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Historical Event on 6/26/1906
M.P. Sivagnanam, famous Tamil writer and social worker, was born at Madras.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
2/12/1946 | 14 killed in Calcutta riots; Muslim leader Jinnah threatens civil war. |
10/31/1919 | Jaikisan Harivallabhdas, great industrialist, was born. |
2/14/1998 | 13 bomb blasts take place in Coimbatore an hour before the BJP president Advani was to address a campaign meeting; 52 people killed. |
1/31/1986 | Shri Vishwanath More, famous music director, passed away. |
6/29/1908 | Pratapsing Gaekwad, Prince of Baroda, was born. |
7/13/1905 | Gandhiji opposes Bengal Partition, supports boycott of British goods. During Gokhale Lajpat Rai's deputation to Britain, he appeals to Colonial statesmen to treat India ""an integral part of the Empire"" with consideration. Sanjeevan, weekly from Calcutta, also raised the motto to boycott British Goods. |
5/21/1990 | Moelvi Muhammad Farouk, great Indian spiritual leader, was murdered. |
6/25/1658 | 6th Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb arrested his father Shahjahan and put him in Agra Fort Jail. |
12/12/1971 | Sadik Gulam Muhammad, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, died. |
12/23/2000 | The Centre gives a green signal to West Bengal Government's proposal to rename Calcutta as ''Kolkata''. |
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