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1895 In India
Events in the year 1895 in India. Incumbents * Empress of India – Queen Victoria * Viceroy of India – Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin Events * National income - 5,371 million Law *Government Grants Act Births *12 January – Yellapragada Subbarow, medical scientist (died 1948). *11 September – Vinoba Bhave, freedom fighter and teacher (died 1982). *21 September- nnapurnanand Hindi Writer (D. 1962) *1 October- Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan, First Prime Minister of Pakistan, Quaid-e-Millat (Leader of the Nation) and Shaheed-e-Millat (Martyr of the Nation) (D.16 October 1951) Full date unknown *Gokulchandra Nag, writer and artist (died 1925). Deaths India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ... Years of the 19th century in India {{India-year-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Queen Victoria
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until Death and state funeral of Queen Victoria, her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days was longer than that of List of monarchs in Britain by length of reign, any previous British monarch and is known as the Victorian era. It was a period of industrial, political, scientific, and military change within the United Kingdom, and was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire. In 1876, the British Parliament voted to grant her the additional title of Empress of India. Victoria was the daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (the fourth son of King George III), and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. After the deaths of her father and grandfather in 1820, she was Kensington System, raised under close supervision by her mother and her comptroller, John Conroy. She inherited the throne aged 18 af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Bruce, 9th Earl Of Elgin
Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, 13th Earl of Kincardine, (16 May 184918 January 1917), known as Lord Bruce until 1863, was a right-wing British Liberal politician who served as Viceroy of India from 1894 to 1899. He was appointed by Prime Minister Arthur Balfour to hold an investigative enquiry into the conduct of the Boer War in 1902 to 1903. The Elgin Commission was the first of its kind in the British Empire, and it travelled to South Africa and took oral evidence from men who had actually fought in the battles. It was the first to value the lives of the dead and to consider the feelings of mourning relatives left behind, and it was the first occasion in the history of the British Army that recognised the testimony of ordinary soldiery as well as that of the officers. Background and education Elgin was born in Montreal, Canada East (now Montreal, Quebec), the son of James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, who served as Governor-General of Canada at the time, and his wife, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yellapragada Subbarow
Yellapragada Subba Rao (12 January 1895 – 8 August 1948) was a pioneering Indian biochemist who discovered the function of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) as an energy source in the cell, developed methotrexate for the treatment of cancer and led the department at Lederle laboratories in which Benjamin Minge Duggar discovered chlortetracycline (Aureomycin) in 1945. A student of Madras Medical College, his elder brother and younger brother both died due to tropical sprue in the span of 8 days. He subsequently discovered folic acid as a cure for tropical sprue. He discovered methotrexate, a chemotherapy drug still used today and also used for rheumatoid arthritis, and diethylcarbamazine (DEC), the only effective drug for treating filariasis. Most of his career was spent in the United States. Despite his isolation of ATP, Subbarao did not gain tenure at Harvard though he would lead some of America's most important medical research during World War II. He is also credited with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1948 In India
Events in the year 1948 in India. Incumbents * King of India – George VI * Governor-General of the Dominion of India – Lord Mountbatten of Burma * Governor-General of the Dominion of India – C. Rajagopalachari (from 21 June) * Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru Events * National income - 93,590 million * 30 January – Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi: The freedom fighter, a leader of India, Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated by Nathuram Godse. * 15 February – Junagadh and Manavadar (princely state) rescinds accession to Pakistan, and accedes to India. * 8 March - princely state of Jath accedes to India * 24 February – Referendum approves accession to India * 25 February – Accession to India in effect * 15 April – Mandi District was formed by the amalgamation of the erstwhile princely states of Mandi and Suket on the formation of Himachal Pradesh. * 1 May – First Kashmir War, India confronts the aggressors and fights the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinoba Bhave
Vinayak Narahari, also known as Vinoba Bhave (; 11 September 1895 – 15 November 1982), was an Indian advocate of nonviolence and human rights. Often called ''Acharya'' (Sanskrit teacher), he is best known for the Bhoodan Movement. He is considered as National Teacher of India and the spiritual successor of Mahatma Gandhi. He was an eminent philosopher. The Gita has been translated into Marathi language by him with the title ''Geetai'' (meaning 'Mother Gīta' in Marathi). Early life and background Vinayak Narahari Bhave was born on 11 September 1895 in a small village called Gagoji (present day Gagode Budruk) in Kolaba in the Konkan region of what is now Maharashtra. Vinayaka was the eldest son of Narahari Shambhu Rao and Rukmani Devi. The couple had five children; four sons named Vinayaka (affectionately called Vinya), Balakrishna, Shivaji and Dattatreya, and one daughter. His father was a trained weaver with a rationalist modern outlook, and worked in Baroda. Vinayaka was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 In India
Events in the year 1982 in the Republic of India. Incumbents * President of India – Neelam Sanjiva Reddy until 25 July, Zail Singh * Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi * Chief Justice of India – Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud Governors * Andhra Pradesh – K. C. Abraham * Assam – Prakash Mehrotra * Bihar – Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai * Gujarat – Sharda Mukherjee * Haryana – Ganpatrao Devji Tapase * Himachal Pradesh – A. K. Banerjee * Jammu and Kashmir – B. K. Nehru * Karnataka – Govind Narain (until 15 April), Ashoknath Banerji (starting 15 April) * Kerala – Jothi Venkatachalam (until 27 October), P. Ramachandran (starting 27 October) * Madhya Pradesh – B. D. Sharma * Maharashtra – O. P. Mehra (until 5 March), Idris Hasan Latif (starting 5 March) * Manipur – S. M. H. Burney * Meghalaya – Prakash Mehrotra * Nagaland – S. M. H. Burney * Odisha – ** until 24 June: Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha ** 25 June-31 August: Ranganat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan
Liaquat Ali Khan ( ur, ; 1 October 1895 – 16 October 1951), also referred to in Pakistan as ''Quaid-e-Millat'' () or ''Shaheed-e-Millat'' ( ur, lit=Martyr of the Nation, label=none, ), was a Pakistani statesman, lawyer, political theorist, and one of the leading List of Pakistan Movement activists, founding fathers of Pakistan. On 15 August 1947, one day after Independence of Pakistan, independence, Khan became the first Prime Minister of Pakistan, prime minister of Pakistan; he also held Cabinet of Pakistan, cabinet portfolio as the first Minister of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan), foreign minister, Minister of Defence (Pakistan), defence minister, and Ministry of States and Frontier Regions (Pakistan), frontier regions minister from 1947 until his assassination in 1951. Prior to the part, Khan briefly tenured as the first Minister of Finance (India), Indian finance minister in the Interim Government of India, Interim Government that undertook independence of Independence of P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gokulchandra Nag
Gokulchandra Nag ( bn, গোকুলচন্দ্র নাগ) ( 28 June 1894 - 24 September 1925), was a Bengalis, Bengali writer and artist, best known as one of the founding members of the Kallol literary group and circle during early twentieth century Bengal'Samsad Bangali Charitabhidhan (Vol.I) ( Biographical Dictionary), Edited by Subodhchandra Sengupta and Anjali Bose, Published by Sahitya Samsad, Kolkata, Edition Aug,2016,Page.192 His elder brother Kalidas Nag was a distinguished historian and academician. Career In 1921 along with Dineshranjan Das, Sunita Debi and Manindralal Basu he formed the predecessor of ''Kallol'', "The Four Arts Club". He was adept at all of the four arts that the club propagated, namely, writing, painting, music, and drama. Along with his cultural practices he ran a florist's shop in New Market, Calcutta. He published stories in ''Jhorer Dola'' (The Sway of the Storm) published in 1922. The volume was an anthology of the stories of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1925 In India
Events in the year 1925 in India. Incumbents * Emperor of India – George V * Viceroy of India – The Earl of Reading Events * National income - 31,179 million * 3 February – The first ever electric train of India completes its journey from Victoria Terminus to Kurla on the Central Line (Mumbai Suburban Railway). * 9 March – 1 May Pink's War; RAF operations against tribesmen in Waziristan * 27 September - Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is founded. * 26 December – Communist Party of India is founded at Kanpur. * Dyarchy suspended in Bengal. Law *Indian Succession Act *Indian Carriage of Goods by Sea Act *Sikh Gurdwaras (Supplementary) Act *Indian Soldiers (Litigation) Act *Provident Funds Act *Coal Grading Board Act *Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories Act Births * 1 January – Wahiduddin Khan, religious scholar and peace activist (died 2021) * 19 January – Pradeep Kumar, actor (died 2001) * 25 January – Kakarla Subba Rao, radiologist (died 2021) * 8 May – G. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1895 In India
Events in the year 1895 in India. Incumbents * Empress of India – Queen Victoria * Viceroy of India – Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin Events * National income - 5,371 million Law *Government Grants Act Births *12 January – Yellapragada Subbarow, medical scientist (died 1948). *11 September – Vinoba Bhave, freedom fighter and teacher (died 1982). *21 September- nnapurnanand Hindi Writer (D. 1962) *1 October- Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan, First Prime Minister of Pakistan, Quaid-e-Millat (Leader of the Nation) and Shaheed-e-Millat (Martyr of the Nation) (D.16 October 1951) Full date unknown *Gokulchandra Nag, writer and artist (died 1925). Deaths India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ... Years of the 19th century in India {{India-year-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1895 By Country
Events January–March * January 5 – Dreyfus affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank, and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. * January 12 – The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty is founded in England by Octavia Hill, Robert Hunter and Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley. * January 13 – First Italo-Ethiopian War: Battle of Coatit – Italian forces defeat the Ethiopians. * January 17 – Félix Faure is elected President of the French Republic, after the resignation of Jean Casimir-Perier. * February 9 – Mintonette, later known as volleyball, is created by William G. Morgan at Holyoke, Massachusetts. * February 11 – The lowest ever UK temperature of is recorded at Braemar, in Aberdeenshire. This record is equalled in 1982, and again in 1995. * February 14 – Oscar Wilde's last play, the comedy ''The Importance of Being Earnest'', is first shown at St James's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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