Today Importance - 1st October

Today Importance - 1st October

1-Oct-1847

The famous philosopher and theosophist Annie Besant was born in London.

1-Oct-1854

The first postage stamps valid for postage across India were sold in October 1854 with four values: 1/2 anna [colour: blue], 1 anna [colour: red], 2 anna [colour: green] and 4 anna [colour]: green. ] : caste and blue].

These stamps bear the youthful image of Queen Victoria, all four values were designed and printed in Calcutta and were issued without perforation or gluing. All but the 2 annas greens were lithographed, which were produced by typography from copper cliches or electrotype plates. The 4 anna stamp was one of the first two-colour stamps in the world, preceded only by the Basel Dove, a handsome local issue.

1-Oct-1867

Renowned historian Dr. Hiralal was born in Katni near Jabalpur. He compiled a descriptive catalog of Sanskrit and Prakrit manuscripts in the Central Provinces and was Honorary Correspondent in Archeology to the Government of India. He was also known as 'Rai Bahadur'.

1-Oct-1886

Balochistan became part of India.

1-Oct-1887

Politician and social worker Pandit Hridyanath Ajudhianath Kunjru was born in Agra.

1-Oct-1894

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India Sudhi Ranjan Das was born in Kolkata.

1-Oct-1903

Famous film music director Sachin Dev Burman (S. D. Burman) was born.

1-Oct-1904

Iliath Kuttiari Gopalan Nambiar "AK Gopalan" was born in Kannanor district of North Kerala. He was a freedom fighter and leader of the communist movement in Kerala.

1-Oct-1909

Gandhi kept in touch with Tolstoy about the latent opposition development.

1-Oct-1919

Famous Marathi poet and screenwriter Gajanan Digambar was born in Madgulkar.

1-Oct-1926

Balkanji Bari Institute was established for the welfare of children.

1-Oct-1928

Birth of famous actor Shivaji Ganesh.

1-October-1932

Brigadier LP Collins, DSO, OBE became the commandant of the Indian Military Academy. The first course of 40 GCs included Sam Manekash, Smith Dunn and Mohammad Musa, who later became the army chiefs of their respective countries, namely India, Burma (now Myanmar) and Pakistan. This training was for two and a half years.

1-October-1941

No. 3 Squadron, similarly equipped with Audax, was established at Peshawar.

1-October-1949

Establishment of theater company 'Marathi Rangabhoomi'.

1-October-1953

Andhra Pradesh, India's first new state since 1949, was established and formally inaugurated on a purely linguistic basis. The state was formed by dividing the Madras province of India and this movement was started by Sriramulu for which he had to sacrifice his life.

1-Oct-1958

Decimal standard for measuring of loads was presented in India.

1-Oct-1959

Hon'ble Justice Bhuvneshwar Prasad Sinha became the Chief Justice of India. He held this post till 31/01/1964.

1-October-1967

Establishment of Indian Tourist Development Corporation Limited.

1-Oct-1978

In the Child Marriage Act, the minimum age of marriage was raised to 21 years for males and 18 years for females.

1-October-1981

Dal Khalsa activists who conspired to hijack an Indian Airlines flight. arrested

1-Oct-1990

The 75th Amendment Bill to the Constitution to extend President's rule in Punjab by another six months failed in the first stage in Lok Sabha due to lack of simple majority.

1-Oct-1990

Justice Ranganath Mishra has been appointed as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

1-Oct-1990

The Supreme Court stayed the implementation of the recommendations of the Mandal Commission.

1-Oct-1991

Indian Ambassador G.R. He assumed the responsibility of the President of the Security Council under the chairmanship of Gharakhan.

1-Oct-1992

Zee TV started broadcasting.

1-Oct-1993

The Indian Air Force joined the peacekeeping mission in Somalia as part of the Indian contingent supporting the UN mission.

1-Oct-1993

The first batch of fifteen members was flown from Delhi to Mogadishu in AN-12 helicopters. Two helicopters were supplied by 111 HU.

1-Oct-1993

Appointment of two more election commissioners.

1-Oct-1995

Renowned industrialist Aditya Birla passed away.

1-Oct-1995

Late astrologer and industrialist Hastimal Ferodia.

1-Oct-1997

A bus carrying 70 people fell into a drain near Cuddapah.

1-Oct-1997

Ordinance issued to prohibit single digit or instant lotteries.

1-Oct-1997

World's shortest man Gul Mohammad (36) died in New Delhi. Mohammed, who is 56.16 cm tall, registered his name in the Guinness Book of World Records in 1992.

1-Oct-1997

Gerhard Fischer, social activist, nominated for Gandhi Peace Prize. The 76-year-old German "Ambassador of Humanity" was unanimously elected for his contribution to social, economic and political change through non-violence.

1-Oct-1997

All India Forward Bloc MP and General Secretary Chitta Bose died while traveling on the Danaput Express from Patna to Howrah. He was 72 years old.

1-Oct-1998

After the US-64 scheme of UTI the representative of the concern in the stock market tried to pay dividends from its own capital.

1-Oct-2000

Communications Minister Rambilas PasoYan completed the work and launched the Autonomous Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited.