1931 In India
Events in the year 1931 in India. Incumbents * Emperor of India – George V of the United Kingdom, George V * Viceroy of India – E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, The Lord Irwin * Viceroy of India – Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, The Earl of Willingdon (from 18 April) Events * National income - 26,389 million * 25 January – Mohandas Gandhi released again. * January – The All-Asian Women's Conference (AAWC) takes place in Lahore. * 13 February – New Delhi becomes the capital of India. * 27 February – Chandrasekhar Azad martyrdom in an encounter with the British in Allahabad. * 4 March – British viceroy of India and Mohandas Gandhi negotiate. * 23 March – Independent India leaders Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru, Rajguru and Sukhdev are hanged by the United Kingdom, British Government. * October, November – Mohandas Gandhi visits England.''Everyman's Dictionary of Dates''; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263 * 4 November – Inauguration of th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Emperor Of India
Emperor or Empress of India was a title used by British monarchs from 1 May 1876 (with the Royal Titles Act 1876) to 22 June 1948, that was used to signify their rule over British India, as its imperial head of state. Royal Proclamation of 22 June 1948, made in accordance with thIndian Independence Act 1947, 10 & 11 GEO. 6. CH. 30.'Section 7: ...(2)The assent of the Parliament of the United Kingdom is hereby given to the omission from the Royal Style and Titles of the words " Indiae Imperator " and the words " Emperor of India " and to the issue by His Majesty for that purpose of His Royal Proclamation under the Great Seal of the Realm.'). According to this Royal Proclamation, the King retained the style and titles 'George VI by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas King, Defender of the Faith'''Indian Independence Act 1947'' (10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 30) The image of the emperor or empress was used to signify British authority—his or ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2023 In India
3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societies. Evolution of the Arabic digit The use of three lines to denote the number 3 occurred in many writing systems, including some (like Roman and Chinese numerals) that are still in use. That was also the original representation of 3 in the Brahmic (Indian) numerical notation, its earliest forms aligned vertically. However, during the Gupta Empire the sign was modified by the addition of a curve on each line. The Nāgarī script rotated the lines clockwise, so they appeared horizontally, and ended each line with a short downward stroke on the right. In cursive script, the three strokes were eventually connected to form a glyph resembling a with an additional stroke at the bottom: ३. The Indian digits spread to the Caliphate in the 9th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Padma Desai
Padma Desai (born October 12, 1931) is an Indian-American development economist who was born and studied in India before completing a PhD at Harvard in 1960. She is the Gladys and Roland Harriman Professor Emerita of comparative economic systems and has been the director of the Center for Transition Economies at the Columbia University. She was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India in 2009. Early life and education Desai was born and brought up in a traditional Gujarati Anavil Brahmin family in Surat, Gujarat. She did her B.A. (Economics) in 1951 from the University of Mumbai, followed by an M.A. (Economics) also from the same university in 1953. Thereafter she completed her Ph.D. from Harvard in 1960. Career Desai started her career at the Department of Economics, Harvard (1957-1959), after which she was associate professor of economics at Delhi School of Economics at University of Delhi, from 1959 to 1968. In November 1992, she joined as the Gladys and Rola ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1983 In India
Events in the year 1983 in the Republic of India. Incumbents * President of India – Zail Singh * Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi * Chief Justice of India – Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud Governors * Andhra Pradesh – K. C. Abraham (until 15 August), Thakur Ram Lal (starting 15 August) * Assam – Prakash Mehrotra * Bihar – Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai * Gujarat – Sharda Mukherjee (until 6 August), K.M. Chandy (starting 6 August) * Haryana – Ganpatrao Devji Tapase * Himachal Pradesh – A. K. Banerjee (until 15 April), Hokishe Sema (starting 15 April) * Jammu and Kashmir – B. K. Nehru * Karnataka – Ashoknath Banerji * Kerala – P. Ramachandran * Madhya Pradesh – ** until 20 September: B. D. Sharma ** 20 September-7 October: G. P. Singh ** starting 7 October: B. D. Sharma * Maharashtra – Idris Hasan Latif * Manipur – S. M. H. Burney * Meghalaya – Prakash Mehrotra * Nagaland – S. M. H. Burney * Odisha – Cheppudira Muthana Poon ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vijay Manjrekar
Vijay Laxman Manjrekar (26 September 1931 – 18 October 1983) was an Indian cricketer who played 55 Tests. He represented several teams (Andhra, Bengal, Maharashtra, Mumbai, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh) in his first-class career. A small man, he was a fine cutter and hooker of the ball. He is the father of Sanjay Manjrekar. Career Manjrekar's Test match debut came against England at Calcutta in 1951, making a composed 48. He scored his first Test hundred in June 1952 against England at Headingley making 133. It was his first Test in England and he was just 20 at the time. When he came in to bat his side was in trouble at 3/42 and faced a formidable lineup of bowlers in Fred Trueman, Alec Bedser and Jim Laker. Manjrekar was part of the squad of India's tour of the Caribbean in 1952–53. Manjrekar finished the tour with three centuries, the most for India, with one coming off in the Fifth and final Test of the series against the West Indies. Having been promoted up the ord ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2018 In India
Events in the year 2018 in the Republic of India. Government of India Central government State governments Elections Following elections were scheduled to take place in various states of the country * 2018 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election * 2018 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election * 2018 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election * 2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election * 2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election * 2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election * 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election * 2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election Events * National income - 188,869,569 million January - March * January 1 - **Delhi was engulfed in the worst fog of the season, with visibility dropping to zero. Flight and train services were disrupted. **The state of Telangana started providing round-the-clock uninterrupted free power supply to 2.3 million agricultural consumers, becoming the first state in the country to do so. * ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2007 In India
Events in the year 2007 in the Republic of India. Incumbents * President of India: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam to 25 July Pratibha Patil * Vice President of India – ** Bhairon Singh Shekhawat(till 21 July) ** Mohammad Hamid Ansari(from 11 August) * Prime Minister of India: Dr. Manmohan Singh * Chief Justice of India – Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal until 13 January, K. G. Balakrishnan Governors * Andhra Pradesh – Rameshwar Thakur (until 22 August), N. D. Tiwari (starting 22 August) * Arunachal Pradesh – ** until 23 January: Shilendra Kumar Singh ** 23 January-6 April: M. M. Jacob ** 6 April-14 April: K. Sankaranarayanan ** 15 April-3 September: Shilendra Kumar Singh ** starting 3 September: K. Sankaranarayanan * Assam – Ajai Singh * Bihar – Buta Singh * Chhattisgarh – Krishna Mohan Seth (until 25 January), E. S. L. Narasimhan (starting 25 January) * Goa – S. C. Jamir * Gujarat – Nawal Kishore Sharma * Haryana – Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai * Himachal Pradesh ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sri Chinmoy
Chinmoy Kumar Ghose (27 August 1931 – 11 October 2007), better known as Sri Chinmoy, was an Indian spiritual leader who taught meditation in the West after moving to New York City in 1964."Hindu of the Year: Sri Chinmoy clinches 1997 'Hindu Renaissance Award'" ''''. December 1997. pp.34–35. Retrieved 2 December 2016. Chinmoy established his first meditation center in , and eventually had 7,000 students in 60 countries.McShane, Larry [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2021 In India
Events in the year 2021 in India Incumbents Government of India State Governments Events January * 1 January – India begins its two-year tenure (2021–22) as a non-permanent member of the UNSC. * 2 January – India approves two coronavirus vaccines, Bharat Biotech's "Covaxin" and the Oxford/AstraZeneca " Covishield", for emergency use. Experts raised questions over the efficacy of Covaxin and a lack of transparency in trials. *3 January - Former Indian national cricket team captain Sourav Ganguly suffered a mild cardiac arrest. Social media criticism rose against Adani Wilmar Group's Fortune Edible Oil brand's healthy heart advertisement campaign of which Ganguly is a brand ambassador. The company pulled down the advertisements featuring Ganguly following the criticism and trolls. *4 January - Instant messaging app WhatsApp announced a new amendment in their privacy policies and data sharing norms. This led to massive outrage against the app and an exodus to alter ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2008 In India
Events in the year 2008 in the Republic of India. Incumbents Governors Events * National income - 55,141,524 million *10 January – Indian car manufacturerer Tata launches the Nano, claimed to be the world's cheapest car. *2 February – The activists of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) try to disrupt a press conference of Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh in Mumbai. *2 February – Baba Ram Rahim Gurmeet Singh, the head of the Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda sect escaped a bomb blast near Nilokheri in Karnal district of Haryana. *3 February – Members of teams trying to conduct social audit of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) were attacked in Manohar Thana block of Jhalwar district in Rajasthan. *5 February – The Orissa government decides to provide a monthly pension of 200 to HIV positive persons under the State-sponsored 'Madhu Babu Pension Yojana.' *7 February – Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Anbumani Ramadoss dedicates to the natio ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Prime Minister Of India
The prime minister of India (IAST: ) is the head of government of the Republic of India. Executive authority is vested in the prime minister and their chosen Council of Ministers, despite the president of India being the nominal head of the executive. The prime minister is often the leader of the party or the coalition with a majority in the lower house of the Parliament of India, the Lok Sabha, which is the main legislative body in the Republic of India. The prime minister and their cabinet are at all times responsible to the Lok Sabha. The prime minister is appointed by the president of India; however the prime minister has to enjoy the confidence of the majority of Lok Sabha members, who are directly elected every five years, lest the prime minister shall resign. The prime minister can be a member of the Lok Sabha or of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the parliament. The prime minister controls the selection and dismissal of members of the Union Council of Ministers ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2023 In Pakistan
The events listed below are both anticipated and scheduled for the year 2023 in Pakistan. Incumbents Federal government Provincial government State government Services chief Events January * 2 January – New Zealand cricket team in Pakistan in 2022–23 (December 2022), New Zealand tour to Pakistan * 3 January – ** Two intelligence officers, including the director of the provincial counterterrorism department, are shot dead outside a restaurant in Khanewal, Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab, by suspected Pakistani Taliban gunmen. ** The Government of Pakistan, government orders the closure of all List of shopping malls in Pakistan, shopping malls and retail markets by 8:30 p.m. (Pakistan Standard Time, PKT) daily as part of an energy conservation plan to offset 2022–2023 Pakistan economic crisis, increasing energy prices. * 5 January – Pakistan was shaken by a 5.8-magnitude earthquake, according to the National Seismic Monitoring Centre, National Seismic ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |