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Historical Event on 8/13/1911
Guha Phulrenu, social worker, was born.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
12/17/1830 | Simon Bolivar, great dynamic leader and social reformer, died. |
10/24/2000 | Hyrunnisa, suspected to be the key accused in the Kollam liquor tragedy, nabbed along with her husband and a worker in her shop in Guruvayur. |
8/29/1984 | Indian Airlines Boeing 737 with 68 passengers and a crew of 6 hijacked in Lahore. |
7/24/1994 | Bodo kills 37 moslems in Bashbari, North Eastern India. |
9/26/1956 | Laxmanrao Kirloskar, great social reformer, industrialist, patriot and founder of the Kirloskar Industries, passed away at the age of 88. |
5/7/1973 | Shivkumar Batalvi, famous Punjabi poet, died. |
1/26/1997 | Government prohibits manual scavenging and construction of dry latrines in six states (AP, Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tripura, West Bengal) and all UTs. |
10/17/1979 | Mother Teresa, social worker, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. |
6/10/1946 | Gandhiji refused to enthuse over allied victory as it was not a ""victory of truth over false-hood"". |
1/11/1859 | Lord Curzon, Governor General and Viceroy, was born. |
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