Historical Events
Historic Event
1944 Mahatma Gandhi freed from prison
- 1955 Indian parliament accepts Hindu divorce
More Indian History
Famous Birthdays
- 1479 Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru, born in Amritsar, Punjab, India (d. 1574)
- 1916 Zail Singh, Indian politician (7th President of India 1982-87), born in Sandhwan, British India (d. 1994)
Famous Deaths
- 1901 Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, Parsi entrepreneur and founder of the first textile mills in India, dies at 77
- 2006 Naushad Ali, Indian composer, and Hindi film music director, dies at 86
