Historical Events
Historic Event
1910 Gandhi supports the African People’s Organisations resolution to declare the Prince of Wales day of arrival in South Africa a day of mourning, in protest against the South Africa Acts disenfranchisement of Indians, Coloureds and Africans
- 2019 India launches air strikes on alleged terrorist camps within Pakistan
More Indian History
Famous Birthdays
- 1887 Benegal Narsing Rau, Indian lawyer and civil servant, President of UN Security Council (1950), helped draft India’s constitution, born in Mangalore, India (d. 1953)
- 1908 Leela Majumdar, Bengali writer (d. 2007)
- 1915 Pran Nath Chhuttani, Indian physician and teacher, born in Leiah, Pakistan (d. 1996)
- 1936 Manmohan Desai, Indian filmmaker (Amar Akbar Anthony, Suhaag), born in Bombay, British India (d. 1994)
Famous Deaths
- 1966 Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian independence activist and writer (The Indian War of Independence), dies at 82
- 2004 Shankarrao Chavan, Indian politician (b. 1920)
