Historical Events
Historic Event
1948 Mahatma Gandhi begins his final fast
More Indian History
Famous Birthdays
- 1863 Swami Vivekananda, Indian Hindu spiritual leader and a key figure in the introduction of Yoga to the Western world, born in Kolkata, India (d. 1902)
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
1918 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian guru who developed Transcendental Meditation, born in Jabalpur, India (d. 2008)
- 1972 Priyanka Gandhi, daughter of Rajiv Gandhi, born in Delhi, India
Famous Deaths
- 1934 Surya Sen “Master Da”, Indian activist for independence (Chittagong armoury raid), hanged at 39
