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1897 In India
Events in the year 1897 in India. Incumbents * Empress of India – Queen Victoria * Viceroy of India – Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin Events * National income - 5,561 million * The Indian famine of 1896–97 comes to a close * Scindia School is established in Gwalior * Frontier War of 1897–98 * Battle of Saragarhi * 12 June – The 8.0 Assam earthquake shook northeastern India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''), killing 1,542. * Construction of Indian education service Law *Epidemic Diseases Act *General Clauses Act *Indian Fisheries Act Births * 23 January – Subhas Chandra Bose, one of the leaders of the Indian independence movement (dies 1945). * 8 February – Zakir Husain, politician and third president of India (dies 1969). * 19 April – Peter de Noronha, businessman and civil servant (dies 1970). * 26 April – Nitin Bose, Indian film director, cinematographer and screenwriter (dies 1986) * 3 May – V. K. Krishna Menon, nationalist and pol ... [...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] |
1970 In India
The events in India during 1970 Incumbents Union Government * President of India – V. V. Giri * Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi * Chief Justice of India – Mohammad Hidayatullah (until 16 December), Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah (starting 17 December) States: Governors * List of governors of Andhra Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh – Khandubhai Kasanji Desai * List of governors of Assam, Assam – Braj Kumar Nehru * List of governors of Bihar, Bihar – Nityanand Kanungo * List of governors of Gujarat, Gujarat – Shriman Narayan * List of governors of Haryana, Haryana – Birendra Narayan Chakraborty * List of governors of Jammu and Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir – Bhagwan Sahay * List of governors of Karnataka, Karnataka – Gopal Swarup Pathak * List of governors of Kerala, Kerala – V. Viswanathan * List of governors of Madhya Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh – K. Chengalaraya Reddy * List of governors of Maharashtra, Maharashtra – P V Cherian * List of governors of Megh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1897 In India
Events in the year 1897 in India. Incumbents * Empress of India – Queen Victoria * Viceroy of India – Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin Events * National income - 5,561 million * The Indian famine of 1896–97 comes to a close * Scindia School is established in Gwalior * Frontier War of 1897–98 * Battle of Saragarhi * 12 June – The 8.0 Assam earthquake shook northeastern India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''), killing 1,542. * Construction of Indian education service Law *Epidemic Diseases Act *General Clauses Act *Indian Fisheries Act Births * 23 January – Subhas Chandra Bose, one of the leaders of the Indian independence movement (dies 1945). * 8 February – Zakir Husain, politician and third president of India (dies 1969). * 19 April – Peter de Noronha, businessman and civil servant (dies 1970). * 26 April – Nitin Bose, Indian film director, cinematographer and screenwriter (dies 1986) * 3 May – V. K. Krishna Menon, nationalist and pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1843 In India
Events in the year 1843 in India. Events * Sind War. * December – Gwalior campaign was fought between the British Empire and Marathan forces in Gwalior in India * 1 July – Bank of Madras * Howrah district * November 1843 – Noble College, Machilipatnam Law * 7 April – Indian Slavery Act, 1843 was passed. * (Colonies) Evidence Act (British statute) *Judicial Committee Act (British statute) Deaths * November - Esther Leach, English-Indian actress See also References 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] |
Abdul Ghani Saheb Saudagar
Nawab Abdul Ghani Saheb (1843-1897) was a notable figure in the western Indian city of Kolhapur, located in the state of Maharashtra. He is described as having been a very enterprising trader and businessman, investing his time and wealth in developmental activities. In addition to his entrepreneurial life, Sahab engaged in services for both his community and his home country. Nawab Saheb was also involved with the establishment of educational opportunities for his fellow citizens, and in the year 1290 Hijri (1873 CE), he established a "dini madrasa" (an Islamic school, imparting education in Arabic, Islamic Studies, Persian and History) that was subsequently named the Madrasa Nawabia Islamia. Nawab Saheb was a prolific businessman and was eventually awarded a Certificate by the Resident State of Hyderabad on behalf of the British monarchy, then under the reign of Queen Victoria. Three historic convocations (Ijlas-e-Dastarbandi) of the Madrasa took place. *The first one wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 In India
Events in the year 1990 in the Republic of India. Incumbents * President of India – R. Venkataraman * Prime Minister of India – V. P. Singh until 10 November, Chandra Shekhar Singh * Chief Justice of India – Raghunandan Swarup Pathak until 25 September, Ranganath Misra Governors * Andhra Pradesh – Kumud Ben Joshi (until 7 February), Krishan Kant (starting 7 February) * Arunachal Pradesh – ** until 16 March: R. D. Pradhan ** 16 March-8 May: Raja Gopal Singh ** starting 8 May: Devi Das Thakur * Assam – Anisetti Raghuvir (until 2 May), Devi Das Thakur (starting 2 May) * Bihar – ** until 2 February: Jagannath Pahadia ** 2 February-16 February: G.G. Sohoni ** starting 16 February: Mohammad Saleem * Goa – Khurshed Alam Khan * Gujarat – ** until 2 May: Ram Krishna Trivedi ** 2 May-21 December: Mahipal Shastri ** starting 21 December: Sarup Singh * Haryana – Hari Anand Barari (until 6 February), Dhanik Lal Mandal (starting 6 February) * Himachal Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chittaranjan Das
Chittaranjan Das (5 November 1870 – 16 June 1925), popularly called ''Deshbandhu'' (Friend of the Nation), was an Indian freedom fighter, political activist and lawyer during the Indian independence movement and founder-leader of the Swaraj Party in undivided Bengal during the period of British colonial rule in India. His name is abbreviated as C. R. Das. He was closely associated with a number of literary societies and wrote poems, apart from numerous articles and essays. Early life Chittaranjan Das was born in Bikrampur in a well known Baidya"Das"family in the village named "Telirbagh" which is situated in present-day Tongibari upozila of Munshiganj (Bikrampur) district of Bangladesh on 5 November 1870 Family Das family were members of Brahmo Samaj. Chittaranjan was the son of Bhuban Mohan Das, and nephew of the Brahmo social reformer Durga Mohan Das. His father was a solicitor and a journalist who edited the English church weekly, ''The Brahmo Public Opinion''. So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sahana Devi
Sahana Devi ( bn, সাহানা দেবী) (1897–1990) was an Indian singer, she was a widely listened to singer of Rabindra Sangeet. She was the niece of Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das. Career She was born into an illustrious Bengali Brahmo family and had distinguished array of men and women in her paternal and maternal sides. Her paternal grandfather Kali Narayan Gupta, was a zamindar who became a Brahmo samaj leader, social reformer and a songwriter. Sir, K G Gupta, one of the top ranking Indian ICS was her father's elder brother. Her father Dr. Pyare Mohan Gupta was a district civil surgeon. Atul Prasad Sen was her father's sister's son. Her mother Tarala Devi was the elder sister of 'Deshbandhu' Chittaranjan Das. Sahaha took her music lessons from her maternal aunt Amala Das, a pioneer Rabindra Sangeet exponent and the first Indian woman to record songs in HMV. She was among the few singers to learn directly from Rabindranath Tagore and Dinendranath Tagore. In 1922, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 In India
Events in the year 1984 in the Republic of India. Incumbents * President of India – Zail Singh * Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi until 31 October, Rajiv Gandhi * Chief Justice of India – Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud Governors * Andhra Pradesh – Thakur Ram Lal (until 29 August), Shankar Dayal Sharma (starting 29 August) * Assam – ** until 28 March: Prakash Mehrotra ** 28 March-15 April: Tribeni Sahai Misra ** starting 15 April: Bhishma Narain Singh * Bihar – Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai * Gujarat – K.M. Chandy (until 26 April), Braj Kumar Nehru (starting 26 April) * Haryana – Ganpatrao Devji Tapase (until 13 June), Saiyid Muzaffar Husain Burney (starting 13 June) * Himachal Pradesh – Hokishe Sema * Jammu and Kashmir – B. K. Nehru (until 26 April), Jagmohan Malhotra (starting 26 April) * Karnataka – Ashoknath Banerji * Kerala – P. Ramachandran * Madhya Pradesh – B. D. Sharma (starting 14 May), K.M Chandy (starting 14 May) * Maharashtra – Idri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sohrab Modi
Sohrab Merwanji Modi (2 November 1897 – 28 January 1984) was an Indian stage and film actor, director and producer. His films include ''Khoon Ka Khoon'' (1935), a version of Shakespeare's ''Hamlet'', '' Sikandar'', ''Pukar'', ''Prithvi Vallabh'', ''Jhansi ki Rani'', ''Mirza Ghalib'', Jailor and ''Nausherwan-E-Adil'' (1957). His films always carried a message of strong commitment to social and national issues. Early life Sohrab Merwanji Modi was born 2 November 1897 in Bombay. After finishing school, he became travelling exhibitor in Gwalior with his brother Keki Modi. At 16 he used project films in Gwalior's Town Hall and at 26 set up his Arya Subhodh Theatrical Company. Sohrab began as a Parsi theatre actor with some experience in silent films. He earned quite a reputation as a Shakespearean actor, travelling throughout India with his brother's theatrical company and enjoying the tremendous sense of fulfillment every time the curtain came down and the audience applauded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1974 In India
Events in the year 1974 in the Republic of India. Incumbents * President of India – V. V. Giri (until 24 August), Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (after 24 August) * Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi * Vice President of India – Gopal Swarup Pathak until 30 August; B.D. Jatti * Chief Justice of India – Ajit Nath Ray Governors * Andhra Pradesh – Khandubhai Kasanji Desai * Assam – L. P. Singh * Bihar – Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare * Gujarat – Kambanthodath Kunhan Vishwanatham * Haryana – Birendra Narayan Chakraborty * Himachal Pradesh – S. Chakravarti * Jammu and Kashmir – L. K. Jha * Karnataka – Mohanlal Sukhadia * Kerala – N. N. Wanchoo * Madhya Pradesh – Satya Narayan Sinha * Maharashtra – Ali Yavar Jung * Manipur – L.P. Singh * Meghalaya – L.P. Singh * Nagaland – L.P. Singh * Odisha – ** until 20 August: Basappa Danappa Jatti ** 21 August-25 October: Gati Krushna Misra ** starting 25 October: Akbar Ali Khan * Punjab – Mahendra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 In India
Events in the year 1986 in the Republic of India. Incumbents * President of India – Zail Singh * Prime Minister of India – Rajiv Gandhi * Chief Justice of India – Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati (until 20 December), Raghunandan Swarup Pathak Governors * Andhra Pradesh – Kumud Ben Joshi * Assam – Bhishma Narain Singh * Bihar – P. Venkatasubbaiah * Gujarat – Braj Kumar Nehru (until 26 February), Ram Krishna Trivedi (starting 26 February) * Haryana – Saiyid Muzaffar Husain Burney * Himachal Pradesh – ** until 7 March: Hokishe Sema ** 7 March-16 April: Prabodh Dinkarrao Desai ** starting 16 April: R. K. S. Ghandhi * Jammu and Kashmir – Jagmohan Malhotra * Karnataka – Ashoknath Banerji * Kerala – P. Ramachandran * Madhya Pradesh – K.M Chandy * Maharashtra – Kona Prabhakara Rao (until 2 April), Shankar Dayal Sharma (starting 2 April) * Manipur – K. V. Krishna Rao * Meghalaya – Bhishma Narain Singh * Nagaland – K. V. Krishna Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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