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Historical Event on 2/12/1928
Lalit Mohan Sharma, former Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
8/15/1918 | Hans Kumar Tiwari, famous poet and translater, was born. |
3/12/1967 | Indira Gandhi became Prime Minister of India for the second time after winning the General Elections. |
3/12/1967 | General Malik Kafur returns to Delhi after campaign in South India. |
1/3/1922 | Kirat Chothairam Babani, versatile Sindhi Writer and Journalist, was born. |
5/5/1989 | Naval Tata, famous industrialist, passed away. |
5/9/1753 | Maharaja Surajmal attack on Delhi. |
10/15/1943 | Baba Kanshi Ram, freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away. |
11/17/1925 | Jemini Ganesh, film actor, was born. |
11/19/1961 | World Council of Churches convened their third assembly at New Delhi during which the International Missionary Council and its work was integrated into the larger ecumenical group. |
3/12/1930 | Mahatma Gandhi started Dandi March from Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad to break salt law. This march stretched of 375 km. was covered in 26 days with 78 followers. The whole of India joined the campaign to boycott foreign goods and refused to pay taxes. Khan Abdul Ghafar Khan or Frontier Gandhi started Khudai Kidmatgar movement in the North-West Frontier. The Government went back to its brutal force and about 90,000 people were imprisoned within a year. In Peshawar, the Gharwal regiment refused to shoot a demonstrator. In Nagaland Rani Gaidilita, a 13 year old girl raised the flag against the Britishers and was put into life imprisonment in 1932. Nehru hearing this uttered A day will come when India will remember her and Cherish her. She was released after Independence. |
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