21st December in Indian History: Know about 21st December special days, famous birthdays, events in India
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Shah Jahan (Zihab al-Din Sultan c Shah de Jahan), the great Mughal emperor, died in captivity at Agra Fort and was laid to rest alongside Mumtaz at the Taj Mahal. The Jahans arranged to keep Shah Jahan.
22-Jan-1683
Shri Samarth Ramdas passed away.
22-Jan-1760
After their victory over the French at the Battle of Wandiwash (India), the British had virtually no European rivals left in India.
Ram Mohan Roy started the Hindu College in Calcutta with the help of Justice H. East David Hare. Later the name of this college was changed to Presidency College.
20-Jan-1871
The famous Indian industrialist Sir Ratanji Jamshedji Tata was born.
20-Jan-1879
Birth of famous Assamese nature poet Raghunath Chowdhury.
20-Jan-1897
Gandhi refused to prosecute the attackers.
20-Jan-1898
Krishnarao Ganeshpant Phulnabrikar (Master Krishnarao), noted singer, actor and music director, is born.
20-Jan-1931
Saroj Kumari, a feature film produced by Mahaveer Photoplace and Theaters Limited, Secunderabad, was banned on January 20 as 'abhorrent' and 'seditious'.
20-Jan-1939
The great Indian astronomer Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe was born.
20-Jan-1948
1. A bomb exploded near Birla House during Gandhi's prayer meeting. 2. Three-member United Nations Commission of Inquiry/Mediation on Kashmir. 3. K.M. Cariappa as the army commander of Delhi and East Punjab Lt. Gen. D. Succeeded Rissel and was responsible for conducting operations in Kashmir.
Today in History 15 January: What occurred on this day
What happened today in history (January 15): K.D. Yadav, Martin Luther King Jr. and Saifuddin Kitchlew, death of Dolores O'Riordan, Miracle on the Hudson, opening of the British Museum, foundation of Wikipedia, Indian Army Day and many more.
Indian leader Sajihab al-Din Sultan Choirram Jahan was born.
14-January-1641
The United East India Company captured the city of Malacca, killing 7,000.
14-January-1758
A charter from the King of England allowed the East India Company to keep any booty taken in war against the enemies of the King and the Company. After the war, the confiscated goods could be kept with them.
Shivaji launched an expedition to Surat and left the city after plundering the place.
9-January-1841
John Gill Christ, founder of Fort William College, Calcutta, passed away in Paris.
9-January-1854
Famous poet, novelist and translator Govinda Vasudev was born in Kanitkar.
9-January-1889
Famous Hindi writer and social reformer Dr. Vrindavanlal Verma was born in Jhansi. He mainly wrote historical and social novels, the most famous of which is "Mriganayani".
9-January-1904
Social activist Pratap Singh Chowdhary was born in Multan, Punjab.
9-January-1915
Gandhiji returned from South Africa and reached Bombay. He turned into an individual from the Indian Public Congress. He received the Kayseri-i-Hind Gold Medal for ambulance services on 11 January.
9-January-1916
Ramakrishna Ramnarayan Ruia, great industrialist, was born.
9-January-1918
Noted industrialist Harprasad Nanda was born.
9-January-1919
Theophane A. Mathias, teacher, is born.
9-January-1922
Biological scientist Har Gobind Khorana was born in India. He did his MSc from Panjab University and went to Liverpool University for higher education. In 1959, he developed a chemical called a "coenzyme", which is essential for certain processes in the human body. In 1968, Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Halley won the Nobel Prize for Medicine.
9-January-1923
Bengali writer Satyendranath Tagore passed away.
9-January-1935
Britain entered into a trade agreement with India.
9-January-1935
Birth of famous Marathi writer Savita Jajodia.
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9-January-1935
The great educationist Harishankar Sharma was born in Jaipur.
9-January-1946
Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi, renowned Hindi poet, Gujarati litterateur, writer, master teacher and inventor of double meaning phrase passed away.
9-January-1971
Muslim leader Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah has been barred from returning to Kashmir.
9-January-1972
In 1971, 433 feature films were produced worldwide, a record and pinnacle in film production.
9-January-1976
The President suspended the seven freedoms guaranteed by Article 19 of the Constitution.
9-January-1982
A team of 21 Indian scientists led by SZ Kasim set out for the first Antarctica expedition in December 1981 – January 1982.
9-January-1993
Indian Airlines Tu-154 plane crashes in Delhi, all 165 people on board survive; Civil Aviation Minister Scindia resigns; PM's visit to Dhaka cancelled; SAARC summit postponed
9-January-1994
Indian diplomats and staff have been safely evacuated from war-torn Kabul.
9-January-1995
TN Chief Election Commissioner Seshan has asked the Center to postpone the annual budget instead of the state assembly elections.
9-January-1995
Abolition of Manipur Legislative Assembly. H. Borobabu (Speaker) and suspended his membership till the state elections.
9-January-1996
The Prime Minister unveiled India's state-of-the-art Main Battle Rank (MBT) "Arjun" at a function in New Delhi.
9-January-1997
John Major, British Prime Minister, addressing the plenary session of the 'Partnership Summit' organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry, in Kolkata.
9-Jan-1998
Three RJD priests in the Gujral bureau - Mr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, Capt. Jai Narayan Nishad and Mrs. Kanti Singh - resigned.
Sultan Mahmud completely destroyed the temple of Somnath.
8-Jan-1872
Hemachandra Goswami, ancient Assamese literary expert, historian, editor and poet, is born.
8-Jan-1884
Keshav Chander Sen, Bengali nationalist leader, social worker and Brahmo Samaj eloquent, breathed his last at his home in Lily Cottage, Kolkata. He was one of the first Indians who sowed the seeds of secularism in our country. He strongly believed that education was the basic requirement for social change.
8-Jan-1890
Birth of famous editor Ramachandra Varma. He is also credited with creating a Hindi dictionary.
8-Jan-1895
Ramachandra Sakharam Ruikar, freedom fighter, pioneer of labor movement in India and president of All India Trade Union Congress, was born in village Rui in Kolhapur district of Maharashtra.
8-Jan-1906
Kolkata's Howrah railway station was inaugurated.
8-Jan-1908
Gandhiji asked the government to suspend the Registration Act, offering voluntary registration.
8-Jan-1908
Legendary actress Mary Nadia Wadia (Fearless Nadia) was born.
8-Jan-1925
The first All India Arts and Crafts Exhibition was inaugurated by UP Governor Sir William Marriage at Kaiserbagh in Lucknow.
8-Jan-1925
Birth of famous Hindi dramatist Mohan Rakesh. His famous books are 'Adhe Adhure' and 'Ashad Ka Ek Din'.
8-Jan-1927
The first scheduled London-Delhi flight arrived 63 hours later. Aviation Minister Sir Samuel Hoyer is on board.
8-Jan-1941
Swami Pranabananda Maharaj, father of Bharat Sevashram Sangh passed away.
8-Jan-1947
Establishment of University of Rajasthan at Jaipur.
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8-Jan-1964
Jack "Murph the Surf" Murphy, 27, and an accomplice were arrested in Miami last October on suspicion of stealing $410,000 worth of rare gems from the American Museum of Natural History. The world's largest sapphire, the Star of India, and eight of the other 22 stolen gems were returned to a New York lawyer's coat pocket, recovered from a Miami bus terminal locker with one of two water-filled suede pouches. A third suspect. The three referred to themselves as the 'Beach Boys'. Murphy is sometimes an aquatic clown, but primarily he is a notorious jewel thief. Murphy was also accused of pistol-whipping actress Eva Gabor and stealing $50,000 worth of jewelry from her a year earlier.
8-Jan-1965
The world's largest sapphire 'Star of India' returns to the American Museum of Natural History.
8-Jan-1968
The Official Languages Act, 1963 was amended. Accordingly, a provision was made in Section 3(4) of the Act so that Central Government servants proficient in Hindi or English can perform their work effectively and their interests are not harmed merely because they are proficient in both. Proficient in languages. According to Article 3(5), for the abolition of the use of English language for official purposes of the Union it is necessary that resolutions to that effect be passed by the legislatures of the States (i.e. those States where Hindi is not official and after considering these resolutions, stop the use of English language in both Houses of Parliament A motion to do so is passed.
8-Jan-1973
Nanasaheb Parulekar, founder of Sakal Patrika, passed away.
8-Jan-1981
India were bowled out for 63 runs in the one-day international against Australia.
8-Jan-1984
Sushma Mukherjee, the first Indian woman pilot, died at the age of 74.
8-Jan-1987
PG Joshi, cricketer (12 Tests for India 1951-60, ct 18 stp 9), died.
8-Jan-1992
Baggage rates for railway passengers have increased by 30 percent
8-Jan-1992
DP Sahastrabuddhe, editor of monthly magazine 'Anand' passed away.
8-Jan-1993
Dr. P.C. Sikandar was appointed as the Governor of Maharashtra.
8-Jan-1993
FERA ban lifted, allowing resident Indians to keep up to $500.
8-Jan-1994
Kamakoti Paramacharya Sri Chandrasekhar Saraswati, the 68th Shankaracharya of the Kanchi school and an Indian saint, has died at the age of 99.
8-Jan-1995
ONGC's oil rig exploded at Pasalapudi site in Andhra Pradesh.
8-Jan-1995
Madhu Limaye, veteran national leader, socialist thinker, freedom fighter, politician, writer, close associate of Ram Manohar Lohia and Joy Prakash Narayan passed away.
8-Jan-1996
Maharashtra government approves Enron Dhabole power project tariff of Rs 1.86 per unit.
8-Jan-1999
Farah Khan made it a double by adding the National Women's Snooker title in Delhi.
8-Jan-2000
Acting Shyam Gupta and B.R. Meenakshi won the NSCI Grand Prix All India Badminton Tournament in Mumbai.
8-Jan-2000
The government reconstituted the Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts and Trust and appointed Mrs. Sonia Gandhi as trustee with Mr. P.V. Narasimha Rao, Prof. Yashpal and Dr. Abid Hussain retained.
Indian Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan was born in Lahore.
5-Jan-1659
Aurangzeb defeated Shah Shuja at the Battle of Khawan near
Allahabad.
5-Jan-1671
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj captured the fort of 'Salher'
from the Mughals.
5-Jan-1869
Venkatesh Tirko Kulkarni, famous Kannada novelist
'Galagnath' was born.
5-Jan-1890
Ganendra Mohan Tagore died.
5-Jan-1893
Paramahamsa Yogananda (1893-1952), universal Hindu, great
saint, social reformer, writer and literary figure, was born in Gorakhpur. He
was the founder of the renaissance of the Self Realization Fellowship (1925) in
America, the author of the famous 'Autobiography of a Yogi' (1946), a popular
book on globalizing the spiritual traditions of India.
5-Jan-1934
Dr. Murali Manohar Manmohan Joshi was born in Delhi.
5-Jan-1941
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi Jr.,
Indian batsman and youngest Indian Test captain), born in Bhopal.
5-Jan-1948
Cricketer (mid-70s Indian batsman) Parthasarathy
Harishchandra Sharma was born in Alwar, Rajasthan.
5-Jan-1952
The US signed a five-year deal to give India $50 million.
For economic development in New Delhi
5-Jan-1952
Nawab of Pataudi Senior, cricketer (played 3 Tests in Polo
for England and 3 Tests for India), passed away.
5-Jan-1952
John Hope Victor Alexander, Viceroy of India (1936-43) dies
aged 64.
5-Jan-1953
Andhra University celebrated its Silver Jubilee.
5-Jan-1955
Kumari Mamata Pramileshwar Banerjee was born in Kolkata
(West Bengal).
5-Jan-1957
The Adintrim Sales Tax Act was introduced and the Central
Sales Tax Act, 1956 came into force.
5-Jan-1968
The Government of India accepted the recommendations of the
Administrative Reforms Commission for the appointment of Lokpal.
5-Jan-1974
Death of the great revolutionary Birendranath Dasgupta.
5-Jan-1982
Renowned music director C Ramachandra (Chitalkar) passed
away.
5-Jan-1985
Rajiv Gandhi promised to solve the Punjab problem without
bowing down to 'separatist ideology'.
5-Jan-1988
India's first indigenously developed 'Braille' script for
the blind has been released.
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5-Jan-1990
The Indian cricket team's new captain is Mohammad
Azharuddin.
5-Jan-1992
Ravi Shastri scored 206 runs at the SCG before Warne got his
first cricket Test wicket.
5-Jan-1994
Jnanpith Award U. And. Ananta Murthy (Kannada) was awarded.
5-Jan-1994
Jnanpeeth Award to Oriya poet Sitakantha Mahapatra.
5-Jan-1994
The Tamil Nadu Assembly has passed two bills to replace the
Governor with Chancellors of all universities as Chief Ministers.
5-Jan-1995
India has received the first batch of Chinese low-enriched
uranium (LEU) for the second US-built Tarapur nuclear power plant with IAEA
approval.
5-Jan-1995
Jeetendra Prasad succeeds ND Tiwari as UPCC-I chief.
5-Jan-1995
The Prime Minister addressed the 8th World Tamil Conference
in Madurai.
5-Jan-1998
Bareilly-Baranasi passenger train collides with Kashi
Vishwanath Express near Hardoi in Uttar Pradesh, killing 60 people.
5-Jan-1998
Lalu Yadav, RJD president, and BSP chief Kanshi Ram launched
the "Jan Morcha" of seven parties.
5-Jan-2000
Tamil Nadu has confirmed the Subbaiah Pillai Trophy One Day
Cricket Tournament.
Famous social worker Savitribai Phule was born in Naigaon, Satara district of Maharashtra.
3-January-1836
Munshi Nayal Kishore was born the son of a zamindar of Aligarh and Yamuna Prasad Bhargava, a great scholar, educationist, nationalist, social worker and a leading industrialist. He was the founder of Nabalkishore Press, Lucknow (1858), which published 2612 books spanning Hindi literature. He was the publisher of Asia's Awadhi magazine.