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1919 In India
Events in the year 1919 in India. Incumbents * Emperor of India – George V * Viceroy of India – Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford Events * National income - 26,966 million * 6 April – Mahatma Gandhi declared an All India Strike against the Rowlatt Act. * 11 April – Serious riots in Ahmedabad. * 13 April – At the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre in Amritsar, Punjab, British and Gurkha troops massacre 379 Sikhs. * 15 April – Disturbances in Delhi and Punjab and martial law in Punjab (back dated to 30 March);. * 19 November – Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind was formed by a group of Muslim scholars. Law * 18 March - The British ram the repressive Rowlatt Act through India's Imperial Legislative Council * 23 December - Government of India Act 1919 establishes a dual administration: part Indian and elected, part British and authoritarian. * Poisons Act Births January to June * 5 January – Hector Abhayavardhana, Sri Lankan political theorist (d. 2012) * 14 January – Kaifi Azm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imperial Legislative Council
The Imperial Legislative Council (ILC) was the legislature of British Raj, British India from 1861 to 1947. It was established under the Government of India Act 1858 by providing for the addition of six additional members to the Governor General Council for legislative purposes. Thus, the act separated the legislative and executive functions of the council and it was this body within the Governor General's Council which came to known as the Indian/Central Legislative Council. In 1861 it was renamed as Imperial Legislative Council and the strength was increased. It succeeded the Council of Four (India), Council of the Governor-General of India, and was succeeded by the Constituent Assembly of India and after 1950, was succeeded by Parliament of India. During the rule of the East India Company, the council of the Governor-General of India had both executive and legislative responsibilities. The council had four members elected by the Court of Directors. The first three members were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jayachamaraja Wodeyar
Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar (18 July 1919 – 23 September 1974), sometimes simply Jayachamaraja Wadiyar, was the twenty-fifth and last ruling Maharaja of Mysore, reigning from 1940 to 1950, who later served as the governor of Mysore until 1964 and as governor of Madras from 1964 to 1966. Wadiyar ascended the throne upon the sudden demise of his uncle Maharaja Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV. His reign as King began in 1940 during the onset of World War II in Europe and concluded with his merging the Kingdom into the Dominion of India in 1947 but continued as maharaja until India's constitution into a republic in 1950. Kuvempu, his Kannada teacher and the vice-chancellor of Mysore University, remarked upon his ceding the kingdom: "Whereas kings have become so upon assuming thrones, he became a great king by renouncing one". C. Hayavadana Rao, a noted historian, referred to the maharaja in the preface of his unfinished book as a "supporter of every good cause aiming at the moral and mate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 In USA[2001
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sports, where it commonly denotes the first, leading, or top thing in a group. 1 is the unit of counting or measurement, a determiner for singular nouns, and a gender-neutral pronoun. Historically, the representation of 1 evolved from ancient Sumerian and Babylonian symbols to the modern Arabic numeral. In mathematics, 1 is the multiplicative identity, meaning that any number multiplied by 1 equals the same number. 1 is by convention not considered a prime number. In digital technology, 1 represents the "on" state in binary code, the foundation of computing. Philosophically, 1 symbolizes the ultimate reality or source of existence in various traditions. In mathematics The number 1 is the first natural number after 0. Each natural number, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Claus
