|
|
Historical Event on 1/8/1895
Ramchandra Sakharam Ruikar, freedom fighter, pioneer of the labour movement in India and President of All India Trade Union Congress, was born at Rui village, district Kolhapur, Maharashtra.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/24/1938 | Piloo Dara Reporter, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-87, was born in Mumbai. He was the first ever test umpire to be invited in a foreign country along with V. K. Ramaswamy also of India. |
| 6/12/1997 | Sitaram Kesri elected president of Congress I (6224 votes. Sharad Pawar-888; Rajesh Pilot-354). |
| 6/27/1906 | Establishment of `Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad'. |
| 7/28/1997 | Calling and holding of bandhs by political parties and other associations or organisations declared 'Illegal and unconstitutional' by a Full Bench of the Kerala High Court. |
| 7/16/1929 | Indian Council of Agricultural Research, an autonomous apex national organisation which plans, conducts and promotes research, education, training and transfer of technology for advancement of agriculture and allied sciences, was established. It has 45 Central Research Institutes, 4 National Bureaux, 10 Project Directorates, 30 National Research Centres, 90 All India Co-ordinated Research Projects, 261 Krishi Vigyan Kendras and 8 Trainers Training Centres. |
| 1/11/1973 | Rahul Dravid, cricket batsman, was born in Indore. |
| 7/27/1887 | Sardar Davar Tehmuras Kavasji, social worker and lawyer, was born. |
| 1/1/1948 | India raised voice against Pakistani infilatration in the country. A complaint was lodged in the Security Council of United Nation on Kashmir invasion. |
| 3/8/1963 | Gursharan Singh Narainsingh, cricketer (Indian batsman played one Test 1989-90), was born in Amritsar. |
| 12/27/1797 | Mirza Ghalib, great urdu poet and writer, was born at Agra. |
|
![]()
|
|
|
