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Historical Event on 9/1/1930
Suhasini Ganguly, freedom fighter, was arrested and send to Hijali Jail for her revolutionery activities. She later lived a low profiled life after release from prision.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
9/1/1930 | Mian Tansen, a prominent figure of North Indian (Hindustani) classical music and famous singer of Akbar's court, died at Gwalior. Tansen is remembered for his epic Dhrupad compositions, creating several new ragas, as well as for writing two classic books on music Sri Ganesh Stotra and Sangita Sara. |
10/5/1868 | Laxmi Narayan Barua, Assamia novelist, was born. |
8/29/1975 | Adinath Lahiri, leading geologist, passed away. |
1/22/1967 | Atomic Energy Center was renamed after Homi Jahangir Bhabha as 'Bhabha Atomic Research Centre' at Trombay, Mumbai. |
5/16/1932 | Hundreds die in fighting between Muslims and Hindus at Bombay. |
11/9/1997 | Film Federation of India chooses Malayalam film 'Guru' as official entry for Oscar awards. |
9/30/1989 | INS Shalki, India's first indigenously built submarine, launched in Bombay. |
7/3/1897 | Hansa Mehta, educationist and social reformer, was born at Surat (Gujarat). |
3/23/1942 | Second World War was turning against the British and they needed the help of the Indians. So Prime Minister Churhill sent a delegation under Sir Stafford Cripps (Cripps Mission) to hold talks with the Indian leaders on the future of the subcontient in UK, which could not take place because of the non-cooperation movement and they left after a fortnight. They submitted their report in April 1942 which was rejected by the Congress and Muslim League. |
7/6/1995 | Five foreign tourists trekking in Kashmir 10 km uphill from Pahalgam were abducted by militants. |
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