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Historical Event on 8/2/1919
Bharat Bhushan Agrawal, famous poet and winner of Sahitya Academy Award, was born.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
5/13/1923 | Moinul Haque Choudhury, social reformer and politician, was born at Sonabarighat (Assam). |
3/5/1918 | Shriranga Vasudev Sohoni also known as ""Ranga Sohoni"", Indian cricketer (pace bowler of late 40's avg 101), was born in Nimbora, Maharashtra. |
2/7/1954 | The present cres: the motto ""Shastra Se Shakti"" was adopted. In 1989, Hindi lettering of ""Shastra Se Shakti"" was adopted. |
1/11/1613 | Emperor Jahangir in a proclamation permitted East India Company to establish factories in Surat. And the first British factory was established under Thomas Aldworth. |
2/20/1863 | Pandit A. R. Rajrajvarma, famous Malyalam poet, grammer expert and Sanskrit expert, was born. |
1/16/1992 | Prices of steel and iron decontrolled. |
6/27/1917 | Khanderao Moreshwar Rangnekar, cricketer (batted in 3 Tests India v Australia 1947-48), was born in Maharashtra. |
6/27/1917 | Mahaprabhu Sri Chaitanya Devji alias Gaurang, Vishwambhar Mishra, Vaishnav Saint of Bengal, was born at Nabadwip in Bengal. |
5/10/1982 | Karnataka Kranti Ranga led by Devaraj Urs comes into being. |
5/1/1995 | SAARC endorses South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA) and establishes a South Asian Development Fund (SADF) for the economic and technical development of the subcontinent. |
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