1861 In India
Events in the year 1862 in India: Incumbents * Charles Canning, Viceroy Events * Girls' High School & College, Allahabad, is founded. * The Delhi Department of Police is founded. Law * Indian Councils Act 1861 * Indian Civil Services Act * Indian High Courts Act *Police Act *Stage-Carriages Act *Foreign Law Ascertainment Act (British statute) *East India Loan Act (British statute) *Malicious Damages Act (British statute) *Wills Act (British statute) *Domicile Act (British statute) Births *27 January: Baba Tajuddin Nagpuri, Sufi, saint, healer (died 1925). *6 May: Motilal Nehru (died 1931). *7 May: Rabindranath Tagore, poet, artist, playwright, novelist and composer (died 1941). *18 June: Devaki Nandan Khatri, first author of mystery novels in Hindi (died 1913). *18 July:Kadambini Ganguly, first female medical practitioner and one of the first female graduates of the then Indian subcontinent (died 1923). *2 Aug: Sir Prafulla Chandra Ray.(died 1944). *21 Sept: Sir Mokshagunda ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning
Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning, (14 December 1812 – 17 June 1862), also known as The Viscount Canning and Clemency Canning, was a British statesman and Governor-General of India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and the first Viceroy of India after the transfer of power from the East India Company to the Crown of Queen Victoria in 1858 after the rebellion was crushed. Canning is credited for ensuring that the administration and most departments of the government functioned normally during the rebellion and took major administrative decisions even during the peak of the Rebellion in 1857, including establishing the first three modern Universities in India, the University of Calcutta, University of Madras and University of Bombay based on Wood's despatch. Canning passed the Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 1856 which was drafted by his predecessor Lord Dalhousie before the rebellion. He also passed the General Service Enlistment Act of 1856. After the rebellion he p ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1913 In India
Events in the year 1913 in India. Incumbents * Emperor of India – George V * Viceroy of India – Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst Events * National income - 13,473 million * 3 May- Raja Harischandra, First full-length movie of India released. Beginning of Indian Film Industry. * 6 November – Mohandas Gandhi is arrested while leading a march of Indian miners in South Africa. * Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941), Bengali poet, got the Nobel Prize in Literature for his book of lyrics called Gitanjali translated into English by himself. Law *Official Trustees Act *White Phosphorus Matches Prohibition Act Births *5 March – Gangubai Hangal, Indian singer of the khyal genre of Hindustani classical music (died July y 25, 2009). *1 May– Balraj Sahni, Indian actor (died 13 April 1973) *Bhagwan Dada, actor and film director (died 2002). *Attia Hosain, writer, feminist and broadcaster (died 1998). *Chandrakant Mandare, actor and artist (died 2001). * 29 march Bhawa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1861 In India
Events in the year 1862 in India: Incumbents * Charles Canning, Viceroy Events * Girls' High School & College, Allahabad, is founded. * The Delhi Department of Police is founded. Law * Indian Councils Act 1861 * Indian Civil Services Act * Indian High Courts Act *Police Act *Stage-Carriages Act *Foreign Law Ascertainment Act (British statute) *East India Loan Act (British statute) *Malicious Damages Act (British statute) *Wills Act (British statute) *Domicile Act (British statute) Births *27 January: Baba Tajuddin Nagpuri, Sufi, saint, healer (died 1925). *6 May: Motilal Nehru (died 1931). *7 May: Rabindranath Tagore, poet, artist, playwright, novelist and composer (died 1941). *18 June: Devaki Nandan Khatri, first author of mystery novels in Hindi (died 1913). *18 July:Kadambini Ganguly, first female medical practitioner and one of the first female graduates of the then Indian subcontinent (died 1923). *2 Aug: Sir Prafulla Chandra Ray.(died 1944). *21 Sept: Sir Mokshagunda ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1936 In India
