Miami Indian Community - MiamiIndian.net
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 4/3/1956

Nehru announces that troops have been sent to control Naga tribal people in the Burmese border area, who are asking for a separate state.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/21/1994Malayalam sweeps national film awards. Mammootty, Shobhana best actor and actress; T.V. Chandran best director; Buddadeb Das Gupta's Bengali 'Charachar' adjudged best film.
8/15/1992Karnataka seeks army help to nab sandal wood smuggler Veerappan.
5/13/1962Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) became the second President of India. He held this office till May 13, 1967.
7/3/1979Construction of the main second Howrah Bridge (Vidyasagar Setu) started.
7/10/1924Johannes B van Heutsz, Governor General of Dutch Indies (1904-09), died at the age of 73.
5/26/1926Kankalta, freedom fighter, was born in Bargawadi village at Assam . She was shot when she tried to flur the Indian National Flag in Gopur, Assam.
5/3/1969Shri Varahagiri Venkatagiri (1884-1980) became the acting President of India.
10/3/1978Dr. Subhas Mukhopadhyay claimed the credit of India's first and the birth of world's second test-tube baby Durga Agrawal, who was born in Belle Vue Nursing Home in Calcutta.
1/26/1995Dr. Nelson Mandela attends India's 46th Republic Day celebration as national guest.
10/16/1905Bengal was partitioned by Lord Curzon on the pretext of it being too big to administer. Instead of dividing it on the basis of non-Bengali areas, the division was on the basis of Hindus and Muslims. Britishers thought that would succeed in increasing Hindu - Muslim tensions. The tremor of partition was felt throughout India and was regarded as an insult and challenge to Indian Nationalism. A movement was launched by the moderates. New method of protests 'Swadeshi and Swaraj' became the slogan of the common man and the whole of India was drawn into the national movement.