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Historical Event on 5/13/1648
Construction of the Red Fort at Dehli was completed.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
9/29/1997 | Crown Prince of Spain, Felipe de Borbon, visits India. |
11/15/1911 | First meeting of the governing body of the Indian Research Fund Association (IRFA) was held at the Plague Laboratory, Bombay, under the Chairmanship of Sir Harcourt Butler. |
9/22/1979 | Maulana Abdul Ali Moudoodi aka Syed Abul A'la Maududi Chishti, founder leader of the Jamait- E- Islam, died in USA, he had taken pakistani citizenship. |
6/12/1952 | J&K Assembly decided to terminate hereditary monarchy. |
6/5/1975 | Ramsing, great freedom fighter and editor of `Navyug Patrika', passed away. |
5/22/1772 | Raja Ram Mohan Roy, great social reformer, lawyer and politician and founder of Brahmo Samaj, was born at Radhanagar in Hooghly district, Bengal. |
5/7/1907 | The First Electric Tramway service commenced in Bombay (Mumbai). This service was inaugurated by Municipality Chairman Vallabhdas Thakersey and Municipal Commissioner Sheppard at 5.30 p.m. This tram was well decorated and destined from Municipal Office upto Crawford Market. |
1/26/2001 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Lata Mangeshkar. |
1/30/1988 | Sheshrao Wankhede, barrister, passed away. |
11/19/1917 | Indira (Pridarshani) Gandhi, the first Indian Lady Prime Minister, was born at Allahabad. She was the only child of Jawharlal Nehru and took active participation in freedom fight by forming ""Vanar Sena"" (a team of young detectives). She lead India in a successful war against Pakistan to seperate East and West Pakistans and establish the nation of Banglades |
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