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Historical Event on 1/23/1975
Omeo Kumar Das, one of the great patriots of Assam, passed away at the age of 81. He selflessly worked for the tea plantation workers and made efforts to get them better living standards. He translated Gandhiji's autobiography ""My Experiments with Truth"" in Assamese language.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/24/1856 | Veer Narayan Singh, freedom fighter, was arrested by the British Government at Sambalpur for distributing grains from the warehouse to the people. He was sent to jail at Raipur. |
| 2/12/1946 | 14 killed in Calcutta riots; Muslim leader Jinnah threatens civil war. |
| 2/9/1989 | Sanjay Khan, actor-director, critically injured in a fire accident. |
| 7/11/1997 | Ten persons were killed as police opened fire on Dalit mob which attacked vehicles in protest against desecration of Ambedkar bust in Ramabai Ambedkar Nagar in north-east Mumbai. |
| 8/5/1992 | Achyutrao Patwardhan, leader of 'Quit India Movement', died at Varanasi at the age of 86. |
| 10/10/1906 | Narayan Rasipuram Krishnaswamy, great Indian writer, was born. |
| 12/27/1898 | Shamrao Desmukh, former Central Minister and Agriculture expert , was born. |
| 12/4/1919 | Inderkumar Gujral, former Prime Minister of India, was born at Jhelum (Pakistan). |
| 11/1/1983 | Rajiv Gandhi, 48, who was chosen to succeed his assassinated mother, was sworn in as Prime Minister in New Delhi today. Across the Jamuna River, in a Sikh slum, evidence was found of the enormous political problems the new Prime Minister faced. The bodies of at least 95 Sikhs were discovered. The Indian army had also been ordered into nine other cities. Religious warfare between Sikhs and Hindus had claimed at least 1,000 lives since Indira Gandhi was assassinated. The security guards who killed her were both Sikhs. US Secretary of State George Shultz, who attended the funeral, assured the new Prime Minister of US interest in a ""strong and stable India."" US-Indian relations had been strained recently because of United States support for Pakistan. Shultz called for a ""renewed positive trend"" in re |
| 1/1/1994 | Hindu Heritage Endowment, first Hindu international trust, was founded by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami. |
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