12/19/1919 | Sunil Kumar Banerjee, cricket Test Umpire for 1 test from 1963-64, was born at Bengal. |
|
![]()
|
|
|
