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Historical Event on 6/20/1948
Lord Mountbatten resigns as the Governor General of Indian Union.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
11/23/1926 | Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose, Indian plant physiologist and physicist, passed away. He investigated the properties of very short radio waves, wireless telegraphy and radiation-induced fatigue in inorganic materials. His physiological work involved comparative measurements of the responses of plants exposed to stress. His invention of highly sensitive instruments for the detection of minute responses by living organisms to external stimuli enabled him to anticipate the parallelism between animal and plant tissues noted by later bio-physicists.รก |
11/23/1908 | Durga Das, famous social reformer and journalist, was born. |
7/4/1999 | The Indian Army recaptured Tiger Hill after a 11 hour assault, and hoisted the tricolour atop the 16,500 ft. peak. |
2/23/1993 | Noted Hindi poet Naresh Mehta wins Gyanpith Award. |
1/23/1909 | New direct 7,000-mile telegraphic link with India is hailed as a great achievement at London. |
11/7/1862 | Bahadurshah Jafar -II died at Rangoon in British prision. |
1/11/1998 | C. V. Gadkari, great Indian Test all-rounder 1953-55, passed away. |
3/29/1977 | S. N. Mathur became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 02/05/77). |
3/29/1977 | 24 merchants gathered in London's Founder Hall under the auspices of Lord Mayor to start a new company with a share captial in India. |
9/14/1933 | Gandhi declares one-year moratorium on civil disobedience in India. |
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