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Historical Event on 4/8/1831
Ram Mohan Roy landed in England.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
10/21/1994 | Government notifies substantial increase in the ceiling on election expenses on Lok Sabha and Assembly polls. |
9/1/1977 | M. L. Wadhawan was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 02-09-1979. |
5/23/1967 | South Gujrat University was established. |
11/6/1913 | Mohandas K. Gandhi, leader of Indian Passive Resistance Movement, was arrested for leading Indian miners march in South Africa by British troops. |
5/4/1849 | Jyotirindranath Tagore, Bengali litterateur and poet, was born. |
3/20/1970 | Establishment of Muslim Satyashodhak Samaj. |
2/3/1984 | Ravindra Mhatre, great Indian diplomat who was kidnapped in England, was murdered. |
3/10/1993 | The 12-day-old caretaker ministry in Tripura led by Samir Ranjan Burman resigns. |
7/25/1997 | Laloo Yadav resigns as Bihar Chief Minister after CBI-designated court issues an arrest warrant against him in fodder scam case. His wife, Rabri Devi, is sworn in as his successor. She becomes first woman Chief Minister of the State. |
12/8/1998 | An Indian film, 'The Terrorist' wins all top awards including the Golden Pyramid award for the best film at the 23rd Cairo International Film Festival. Santosh Sivan gets the best director award, while its actress Ayesha Dharker bags the best actress award. |
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