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Historical Event on 12/25/1954
Manvendranath Roy, great patriot, died.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
9/12/1779 | Garibdas, follower of Saint Kabir and founder of 'Garib Panth', died. |
1/4/1958 | Waverley John Anderson, Scottish viscount and Governor of Bengal, died at the age of 75. |
3/13/1915 | Keshao Govind Jodh, social reformer, politician and lawyer, was born in Yevada, Maharashtra. |
11/1/1996 | Three national parties (Indira Congress, Janata Party and Samata Party) to lose their recognition as national parties as they failed to get the minimum required support in the general election to the 11th Lok Sabha. |
9/4/1990 | An all-party meeting refuses to endorse the decision to implement Mandal Commission Report according to which 27\% jobs are reserved for backward communities. |
9/28/1984 | First floodlights lit ODI between India and Australia held outside of Australia at New Delhi. |
8/9/1992 | Golden jubilee celebrations of the Quit India Movement begin in Bombay. |
3/5/1961 | Sachin Sengupta, famous writer, dramatist and journalist, passed away. |
1/17/1601 | Akbar, after eight month's siege, entered Asirgarh one of the strongest forts in India. |
1/18/1968 | The Resolution on Official Languages was passed by both the houses of the Parliament wherin the need to formulate a more intensive and comprehensive programme for the progressive use of Hindi for Official purposes, preparing annual assessment report for reviewing the progress, formulating a programme for the co-ordinated development of the other languages included in the 8th schedule alongwith Hindi, adopting of a tri-langual formula, making the knowledge of either Hindi or English compulsory for recruitment to the services of the Union, and inclusion of all the languages of the 8th schedule of the Constitution and English as the optional medium for the exams conducted by the union Public Service Commission at the appropriate time, has been stressed. |
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