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Historical Event on 7/24/1994
Bodo kills 37 moslems in Bashbari, North Eastern India.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
5/25/1894 | Biharilal Chakravorty, bengali poet, passed away. |
10/24/2000 | Hyrunnisa, suspected to be the key accused in the Kollam liquor tragedy, nabbed along with her husband and a worker in her shop in Guruvayur. |
12/4/2000 | India deports TULF functionary-turned LTTE supporter M.K. Eelavendhan, a Chennai resident for over a decade. |
12/5/1950 | Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and teacher, passed away. |
8/22/1919 | Girijakumar Mathur, famous modern Hindi poet, was born. |
7/1/1999 | The Rashtriya Janata Party (RJP) of Shankersinh Waghela merges with Congress(I). |
7/3/1979 | Construction of the main second Howrah Bridge (Vidyasagar Setu) started. |
7/20/1636 | John Oldham, trader of mass, was murdered by Indians. |
4/25/1915 | The German High Command has admitted that chlorine gas bombs and shells were used in the attack on the French front at Ypres three days ago. The effect of the gas attack was to open a four-mile gap in the Allied line. The Canadian troops on one flank held against German attacks, and British and Indian forces filled the breach. Fortunately for the Allies, the Germans had no reserve forces available to push into the breach. No tactical advantage was won by this first use of the new weapon. The Germans promised, however, that ""more effective substances can be expected."" Meanwhile, they were condemned for the use of this novel weapon. |
4/15/1948 | Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh was created by the merger of some 30 small ruling states. |
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