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Historical Event on 3/15/1936
Vasudevrao Apurao Changre, leader in Maharashtra, was born.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
2/25/2000 | Justice M. Srinivasan (63), Supreme Court Judge at the Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, died after prolonged illness. |
4/24/1929 | First non-stop flight from England to India takes-off. |
5/30/1955 | Narayan Malhar Joshi, father of Indian Worker's Movement, passed away. |
2/1/1889 | Judge Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born. |
8/26/1852 | Bombay Association was established. |
8/27/1952 | Vigyan Mandir inaugurated at Nazafgarh Road, New Delhi. |
1/4/1948 | Burma achieved its independence from Great Britain. In 1989, Burma changed its name to Myanmar to reflect the multi-ethnic composition of the country. Apart from the Burmese, the main ethnic minority groups are the Karen, Shan, Mon, Chin, and Kachin. Just as the Burmese did against the British, almost all of these ethnic groups have struggled against the Burmese government for self-determination. |
1/4/1948 | Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Portuguese navigator, arrived in India. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to Calicut, Kerala with three vessels and was the first Westerner to sail to India from Europe. |
1/26/2001 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Ustad Bismillah Khan. |
3/28/1941 | Netaji Subhashchandra Bose reached Berlin after his secret underground journey from Calcutta. |
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