India in history this Week-October 29 to November 4, 2021

29 OCTOBER

1985       Boxer Vijendra Singh, who won India‘s first Olympic medal in boxing, was born.

1999       About 150 people died and five lakh people were affected by the Mahatufan, which came at a speed of 250 km on the east coast of India.

2005       Two days before Deepawali in Delhi, 62 people died in the serial blasts in busy areas Paharganj and Sarojini Nagar.

1920       Jamia Millia Islamia was established by the efforts of former President Zakir Hussain.

2008       Asom bomb killed 69 people and injured 350 people.

30 OCTOBER

2008       Graded explosions occurred in several parts of Assam including Guwahati. More than 66 people died in it.

1945       India joined the United Nations.

1909       Famous scientist Homi Jahangir Bhabha was born.

1883       The great thinker and social reformer Swami Dayanand Saraswati died.

1956       India’s first five-star hotel ‘Ashoka’ opened.

31 OCTOBER

1875       The freedom fighter of India and the first Home Minister of independent India Sardar Vallabh Patel was born

1984       The then Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi was shot dead by her bodyguards.

1966       India’s famous swimmer Mihir Sen floated and crossed the Panama Canal.

1943       Indian scientist and former chairman of ‘ISRO‘ G. Madhavan Nair was born.

1960       The cyclonic storm in the Bay of Bengal killed about 10,000 people.

1975       Sachin Dev Burman, a famous musician and singer of Bengali and Hindi cinema, passed away.

01 NOVEMBER

1950       The first steam engine in India was built at the Chittaranjan Rail factory.

1984       After the assassination of Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India, Sikh protest riots broke out in the country.

1858       The rule of India went from the East India Company to the ruler of Britain and now the Viceroy was appointed to replace the Governor General.

1956       The state of Madhya Pradesh was formed on the basis of language.

1956       The capital of the country, Delhi became a union territory.

1960       Kalyani University was established in West Bengal India.

1966       The state of Haryana was carved out of Punjab.

1973       The name of Mysore was changed to Karnataka.

2000       The state of Chhattisgarh was formed.

02 NOVEMBER

1833       Mahendra Lal Sarkar was born to promote social reformer and homeopath.

1834       The ship named Atlas had reached Mauritius with Indian laborers. Which is celebrated as immigrant day there.

1534       The fourth Sikh Guru Ramdas was born.

2012       Indian-American mathematician Shriram Shankar Abhyankar died.

03 NOVEMBER

1917       Annapurna Maharana, a freedom fighter and advocate for women’s rights, was born.

1933       Economist and Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen was born in Birbhum district of West Bengal.

1948       The then Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru gave his first speech at the United Nations General Assembly.

2000       Direct to home broadcasting service launched for all by the Government of India.

04 NOVEMBER

1936       Birth of eminent mathematician Shakuntala Devi.

1970       Famous Kathak dancer Pandit Shambhu Maharaj passed away.

1822       Formal launch of water supply scheme in Delhi.

1947       Major Somnath Sharma of Budgaon, Kashmir received the first Paramveer Chakra. However, he was given this honor posthumously.

1954       The Institute of Himalayan Mountaineering was established in Darjeeling.

1984       OB Aggarwal became world champion of amateur snooker.

1997       In Siachen base camp, the army off-signal gave the highest STD in the world. Booth set up.

1845       The famous revolutionary of India, Vasudev Balwant Phadke was born.

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