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Historical Event on 11/7/1995
India opens second consulate in UK in Glasgow (first being at Birmingham).
Other Historical Dates and Events |
10/24/1856 | Veer Narayan Singh, freedom fighter, was arrested by the British Government at Sambalpur for distributing grains from the warehouse to the people. He was sent to jail at Raipur. |
11/11/1924 | SunderLal Munnalal Patwa was born in Kukdeshwar, Distt. Neemuch (Madhya Pradesh). |
11/15/2000 | India cancels cricket series with Pakistan in January next on account of Islamabad's ''hostile propaganda''. |
6/23/1990 | Harindranath Chatopadhyay, famous poet, actor and former member of Parliament, passed away. |
3/16/1986 | Internationally wanted criminal Charles Sobharaj and 6 other prisoners escape from Tihar Jail. |
12/27/1975 | 372 miners die in a huge blast in Bihar state. |
6/29/1857 | Battle at Chinhat (Indies rebel under Barkat Ahmed beat British). |
4/26/1813 | Swati Tirunal Ramavarma, outstanding composer of Carnatic music in Kerala, was born in a royal family of Travancore. |
6/17/1917 | Krishan Kumar Chopra, medical practitioner and social worker, was born at Lahore. |
6/3/1947 | British Government issued the partition plan, which was worked out by Lord Louis Mountbatten in New Delhi and was accepted by both Muslim League and Congress. The salient features of the partition were, 1) Provices of Bengal and Punjab to be divided., 2) The Indians will form the constitution of India and it will only be applicable in the areas where people accept it., 3) The province of Baluchistan shall adopt proper ways to decide its future., 4) 562 Princely States shall be free to decide their own future., 5) Referendum shall be held in N.W.F.P. and Assam., 6) The Governor General of both countries shall be the executive head of their respective countries., 7) Military assets shall be divided between the two countries and 8) Red Cliff Mission was setup, to demarcate the boundaries of the two countries. India would become free on 15th August 1947. |
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