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Historical Event on 4/8/1937
R. Gundurao, former Chief Minister of Karnataka and senior leader of Indira Congress, was born.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
10/22/1680 | Rana Rajsingh, king of Mewad, died. |
3/9/1993 | AIADMK severs alliance with the Congress in Tamil Nadu. |
5/13/1991 | P. Sudhir Kumar released in exchange for a few Naxals in jail. |
12/10/1913 | The Nobel prize for literature was awarded this year to Rabindranath Tagore, the Bengali poet from India. |
7/3/1745 | Ranoji Shinde died. |
6/17/1950 | Syed Wazir Ali, cricketer (7 Tests for India), passed away. |
11/21/1971 | Rebellion in East Pakistan (formerly Bengal). Ten million Bengalis flee to India. Indo-Pak border clashes escalate to war. India defeats West Pakistan. E. Pakistan becomes independent Bangladesh. |
10/30/1887 | Sukumar Roy, famous Bengali children's litterateur, was born. |
4/20/1992 | U. K. Kanitkar, famous scientist, and professor, passed away. |
11/13/1970 | Flooding ravages Ganges delta. 200,000 million killed. |
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