Denver Indian Community - DenverIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 8/9/1966

Heroes of the 1942 movement were honoured at a rally in Red Fort.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/3/1880Publication of 'Illustrated Weekly of India' started.
2/1/1889Amrit Kaur, an eminent social worker, freedom fighter and political leader, was born a princess in the royal family of King Harman Singh of Kapoorthala. She assisted Gandhi for 18 years and was connected with World Health Organisation and Red Cross Society.
1/3/1997Government announces setting up of a Central Board for bank frauds.
1/9/1976President suspends seven freedoms guaranteed by Article 19 of the Constitution.
1/14/1927M. Aram, famous Hindi writer and educationist, was born in Kulasekharapatnam at Madras.
9/8/1965Pakistan commenced its drive into the Indian Punjab using its 1-armoured division with the aim to foreclose India's options north of the Beas-Sutlej river line, after foiling the southern most divisional attack mounted by 4-Mountain Division.
8/15/1947At the stroke of midnight, India is free after 163 years of British Raj. At the same time Muslims win a degree of freedom from Hindus. They have their own separate dominion Pakistan in the British Commonwealth Sect.
10/10/1970Union Government ruled out judicial probe into the death of the late PM Lal Bahadur Shastri.
10/22/1680Rana Rajsingh, king of Mewad, died.
9/9/1999Mahesh Bhupathi and Ai Sugiyama won the mixed doubles title in the U.S. Open.