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Historical Event on 4/4/1912
Dhundiraj Gopal Sapre, Sahityaratna and Sanskrit litterateur, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/21/1976 | The Indian people have delivered a stinging rebuke to the woman who had ruled them without the benefit of a constitution for the past 19 months by dumping her from office in a landslide election. After 11 years of rule, Indira Gandhi has resigned, and in an uncharacteristically humble statement said she ""accepted the verdict unreservedly"" and promised ""constructive cooperation"" with the new government. The heads of the victorious parties immediately dropped the year-and-a-half-old state of emergency, freed political prisoners, and began negotiations over who would head the new government. |
| 7/2/1961 | Prof M S Thacker, DG-CSIR, laid the foundation stone for the wind tunnel complex. |
| 11/28/2000 | Ram Vilas Paswan, Union Communications Minister, launches his political outfit 'Janashakti' at a rally in New Delhi. |
| 6/20/1858 | Gwalior fort was captured by British troops and the first Indian Sepoy Mutiny officially came to an end. |
| 4/30/1977 | Nine Congress-ruled states placed under President's rule. Janata Party formed. |
| 1/21/1963 | East German party Congress ends; Ulbricht, with Soviet support, condemns Chinese invasion of India at Berlin. |
| 8/19/1946 | Cabinet Mission's plan announced an interim government, which was formed by reconstituting the Viceroy's Executive Council. The Muslim League took umbrage and started direct action. Riots broke out as Muslims attacked Hindu's in Calcutta and the rest of Bengal. The Viceroy persuaded the Muslim League to join the government. But the League declined to join the Constituent Assembly unless the demand for a seperate state of ""Pakistan"" was conceded. |
| 8/29/1931 | Gandhi arrives in London for second Round Table Conference on India. |
| 12/17/1961 | Provocative action against our nationals in the vicinity of Anjadip Island and Portugal's belligerent attitude to the problems of its colonial possessions in this country, resulted in the Government of India's decision to liberate Goa, Daman and Diu. Operations were launched at night. |
| 10/28/1947 | Sheikh Mohammad Abdulla invited to form an interim government in J&K. |
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