May 30

Today in Indian History
Events for May 30

30-May-1826	The first Hindi newspaper ‘Udant Martand’ was published from Calcutta under the Editorship of Pandit Shridhar Shukla.
30-May-1867	Maulana Mohammad Kasim Nanantavi established the famous Islamic educational centre ‘Dar- Ul -Ulum’ in Devkampa, Uttar Pradesh.
30-May-1887	The 7th Battalion of the Mechanised Infantry Regiment was raised as 37 DOGRAS by Lt. Col V. Rivas at Sialkot.
30-May-1895	Pandurang Sakharam Pisurlekar, great historian in Goa, was born.
30-May-1915	Krishen Behari Lall, Indian Civil Service and Diplomat, was born at Delhi.
30-May-1919	Rabindranath Tagore returned back the honour as a protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
30-May-1950	Devdutta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar, great historian and archaeologist, passed away.
30-May-1952	S.C.Mathur was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 01-07-1955.
30-May-1955	Narayan Malhar Joshi, father of Indian Worker’s Movement, passed away.
30-May-1962	69 killed in a bus crash near Ahmedabad.
30-May-1977	Express Train fell into Beki river in Assam killing 44 persons.
30-May-1985	Earthquake in Srinagar.
30-May-1987	Goa becomes the 25th state of India.
30-May-1991	Uma Shankar Dixit (90) passed away.
30-May-1995	Notification issued for the constitution of Jharkhand Autonomous District Council.
30-May-1999	India rejects U.N. offer to send a special envoy to defuse Indo-Pak tensions.

May 29

Today in Indian History
Events for May 29

29-May-1658	Dara Shukoh was utterly defeated by Aurangzeb in the battle of Samugarh near Agra.
29-May-1906	Terence Hanbury White, novelist (England Have My Bones), was born in Bombay.
29-May-1915	Sita Ram Surajmal Jajoo, social reformer and politician, was born at Neemuch Cantt, M.P.
29-May-1933	Gandhi ends his 21-day fast, his second for the cause of the ‘untouchables.’
29-May-1933	Kishorilal Goswami, famous Hindi novelist, passed away.
29-May-1936	Gandhi’s eldest son creates a controversy as he converts to the Muslim faith.
29-May-1947	Establishment of Indian Standard Institution.
29-May-1952	The Socialist Party and Krishak Mazdoor Praja Party decide to form a single parliamentary party.
29-May-1953	Mount Everest conquered by Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay.
29-May-1953	Ranji Nanan, cricketer (Trinidad off-spinner, 1 Test v Pakistan 1981), was born.
29-May-1957	Satish Kumar Sareen graduated from the first batch of the JSW and went onto the AFFC for flying training.
29-May-1965	Indian Everest team sets a world record by climbing the Everest for the fourth time.
29-May-1967	First blowdown of the 4 ft trisonic tunnel; the tunnel with all auxiliary facilities such as compressor system, electrical sub-station, design office and model fabrication shop is formally set up and commissioned by National Aeronautical Laboratory.
29-May-1968	Dara Singh becomes the world wrestling champion.
29-May-1972	Prithviraj Kapoor, famous film actor, passed away.
29-May-1973	Jo Paul Ancheri, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Trichur, Kerala. He was recognised as Indian Player of the Year in 1994.
29-May-1977	Dr. Suniti Kumar Chatterji, president of Sahitya Academy, National Professor and eminent linguist, passed away.
29-May-1979	Perminder Singh Sangha, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Oslo, Norway.
29-May-1982	Naval Academy at Ezhimala, Kerala, was approved by Union Cabinet.
29-May-1987	Chaudhary Charan Singh, former Prime Minister, leader of farmers and freedom fighter, passed away at the age of 85 yrs.
29-May-1991	P.V. Narasimha Rao elected President of Congress (I).
29-May-1992	Agni-India’s IRB missile successfully test-fired from Orissa coast for the first time since May 22, 1989.
29-May-1993	Ramesh More, Shiv Sena MLA, was murdered.