Santa Claus (also known as Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle or Santa) is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring gifts during the late evening and overnight hours on Christmas Eve. Christmas elves are said to make the gifts in Santa's workshop, while flying reindeer pull his sleigh through the air. The popular conception of Santa Claus originates from folklore traditions surrounding the 4th-century Christian bishop Saint Nicholas, the patron saint of children. Saint Nicholas became renowned for his reported generosity and secret gift-giving. The image of Santa Claus shares similarities with the English figure of Father Christmas, and they are both now popularly regarded as the same person. Santa is generally depicted as a portly, jolly, white- bearded man, often with spectacles, wearing a red coat with white fur collar and cuffs, white-fur-cuffed red trousers, a red hat trimmed with white fur, a b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 In India
Events in the year 1991 in the Republic of India. The year 1991 was a watershed moment in the history of Economy of India. It was the year in which India formally announced its shift towards Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization from hitherto existed Mixed economy that was predominantly a Planned economy. Incumbents * President of India – R. Venkataraman * Prime Minister of India – Chandra Shekhar Singh until 21 June, P. V. Narasimha Rao * Vice President of India – Shankar Dayal Sharma * Chief Justice of India – ** until 24 November – Ranganath Misra ** 25 November-12 December – Kamal Narain Singh ** starting 13 December – Madhukar Hiralal Kania Governors * List of governors of Andhra Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh – Krishan Kant * List of governors of Arunachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh – ** until 16 March: Devi Das Thakur ** 16 March-25 March: Loknath Mishra ** starting 25 March: Surendranath Dwivedy * List of governors of Assam, Assam – Devi Das ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jal Cursetji
Admiral Jal Cursetji, PVSM (20 May 1919 – 29 January 1991) was a former Flag Officer in the Indian Navy. He served as the 8th Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) from 1 March 1976 until 28 February 1979. He was the first hydrographer to serve as the CNS. Born in a Parsi family in Jabalpur, Cursetji joined the Training Ship Dufferin in 1935, where his batchmate was Nilakanta Krishnan. After training on various ships of the Royal Navy, he served on the Aubrietia-class sloop and the Bathurst-class corvette . In 1944, he commanded ''HMIS Bombay''. After specialising in hydrography in the United Kingdom, he was tasked with the planning of setting up a hydrographic office in India. He served as the Surveyor-in-Charge, Marine Survey of India and commanded the survey ship INS Investigator. He was the first Indian to serve as the Chief Hydrographer of the Navy, from 1955 to 1957. Cursetji subsequently commanded the 11th destroyer squadron and the lead ship and served for about four y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 In India
Events in the year 2008 in the Republic of India. Incumbents Governors Events * National income - 55,141,524 million January - May *10 January – Indian car manufacturer 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 ded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 In India
Events in the year 2001 in the Republic of India. Incumbents * President of India – K. R. Narayanan * Prime Minister of India – Atal Bihari Vajpayee * Vice President of India – Krishna Kant * Chief Justice of India – Adarsh Sein Anand until 10 January, Sam Piroj Bharucha Governors * Andhra Pradesh – C. Rangarajan * Arunachal Pradesh – Arvind Dave * Assam – Srinivas Kumar Sinha * Bihar – V. C. Pande * Chhattisgarh – D. N. Sahay * Goa – Mohammed Fazal * Gujarat – Sunder Singh Bhandari * Haryana – Babu Parmanand * Himachal Pradesh – Suraj Bhan * Jharkhand – Prabhat Kumar * Jammu and Kashmir – Girish Chandra Saxena * Karnataka – V. S. Ramadevi * Kerala – Sukhdev Singh Kang * Madhya Pradesh – Bhai Mahavir * Maharashtra – P.C. Alexander * Manipur – Ved Marwah * Meghalaya – M.M. Jacob * Mizoram – Ved Marwah (until 17 May), Amolak Rattan Kohli (starting 17 May) * Nagaland – Om Prakash Sharma * Odisha – M. M. Rajendran * Punja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dharam Singh (field Hockey)
Dharam Singh Gill (19 January 1919 in Gandiwind – 5 December 2001 in Chandigarh) was an Indian field hockey player who played as a right back in the gold medal winning team at the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games. References External links * 1919 births 2001 deaths Field hockey players from Amritsar Olympic field hockey players for India Olympic gold medalists for India Field hockey players at the 1952 Summer Olympics Indian male field hockey players Sportspeople from Amritsar district Field hockey players from Punjab, India Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Dhyan Chand Award Indian field hockey coaches {{India-fieldhockey-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
