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Historical Event on 10/17/1915
Virendra Kumar Jain, great Hindi writer, was born in Mandsaur.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
7/5/1857 | Baigum Hazrat Mahal again attack on Lucknow. |
4/27/1906 | China, as suzerain of Tibet, has agreed to the terms of a treaty proposed by Britain. According to the treaty, foreign powers may not send representatives to Tibet, receive transportation or mining concessions, or occupy, buy or lease any territory in Tibet without British permission. The British want to prevent the Russians from establishing a protectorate over Tibet, which lies on India's northern border. Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, failed in attempts to communicate with Tibet's ruler, the Dalai Lama. A British military expedition fought its way to the capital at Lhasa and concluded the agreement. |
10/21/1954 | Government of India and France sign an agreement for the de-facto transfer of the French settlement of Pondicherry, Karaikal, Mahe to the Indian Union. The merger took place on November 1. |
10/3/1977 | Indira Gandhi arrested on charges of official corruption in New Delhi. |
2/2/1917 | Maharshi Vinayak Ramchandra Patwardhan (Annasaheb), collegue of Lokmanya Tilak, passed away. |
7/6/1960 | The President promulgates the ESMA, 1960. |
9/16/1996 | First one-day international in Canada played between India and Pakistan at Toronto. |
2/27/1912 | Lawrence Durrell, Britsh writer (Alexandria Quartet, Private Country), was born in Darjeeling, India. . |
8/27/1910 | Mother Teresa, [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu], nobel Prize awardee and social worker, was born in Skopje, Macedonia in Yugoslavia. |
7/7/1910 | 'Bharat History Research Mandal' was established. |
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