May 28

Today in Indian History
Events for May 28

28-May-1414	Khidr Khan Syed, Governor of Lahore, replaced Daulat Khan Lodi on Delhi’s throne.
28-May-1883	Vinayak Damodar Savarkar “”Veer””, great freedom fighter, social reformer, politician and writer, was born at Bhagur village near Nasi
28-May-1895	Bagal Bhai Madhavrao Khanderao, freedom fighter, author and painter, was born.
28-May-1903	Shantanu L. Kirloskar, great industrialist, was born at Sholapur (Maharashtra).
28-May-1907	Purohit Dingambar Vinayak (Nanasaheb), leader in Maharashtra, was born.
28-May-1923	Nandamuri Tarak Ramarao, film star, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and founder of Telgu Desam Party, was born. He has acted in many films including ‘Patal Bhairavi’.
28-May-1925	Awadh Kishore Narain, educationist, was born.
28-May-1930	Bhagwaticharan Vohra, great revolutionary freedom fighter, died near the banks of Ravi river during a bomb testing.
28-May-1950	Bhagwaticharan, great revolutionary, passed away.
28-May-1963	Estimated 22,000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India).
28-May-1964	A slow-moving funeral cortege containing the body of Jawaharlal Nehru inched through the streets of New Delhi today. A million and a half Indians lined the route to pay final respects to their beloved leader.
28-May-1965	Fire and explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad, India kills 400.
28-May-1966	B. S. Chawla was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 21-02-1973.
28-May-1968	Bhagwan Gopinathji died. He was a great devotee of Shiva and Shakti and took intense “”Sadhana””. His disciples and devotees set up an ashram at Kharyar in Srinagar in his n
28-May-1970	All India Trade Union Congress was divided.
28-May-1972	Edward VIII, King of Great Britain/N Ireland/emperor (India 1936), passed away at the age of 77.
28-May-1978	The kiss comes to the Hindi screen in ‘Love Sublime,’ and is seen as a sign of what the govt. calls greater ‘creative freedom,’ after Indira Gandhi’s authoritarian rule at Bombay.
28-May-1988	The first Cultural Exchange Programme was signed between India and China.
28-May-1989	Kerala diocese of Marathakavalli was the first Christian priest in India.
28-May-1992	Indo-US naval exercises begin.
28-May-1996	13-day-old BJP-led minority coalition govt. headed by A.B. Vajpayee quits at the end of a two-day debate on a motion of confidence.
28-May-1996	BJP Govt. incapable of assembling a majority after two weeks. A left-wing coalition takes over headed by new prime minister H. D. Deve Gowda, Janata Dal leader and United Front coalition government. He held this office till 12 April 1997.
28-May-1997	Former Union Ministers Arjun Singh, N.D. Tiwari, R.K. Dhawan and Madhavrao Scindia discharged in the Jain hawala case by special judge V.B. Gupta.
28-May-1998	India takes retaliatory measures against Australia for its unilateral action.

