Today Importance - 8th October

Today Importance - 8th October

8-Oct-1880

Dutch founder of the National India Party, Ernest F. E. Dues Dekker, was born.

8-Oct-1911

Former Navy Chief Ramdas Kateri was born.

8-Oct-1911

Sarobindu Nath Banerjee 'Shoot', a Test playing cricket all-rounder against the West Indies, was born in Kolkata.

8-Oct-1919

Mahatma Gandhi started publishing 'Young India'.

Today Importance - 3rd October

Today Importance - 3rd October

3-Oct-1831

British occupied Mysore.

3-Oct-1880

Shakuntal Sangeet held at Anandov Auditorium, Pune. Annasaheb Kirloskar presented the first musical drama in Marathi language.

3-Oct-1890

Literary, journalist and social reformer Lakshmi Narayan Sahu was born.

3-Oct-1903

Birth of politician and educationist Swami Ramananda Tirtha.