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Historical Event on 4/27/1919
Ustad Allarakha Khan, great Tabla player, was born.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
7/15/1948 | Establishment of 'PEPS' (Patiyala and East Punjab States Union). |
10/1/1997 | Parliamentarian and All-India Forward Bloc general secretary, Chitta Basu died during his journey by Howrah-bound Danaput Express from Patna. He was 72. |
9/29/2000 | Tata Ramachandra Prasad to be the next Cabinet Secretary. |
1/18/1963 | Laxminarayn Sahu, litterateur, journalist and social reformer, passed away. |
10/26/1962 | After Chinese attack, Emergency and Defence of India Ordinance was declared for the first time in India by the President. |
4/30/1991 | BJP election manifesto promises Presidential form of government. |
11/29/1953 | Bahuriya Ramswarup Devi, better known as Laxmibai of Bihar, passed away. She will be always remembered for Chapra District Revolt, whereby she tied seven British men and threw them in Narayani River. |
9/1/1909 | Father Kamil Bulke was born. He produced a handy English to Hindi dictionary. He did his Ph.D. on 'Ramcharita Manas' and was Head of Hindi Department in Patna University. |
10/19/1910 | Subrahamanyam Chandrasekhar was born in Lahore. He was one of the world's leading astrophysicists. For his contributions to the study of stars, Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science, the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983. |
12/31/1861 | Cherrapunji in Assam received rainfall of 22,990 mm in 1861. This was a world record in itself as no other country or place had received rains to such an extent. |
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