Wilmington, Dover, Newark Indian Community - DEIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 10/2/1906

Raja Ravi Verma died at Attingal near Trivandrum, Kerala. He is remembered for his artistic work in 'Ram Panchayatan', 'Vishwamitra-Menaka', 'Shakuntala writing a letter', 'Shiv Parvati'. A commemorative stamp was issued by the Postal Department on April 29, 1971 in his honour.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1932Shyam Nandan Kishore, great educationist, was born at Muzaffarpur.
7/18/1953Riots against increase in streetcar fares continue with demonstrators taking control of parts of Calcutta.
9/22/1992Harshad Mehta released after 110 days in jail.
2/11/1959Vinoo Mankad plays his final Test Cricket (vs West Indies at Delhi).
5/19/1908Manik Bandopadhyay, modern Bengali novelist and story-writer, was born.
5/22/1996Ravi Shastri appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children.
1/22/1986Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Awards instituted.
11/11/1913Gandhi sentenced to nine months' imprisonment at South Africa.
5/3/1969Dr. Zakir Hussain(1897-1969), third President of India and the first Muslim President who occupied this office on 13 May, 1967, passed away. He is also remembered as an educationist.
12/11/1906Mysore Gururaj Vijayasarathi, cricket Test umpire for 13 tests from 1951-60, was born in Karnataka.