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Historical Event on 8/1/1932
Meena Kumari, film actress, was born.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
4/30/1909 | Kirpal Prem Nath, educationist, was born at Moga (Punjab). |
9/18/1917 | Sher Singh, educationist and politician, was born at Baghpur (Haryana). |
7/10/1949 | Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, great Indian cricket player (opener, 10,122 Test runs), was born in Bombay. He has received Arjun Award (1975) and Padma Bhushan (1980). |
12/20/1993 | India and Council of European Union sign a co-operation agreement in Brussels. |
8/4/1997 | Nilesh Kulkarni becomes the first Indian to take a wicket with his first ball in Test Cricket (Colombo). |
3/10/2000 | Nirmal Verma, distinguished Hindi writer, and eminent Punjabi novelist Gurchal Singh selected jointly for the 35th Jnanpith Award for 1999. |
6/13/1931 | Gandhi to live in a garret amongst the poor in London. |
8/13/1795 | Ahilyabai Holkar passed away at the age of 70. |
9/23/1990 | World Bank clears Rs.1,200 crore aid for Sarovar Dam rejecting objections raised by environmental groups. |
9/26/1931 | Vijay Laxman Manjrekar, cricketer (father of Sanjay, reliable Indian batsman), was born in Bombay. |
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