May 27

Today in Indian History
Events for May 27

27-May-1857	Nana Sahib was captured at Kanpur.
27-May-1906	Gandhiji writes to his brother Lakshimidas, stating his disinterestedness in worldly possessions.
27-May-1906	Maharashtra Sahitya Patrika Day.
27-May-1910	Robert Koch, famous French scientist, passed away.
27-May-1919	Kandukuri Veeresalingam, father of modern Telgu language, author and social reformer, passed away.
27-May-1930	Jayaprakash Narayan, Labour Research Cell, arrested after Dandi March.
27-May-1930	Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was arrested during Salt Movement.
27-May-1930	India’s major cities are seething with unrest following the arrest of Mahatma Gandhi and thousands of his followers in the campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. Civil unrest in Bombay, where at least six were killed and sixty injured.
27-May-1948	The trial of nine men accused of assassination of Gandhi before a special court judge at the Red Fort. The trial ended on 30th Dec.
27-May-1951	Taraporewala Aquarium was inaugurated at Mumbai by President Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
27-May-1952	The use of Hindi language in addition to English language and of Devnagri form of numerals in addition to the international form of Indian numerals was authorised for warrants of appointments of Governors of State, Judges of the Supreme Court and Judges of the High Court.
27-May-1952	United Nationalist Party and the Indian Democratic Party combined to form one opposition party – National Democratic Party with Dr. S. P. Mukherjee as leader.
27-May-1957	Copyright Act was passed.
27-May-1962	Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri, cricketer (Indian SLA all-rounder 1981-92), was born in Bombay.
27-May-1964	Gulzarilal Nanda was entrusted the responsibility as Acting Prime Minster of India. He held this office till June 9, 1964. He is till date the only Acting Prime Minster of India.
27-May-1964	Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister and architect of modern India, passed away at the age of 74.
27-May-1968	Second Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding given to Reverend Martin Luther King posthumously.
27-May-1990	Om Prakash Chautala, former CM, wins Mehem by-election.
27-May-1991	Justice J.S. Verma of the Supreme Court appointed to probe into Rajiv Gandhi murder case.
27-May-1992	M. L. Manchanda, AIR’s Patiala engineer who was kidnapped by Babbar Khalsa militants, was found executed.
27-May-1994	Tarktirth Laxmanshastri Joshi, internationally famous omnicient, passed away.
27-May-1995	National Centre for Labour launched in Bangalore to give a boost to the unorganised worker’s movement in India.
27-May-1996	A. B. Vajpayee, PM, seeks vote of confidence in his 12-day old govt.
27-May-1997	Sri Lanka claims Independence Cup, winning the second match in the best-of-three finals in Calcutta.
27-May-1998	Minoo Masani, 92, co-founder of the Swatantra party, passed away in Mumbai after a brief illness.
27-May-1999	IAF loses two fighter aircrafts in the Kargil area. Pakistan claims it has Flight Lieutenant Nachiketa in its custody.
27-May-1999	Sharad Pawar, Tariq Anwar and P.A. Sangma launch the Nationalist Congress Party.
27-May-2000	In a mini cabinet reshuffle, Nitish Kumar gets back his Agriculture portfolio, while Dilip Ray resigns as Minister of State for Steel.

May 26

Today in Indian History
Events for May 26

26-May-1739	Afghanistan was separated from the Indian empire as a result of a treaty signed between Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah and Nadir Shah.
26-May-1885	Govindagraj (Ram Ganesh Gadkari), great Marathi playwright, comedy author and poet, was born.
26-May-1906	Benjamin Peary Pal, internationally famous scientist of Indian agriculture, was born at Mukundpur, Punjab. In 1929, he went to Cambridge to do research on wheat and he returned to Burma with a Ph.D. five years later. In 1933, he got a research job with what is now known as the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. In 1965, Pal became Director General of the newly founded Indian Council of Agricultural Research in New Delhi. He has written several books on roses, the most popular being “”The Rose in India”
26-May-1916	Rangnath Manohar Joshi (Nirmal Guruji), Marathi author, was born.
26-May-1926	Kankalta, freedom fighter, was born in Bargawadi village at Assam . She was shot when she tried to flur the Indian National Flag in Gopur, Assam.
26-May-1931	One hundred miners were trapped beneath a blazing mine. It was thought that there were unlikely to be any survivors in Madras.
26-May-1935	Swami Mrigendra Channaya, great Social Scientist in Maharashtra, was born.
26-May-1945	Vilasrao Dagdojirao Deshmukh, leader in Maharashtra, was born.
26-May-1946	Gandhiji considers ‘Plan’ the best document produced by British Government under the circumstances.
26-May-1948	First ever trade agreement with Pakistan.
26-May-1957	Janta Insurance Scheme was inaugurated in Bombay.
26-May-1983	R. V. Marathe, father of Postal Index, passed away.
26-May-1993	The Centre decides to implement the Mandal Commission recommendation to provide 27\% reservation for the socially and educationally backward classes in the Central Services from 15th June.
26-May-1997	Government decides to allow the use of environment-friendly LPG as a motor vehicle fuel.
26-May-1998	Prof. Jagdish Bhagwati, economist, was awarded the 1998 Freedom Prize of the Max Schmidmeiny Foundation.
26-May-1998	S. Chandrasekar, scientist, was selected for the Niels Bohr-UNESCO gold medal.
26-May-1999	IRS-P4(OCEANSAT) with an Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM) and a Multi-frequency Scanning Microwave Radiometer (MSMR) and two small satellites (KITSAT of Korea and TUBSAT of Germany) launched by PSLV-C2.
26-May-2000	In a significant development, the Government decides to allow disinvestment up to 60 per cent equity of Air India.
26-May-2000	Prabhakar G. Surur (93) died in Mumbai.