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Historical Event on 12/14/1931

Viceroy of India issues new powers to seize properties of those who, following independence leader Gandhi, refuse to pay taxes.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/17/1919The Khilafat Movement was launched under the leadership of Maulana Jauhar Ali, Maulana Shaukat Ali and Abdul Kalam Azad.
2/15/1920Kanti Mehta, trade unionist, was born at Calcutta.
12/1/1932A round-table conference on India fails to reach an agreement at London.
3/28/1986Extremist Sikhs kill 13 Hindus in Ludhiana, India.
2/1/1964Judge Pralhad Balacharya Gajendragadkar became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 15.03.1966.
8/15/1947The Defence department becomes the Ministry of Defence under a Cabinet Minister. Each service was placed under its own Commander-in-Chief. Under the Constitution, the supreme command of the Armed Forces was vested with the President.
9/8/1960Feroz Gandhi, a prominent member of the Lok Sabha,died in New Delhi.
3/9/1961Kotamaraju Rama Rao, famous journalist, passed away.
3/9/1961Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni passed away in his capital.
9/14/1997Fire and explosions devastate terminals and storage tanks at Visakh Refinery of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation. Toll put at 51.