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Historical Event on 8/17/1911
Y.R. Lokurkar, senior journalist, was born.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
4/2/1942 | Congress rejected the proposal of Sir Stepherd Crips. |
10/31/1843 | Tarkanath Gangopadhyay, first realistic social novelist of Bengal, was born. |
11/3/1605 | Salim renamed himself as Jahangir and became the king of Agra. |
2/14/1932 | Madhubala (Mumtaj Begam), film actress, was born. |
12/4/2000 | India deports TULF functionary-turned LTTE supporter M.K. Eelavendhan, a Chennai resident for over a decade. |
9/12/1961 | Nalin Vilochan Sharma, great Hindi critic, died. |
4/18/1993 | BJP issues white paper on Ayodhya. |
7/29/1876 | Indian Science Congress Association was established in Bowbazar Street of Calcutta. |
8/6/1920 | Film Censor Board at Bombay started working. The first film censored and granted a Censor Certificate No. 1 was a short film of 600 ft., produced by Gaumont Company and it was titled as 'Gaumont Graphic No. 963-964'. The Regional Film Censor Boards were also set-up in Calcutta, Madras and Rangoon. |
2/16/1745 | Thorle Madhavrao, fourth Peshwa in Maratha kingdom, was born. |
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