Events in the year 1936 in India. Incumbents * Emperor of India – George V (until 20 January), Edward VIII (until 11 December), George VI * Viceroy of India – Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, The Earl of Willingdon * Viceroy of India – Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow (from 18 April) Events * National income – 28,912 million * 15–18 October – Religious riots in Bombay. * 28 December – Indian National Congress rejected new constitution. * Temple Entry Proclamation Law * 3 March – Legislative Assembly passed a motion to terminate the Ottawa trade agreement.''Everyman's Dictionary of Dates''; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263 *Payment of Wages Act *Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act Births *8 January – Jyotindra Nath Dixit, diplomat and politician (died 2005). *12 January – Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, politician and former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (princely state), Jammu and Kashmir. (died 2016) *1 April ** Tarun Gogoi, former Ch ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bhikaiji Cama
Bhikaiji Rustom CamaBhi''ai''- (with aspirated ''-kh-'') is the name as it appears in the biographies. Another common form is Bhi''ai''- (with unaspirated ''-k-''), as it appears on the postage stamp. The name is also frequently misspelled 'Bhikh''''-' (with missing ''-i-''), which is a male name (unlike the feminine Bhikh''''-). (24 September 1861 – 13 August 1936) or simply as, Madam Cama, was one of the prominent figures in the Indian independence movement. Bhikaiji Cama was born in Bombay (now Mumbai) in a large, affluent Parsi Zoroastrian family. Her parents, Sorabji Framji Patel and Jaijibai Sorabji Patel, were well known in the city, where her father Sorabji—a lawyer by training and a merchant by profession—was an influential member of the Parsi community. She unfurled the first version of flag of independent India on August 21, 1907, when an International Socialist Conference was being held at Stuttgart, a city in Germany. Like many Parsi girls of the time, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1962 In India
The following lists events that happened during 1962 in the Republic of India. Incumbents * President of India – until 13 May, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan * Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru * Chief Justice of India – Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha Governors * Andhra Pradesh – Bhim Sen Sachar (until 8 September), Satyawant Mallannah Shrinagesh (starting 8 September) * Assam – Satyavant Mallannah Shrinagesh (until 7 September), Vishnu Sahay (starting 7 September) * Bihar – Zakir Hussain (until 11 May), M. A. S. Ayyangar (starting 11 May) * Gujarat – Mehdi Nawaz Jung * Karnataka – Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar * Kerala – V. V. Giri * Madhya Pradesh – Hari Vinayak Pataskar * Maharashtra – ** until 16 April: Sri Prakasa ** 16 April-6 October: P. Subbarayan ** starting 28 November: Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit * Odisha – Yeshwant Narayan Sukthankar (until 15 September), Ajudhia Nath Khosla (starting 15 September) * Punjab – Narahar Vishnu Gadgil (until 1 October ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1944 In India
Events in the year 1944 in India. Incumbents * Emperor of India – George VI * Viceroy of India – The Viscount Wavell Events * National income - 76,509 million * March to June – Operation U-Go; Japanese defeated in Manipur.''Everyman's Dictionary of Dates''; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 507 * 8 March – 3 July - Battle of Imphal against Operation U-Go. * 20-26 March – Battle of Sangshak * 4 April – 22 June - Battle of Kohima * 14 April - INA hoisted the Indian tricolour for the first time on mainland India at Moirang in Manipur. * 14 April – Bombay Explosion (1944) * 5 May – Mohandas Gandhi released Law *Public Debt Act *Cocoanut Committee Act *Central Excises and Salt Act Births ** *11 January ** Shibu Soren, politician and Chief Minister of Jharkhand. ** Jagdish Tytler, politician. *18 February - Gurmeet Bawa, folk singer (died 2021) *23 February - J. C. Diwakar Reddy, politician and member of parliament from Anantapur. *9 April – Ronen Sen, diplomat and amb ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1923 In India
