Today Importance - 1st Jun
1-Jun-1786
Madras General Post Office started functioning.
1-Jun-1790
A treaty was signed between the Marathas, the British and the Nizam.
1-Jun-1819
William Carey, Ward and Marshman founded Srirampur College in Bengal.
1-Jun-1842
Satyendranath Tagore, Bengali official and writer, is born.
1-Jun-1874
The East India Company was dissolved.
1-Jun-1890
Journalist, social reformer and educationist Sri Siripi Anjaneulu was born in Dharmavaram, Anantapur.
1-Jun-1904
Four language panels were used for Rangoon. The languages of this panel were Burmese, Urdu, Tamil and Chinese.
1-Jun-1916
Lokmanya Tilak raised the slogan 'Freedom is a birthright' in Ahmednagar.
1-Jun-1927
Birth of Justice Sabyasachi Mukherjee.
1-Jun-1929
V Shantaram, S. Fatehallal (Shaykh Syed Fatehallal), Vishnupant Damle and Keshabrao b. Dhaibar founded 'Prabhat Film Company' in Kolhapur along with Sita Ram Kulkami.
1-Jun-1930
The first Indian luxury express train 'Deccan Queen' started its journey from Victoria Terminus (CST) to Pune.
1-Jun-1930
Birth of Baba Adhav.
1-Jun-1933
The fortnightly 'Baal Sammitra' is published.
1-Jun-1938
Continental Publications' begins.
1-Jun-1944
Famous master painter of Maharashtra MV Dhurandhar passed away.
1-Jun-1944
Renowned Hindi poet Leeladhar Jaguri passed away.
1-Jun-1945
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research was established.
1-Jun-1947
Literary and Hindi critic Balbhimraj Gore was born.
1-Jun-1955
India's Untouchability (Offences) Act comes into force.
1-Jun-1959
The Chinese occupied Tibet and the Dalai Lama fled to India.
1-Jun-1959
National Aeronautical Research Laboratory (NARL) established under CSIR with temporary office in New Delhi. Dr. P. Neelakantan appointed as the first Director of NARL.
1-Jun-1959
N.G. Ranga resigned from the Indian National Congress and took over the leadership of the newly formed Independent Party.
1-Jun-1964
Founded in 1947, Nava Paisa was renamed 'Paisa'.
1-Jun-1964
Rashid Ghulam Muhammad Patel, cricketer (Indian fast bowler, better known for the Lamba phenomenon), born in Sabarkanta.
1-Jun-1970
Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act was enacted. This Act was passed in 1969.
1-Jun-1972
The Space Commission and the Department of Space were established. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) was brought under the Department of Space (DOS).
1-Jun-1980
AIADMK wins Tamil Nadu assembly elections; Congress(I) won in UP, MP, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab, Maharashtra and Odisha.
1-Jun-1992
Establishment of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Academy in Satara.
1-Jun-1992
S.K. Dutta became Director, Central Bureau of Investigation (upto 31/07/93).
1-Jun-1993
Burkina Faso President Blaise Campeur is on a visit to India.
1-Jun-1993
Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Premkumar Sharma was murdered.
1-Jun-1993
Speaker disqualified four MPs of Ajit group.
1-Jun-1995
Kanshi Ram (Bahujan Samaj Party) withdrew support to the Mulayam Singh Yadav-led government in UP and demanded the formation of a new government.
1-Jun-1996
HD Deve Gowda's 21-member Union Cabinet took oath.
1-Jun-1996
Former President of India Neelam Sanjeev Reddy passed away.
1-Jun-1997
New postage rates effective; Post Card- 25 paisa, Inland Letter- 1 taka, Envelope- 2 taka and Registration- 10 taka.
1-Jun-1997
National Conference leader Ghulam Rasul Wani was abducted and shot dead by terrorists at Kaskote in Doda district of Jammu.
1-Jun-1997
Union Forest and Environment Minister Prof. Dr. Saifuddin Soj declared Rs. 9 crore central package for forestry and environment-development in Jammu and Kashmir.
1-Jun-1998
Finance Minister announced the national budget.
1-Jun-1998
Petrol price has increased by Rs 1 per litre.
1-Jun-1998
The Prasar Bharati Bill has been introduced in the Lok Sabha to revive the Prasar Bharati Act, 1990.
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