|
|
Historical Event on 1/31/1997
INS Vikrant, Indian Navy's first aircraft carrier, de-commissioned.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/25/1931 | Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi matyred in Hindu-Muslim riot at Kanpur. He was also the Editor of weekly 'Pratap'. |
| 5/23/1924 | Venkatraman Narayan Swamy, cricketer (one Test v NZ in 1955, DNB, 0-45), was born in Calicut. |
| 1/6/1987 | An International Conference to commemorate the 75 anniversary of the African National Congress opens in New Delhi. |
| 4/14/1944 | Blast in ammunition loaded on 1,318 tonned freighter 'S. S. Fort Stikine' which was anchored in Victoria Dock at Bombay. The explosion killed 1376 people, wrecking 27 ships and destroying 40,000 tons of food. |
| 10/12/1993 | RBI liberalises credit and monetary policy. |
| 5/16/1945 | Prahraj Gopalchandra, modern author of Oria language, passed away. |
| 2/19/1812 | Congregational missionaries Adoniram Judson, 23, and his wife Ann, 22, first sailed from New England to Calcutta. (Judson eventually concentrated his labors in Burma). |
| 10/2/1910 | Frank C. Brown, educationist and social worker, was born. |
| 7/4/1991 | Fourth test of missile 'Prithvi'. |
| 11/23/1994 | 100 killed in a stampede of Govari Samaj people during a protest march towards Nagpur Assembly. |
|
![]()
|
|
|
