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Historical Event on 1/5/1982
C. Ramchandra (Chitalkar), famous music director, died.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/15/1934 | Nearly 20,000 lives were claimed in a tremendous earthquake measured 8.4 on the Ricther Scale, in Bihar and parts of Nepal. Munger City was completely destroyed. |
8/20/1944 | Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India and Bharat Ratna awardee, was born in Bombay. |
1/3/1975 | Lalit Narayan Mishra, great freedom fighter, politician, leader, member of the Lok Sabha and Minister of Railways, died at a Railway Hospital in Danapur due to a bomb blast at Samastipur Railway Station a day earlier. |
3/30/1945 | Dr. J. J. Rawal, joint director of Nehru Planetarium of Mumbai, was born. |
5/16/1960 | International Telex Service between India and U.K. started. |
3/26/1989 | Eighth Antarctica Expedition returns after erecting India's second permanent manned station 'Maitri'. |
10/16/1952 | Pakistan's first Test vs India starts at Delhi. |
10/16/1952 | Francisco de Almeida, Viceroy of Protuguese India, passed away in a battle. |
7/25/2000 | Two Indians Aruna Roy from Rajasthan and Jockin Arputham, founder of the Indian National Slum Dwellers' Association, chosen for the Ramon Magsaysay award for public service. |
8/2/1970 | Smt. Chonira Beliappa Muthamma, India's first woman ambassador, was deputed at Hungary. |
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