Virginia Indian Community - VirginiaIndian.net
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 12/12/1901

Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore founded the first dance school called as ""Kala Bhawan"" and established the ""Barahamacharya Ashram"", the core of Vishwa Bharati University of Shantiniketan, near Bolpur. It was formally opened on December.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/7/1997Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena supremo, found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to simple imprisonment of one week and a fine of Rs. 2000 by Nagpur bench of Mumbai HC for his statement that ''a judge had demanded a bribe of Rs. 35 lakhs for favouring a litigant''.
10/18/1952Vinoo Mankad takes 13 Pakistan wickets to win first Indo-Pak clash.
3/29/1857Sepoy Mangal Pandey shot the first bullet of 1857 Indian mutiny in the barracks of Barrackpur near Calcutta against British Empire. This was the starting of the mutiny.
1/9/1854Govind Vasudev Kanitkar, noted poem writier, novelist and translator, was born.
3/3/1999Four members of the forward Bhumihar community and alleged members of the Ranbir Sena are gunned down by an armed squad of the People's War Group in Bhimpura village of Jehanbad district in Bihar.
3/3/1999Badauni Abdul Kadir, famous Muslim historian, was born.
10/27/1998L. P. Singh, ICS, former Governor of five north eastern states, died in New Delhi. He was 86.
8/14/1997Special session of Parliament to commemorate 50 years of independence.
7/1/1992Major changes in Exim policy-farming and repacking included under the definition of 'manufacturer'.
3/10/1995Ashok Padbidri, famous journalist and editor, died.