Salt Lake City, Utah Indian Community - UtahIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 8/4/1906

Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar, the architect of modern Himachal Pradesh and an energetic Chief Minister, was born at Chanhalag village in Sirmaur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/5/1979Earl of Mountbatten's funeral held in Burma.
1/18/1969Prajapita Brahma, great social reformer and freedom fighter, passed away.
12/10/1886Rameshwari Nehru, social worker and freedom fighter, was born at Lahore.
7/28/1914Japanese boat 'Kamagata Maru' was compelled to deport to India from Vancouver, Canada. The ship was boarded with active freedom fighters who were against the British Government.
3/26/1989Eighth Antarctica Expedition returns after erecting India's second permanent manned station 'Maitri'.
10/23/1999V. P. Singh, former Prime Minister, tops the list of star witnesses in Bofors case.
4/10/1996The marketing of Salman Rushdie's novel 'The Moor's Last Sigh' in India was cleared by the Central govt.
5/8/1901British commission claims famine has taken 1.25 million lives since 1899; blames over population.
6/1/1959National Aeronautical Research Laboratory (NARL) set up under CSIR with temporary offices in New Delhi. Dr. P. Nilakantan is appointed NARL's first Director.
12/17/1970Judge Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 21/01/1971.