Events in the year 1923 in India. Incumbents * Emperor of India – George V * Viceroy of India – The Earl of Reading Events * National income - 29,403 million * The Madras Province Swarajya Party was established under the leadership of S. Sathyamurthy and S. Srinivasa Iyengar. * Swaraj Party established by C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru * May 1 – Rahula College is established in Ceylon, under the name of "Parakramabhahu Vidyalaya". Law *Workmen Compensation Act *Official Secrets Act *Indian Boilers Act *Cantonments (House-Accommodation) Act *Indian Naval Armament Act *Indian Merchant Shipping Act *Cotton Transport Act Births *4 January – Mohan Lall Shrimal, chief justice of Sikkim. *10 March – Ranjit Lal Jetley, soldier and scientist (died 2018). *21 March – Nirmala Srivastava, founder of Sahaja Yoga(died 2011). *5 April – M. Sarada Menon, psychiatrist and social worker (died 2021). *14 May – Mrinal Sen, producer of Bollywood films (died 2018). *15 May – Johnn ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kadambini Ganguly
Kadambini Bose Ganguly (18 July 1861 – 3 October 1923) was one of the first Indian female doctors who practised with a degree in modern medicine. She was the first Indian woman to practice medicine in India. Ganguly was the first woman to gain admission to Calcutta Medical College in 1884, subsequently trained in Scotland, and established a successful medical practice in India. She was the first woman speaker in the Indian National Congress. Early life Ganguly(Basu) was born in Bengali Kayastha family as Kadambini Basu who was the daughter of Brahmo reformer Braja Kishore Basu. She was born on 18 July 1861 at Bhagalpur, Bengal Presidency (modern day Bihar) in British India, raised in Barisal. The family was from Chandsi, in Barisal which is now in Bangladesh. Her father was headmaster of Bhagalpur School. He and Abhay Charan Mallick started the movement for women's emancipation at Bhagalpur, establishing the women's organisation Bhagalpur Mahila Samiti in 1863, the first i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Devaki Nandan Khatri
Devaki Nandan Khatri (18 June 1861– 1 August 1913) was an Indian writer who lived in Varanasi and wrote the historic fiction fantasy novel ''Chandrakanta (novel), Chandrakanta''. Biography He was born on 18 June 1861 in a Punjabi family in Pusa village of Muzaffarpur district of Bengal Presidency, British India (present day Bihar, India). His father's name was Lala Ishwardas. His forefathers were residents of Punjab (Lahore) and held high positions during the reign of the Mughals. Lala Ishwardas settled in Varanasi, Benaras during the reign of Sher Singh, son of Ranjit Singh, Maharaj Ranjit Singh. Khatri's early education was in Urdu-Persian language, Persian. Later he also studied Hindi, Sanskrit and English. After finishing his early education, he reached Tekari Raj in Gaya (India), Gaya and got a job with the king there. Later, he established a printing press called 'Lahari Press' in Varanasi and started the publication of Hindi monthly ''Sudarshan'' in 1900. He died ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1941 In India
Events in the year 1941 in India. Incumbents * Emperor of India – George VI * Viceroy of India – Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow * President of the Indian National Congress - Abul Kalam Azad Events * National income - 44,085 million * June 21 - Rajendra Prasad lays the foundation stone of Scindia Shipyard at Visakhapatnam. Law * The Delhi Restriction of Uses of Land Act, 1941 * The Berar Laws Act, 1941 Births *6 January – Serajul Alam Khan, Bangladeshi politician and philosopher (died 2023) *17 January – Bindu, actress. *25 March – Udyavara Madhava Acharya, writer, poet and actor (died 2020) *10 April – Mani Shankar Aiyar, politician and Minister. *2 July – Ashalata Wabgaonkar, actress (died 2020). *5 July – Nitin Desai, Under Secretary General, United Nations, 1993–2003 *15 July – Nikhil Kumar, politician. *17 July – Bharathiraja, filmmaker. *31 July – Amarsinh Chaudhary, politician and Chief Minister of Gujarat (died 2004). *4 September †... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |