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1907 In India
Events in the year 1907 in India. Incumbents * Emperor of India – Edward VII * Viceroy of India – Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto Events * National income - 11,653 million * 5 June – Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, a sect of Hinduism, is established by Swami Yagnapurushdas. * 26 December – Surat Split of Congress- Split into Moderates and Radicals- Resulted in political void and arresting of Radical leaders Law *Provincial Insolvency Act Births *1 April – Sree Sree Shivakumara Swamiji, Head of Siddaganga Mutt and founder of Sree Siddaganga Education Society (died 2019) *15 May – Sukhdev Thapar, revolutionary, executed (died 1931). *19 August – Hazari Prasad Dwivedi, novelist, literary historian, essayist, critic and scholar (died 1979). *27 September – Bhagat Singh, freedom fighter, executed (died 1931). Full date unknown * Krishna Hutheesing, political activist and writer (died 1967 Events January * ... [...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] |
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] |
1907 In India
Events in the year 1907 in India. Incumbents * Emperor of India – Edward VII * Viceroy of India – Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto Events * National income - 11,653 million * 5 June – Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, a sect of Hinduism, is established by Swami Yagnapurushdas. * 26 December – Surat Split of Congress- Split into Moderates and Radicals- Resulted in political void and arresting of Radical leaders Law *Provincial Insolvency Act Births *1 April – Sree Sree Shivakumara Swamiji, Head of Siddaganga Mutt and founder of Sree Siddaganga Education Society (died 2019) *15 May – Sukhdev Thapar, revolutionary, executed (died 1931). *19 August – Hazari Prasad Dwivedi, novelist, literary historian, essayist, critic and scholar (died 1979). *27 September – Bhagat Singh, freedom fighter, executed (died 1931). Full date unknown * Krishna Hutheesing, political activist and writer (died 1967 Events January * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 In India
Events in the year 1967 in the Republic of India. Incumbents * President of India – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan until 13 May, Zakir Husain * Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi * Vice President of India – Zakir Husain until 13 May; V. V. Giri * Chief Justice of India – Koka Subba Rao (until 11 April), Kailas Nath Wanchoo (starting 11 April) Governors * Andhra Pradesh – Pattom A. Thanu Pillai * Assam – Vishnu Sahay * Bihar – M. A. S. Ayyangar (until 7 December), Nityanand Kanungo (starting 7 December) * Gujarat – ** until 7 December: Nityanand Kanungo ** 7 December-26 December: P.N. Bhagwati ** starting 26 December: Shriman Narayan * Haryana – Dharma Vira (until 14 September), Birendra Narayan Chakraborty (starting 14 September) * Jammu and Kashmir – Mahraja Karan Singh (until 15 May), Bhagwan Sahay (starting 15 May) * Karnataka – V. V. Giri (until 13 May), Gopal Swarup Pathak (starting 13 May) * Kerala – Bhagwan Sahay (until 15 May), V. Viswanathan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krishna Hutheesing
Krishna Nehru Hutheesing (2 November 1907 – 9 November 1967) was an Indian writer, the youngest sister of Jawaharlal Nehru and Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, and part of the Nehru-Gandhi family. Biography Born Krishna Nehru, in Mirganj, Allahabad to Motilal Nehru, an Indian independence activist and leader of the Indian National Congress, and Swarup Rani, she was married to Gunottam (Raja) Hutheesing, who belonged to an Ahmedabad Jain family that built the Hutheesing Jain Temple. During the later 1950s, he became critic of Nehru and in 1959, supported former Governor General C. Rajagopalachari, to form a conservative market liberal political party known as the Swatantra Party. She and her husband fought for India's independence and spent a great deal of time in jail. Raja's terms in jail came while they were raising their two young sons, Harsha Hutheesing and Ajit Hutheesing. In 1950, Krishna and her husband toured the United States on a lecture tour. In late May 1958 Krishna spen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhagat Singh
Bhagat Singh (27 September 1907 – 23 March 1931) was a charismatic Indian revolutionary* * who participated in the mistaken murder of a junior British police officer * * in what was to be retaliation for the death of an Indian nationalist. * * He later took part in a largely symbolic bombing of the Central Legislative Assembly in Delhi and a hunger strike in jail, which—on the back of sympathetic coverage in Indian-owned newspapers—turned him into a household name in the Punjab region, and after his execution at age 23 into a martyr and folk hero in Northern India.* * * Borrowing ideas from Bolshevism and anarchism, he electrified a growing militancy in India in the 1930s, and prompted urgent introspection within the Indian National Congress's nonviolent but eventually successful campaign for India's independence.* * * * In December 1928, Bhagat Singh and an associate, Shivaram Rajguru, both members of a small revolutionary group, the Hindustan Socialist Republica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 In India
Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ''Chiquitita'' to commemorate the event. ** The United States and the People's Republic of China establish full diplomatic relations. ** Following a deal agreed during 1978, French carmaker Peugeot completes a takeover of American manufacturer Chrysler's European operations, which are based in Britain's former Rootes Group factories, as well as the former Simca factories in France. * January 7 – Cambodian–Vietnamese War: The People's Army of Vietnam and Vietnamese-backed Cambodian insurgents announce the fall of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and the collapse of the Pol Pot regime. Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge retreat west to an area along the Thai border, ending large-scale fighting. * January 8 – Whiddy Island Disaster: The Fren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hazari Prasad Dwivedi
Hazari Prasad Dwivedi (19 August 190719 May 1979) was a Hindi novelist, literary historian, essayist, critic and scholar. He penned numerous novels, collections of essays, historical research on medieval religious movements of India especially Kabir and Natha Sampradaya, and historical outlines of Hindi literature. Besides Hindi, he was master of many languages including Sanskrit, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati as well as Pali, Prakrit, and Apabhramsa. Steeped in traditional knowledge of Sanskrit, Pali and Prakrit, and modern Indian languages, Dwivedi was destined to be the great bridge maker between the past and the present. As a student of Sanskrit, steeped in the Sastras, he gave a new evaluation to Sahitya-sastra and he can rightly be considered as a great commentator on the textual tradition of the Indian literature. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1957 for his contribution to Hindi literature, and the 1973 Sahitya Akademi Award for his collection of essays, 'Alok Parva' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sukhdev Thapar
Sukhdev Thapar (15 May 1907 – 23 March 1931) was an Indian revolutionary who worked to make India independent from the British Raj along with his best friends and partners Bhagat Singh and Shivaram Rajguru. A senior member of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association, he participated in several actions alongside Singh and Rajguru, and was hanged by the British government on 23 March 1931 at the age of 23. Early life Sukhdev Thapar was born in Ludhiana, Punjab, British Raj on 15 May 1907 to Ramlal Thapar and Ralli Devi. He belonged to a Punjabi Khatri family of Hindu community and he was brought up by his uncle Lala Achintram after the death of his father. Revolutionary activities Hindustan Socialist republican association Sukhdev Thapar was a member of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) and Naujawan Bharat Sabha (NJSB), and organised revolutionary cells in Punjab and other areas of North India. He was the chief of Punjab unit of HSRA and instr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward VII
Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910. The second child and eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and nicknamed "Bertie", Edward was related to royalty throughout Europe. He was Prince of Wales and heir apparent to the British throne for almost 60 years. During the long reign of his mother, he was largely excluded from political influence and came to personify the fashionable, leisured elite. He travelled throughout Britain performing ceremonial public duties and represented Britain on visits abroad. His tours of North America in 1860 and of the Indian subcontinent in 1875 proved popular successes, but despite public approval, his reputation as a playboy prince soured his relationship with his mother. As king, Edward played a role in the modernisation of the British Home Fleet and the reorganis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 In India
Events from the year 2019 in India. Incumbents Government of India State Governments Events * National income - 203,510,129 million * 2 January – Government approves merger of Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank with Bank of Baroda. * 3 January – Rajya Sabha Passes National Council for Teacher Education (Amendment) Bill. * 4 January – Arunima Sinha becomes world's first woman amputee to scale Mount Vinson. * 7 January – Centre clears 10 per cent quota for economically weak in general category. * 12 February – Delhi hotel fire. * 14 February – Pulwama attack: A convoy of vehicles carrying security personnel on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was attacked by a suicide bomber near Pulwama District, Jammu and Kashmir (state), Jammu and Kashmir. *15 February - Prime Minister of India flagged of the first Vande Bharat Express. * 21–25 February – 2019 Assam alcohol poisonings: At least 168 people died after consuming poisonous liq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sree Sree Shivakumara Swamiji
Shivakumara Swami (born Shivanna; 1 April 1907 – 21 January 2019) was an Indian humanitarian, spiritual leader, educator and supercentenarian. He was a Veerashaiva Lingayatism, Lingayat religious figure, he joined the Siddaganga Matha in 1930 Karnataka and became head seer from 1941. He also founded the Sri Siddaganga Education Society. Described as the most esteemed adherent of Lingayatism(Veerashaivism), he was referred to as ''Nadedaaduva Devaru'' (walking God) in the state. In 2015, he was awarded by the Government of India the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award. Early life Shivanna was born on 1 April 1907 in Veerapura, a village near Magadi in the erstwhile Kingdom of Mysore (in present-day Ramanagara district of Karnataka state) in a Vokkaliga family. He was the youngest of thirteen children of Gangamma and Honne Gowda. Having been devoted followers of the deities Gangadhareshwara and Honnadevi, Shivanna's parents took him to the shrines in Shivagang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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