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Historical Event on 1/12/1955

Pandit Baburao Vishnu Paradkar, eminent Hindi editor and veteran journalist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/13/1909E. M. S. Namboodiripad was born in Palghat in Kerala.
4/21/1805Defitiniv treaty between Anandrao Gaikwad and Britishers.
7/20/1680Chhatrapati Sambhaji was throne.
11/21/1993R.F. Botha, Foreign Minister, moots a grouping of Indian Ocean countries.
11/8/1977Bommi Narsing Reddy, famous film story writer and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, passed away.
1/27/1931Mahatma Gandhi was released from jail, ending eight months of imprisonment for his campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. To avoid demonstrations, Gandhi was released late in the evening from the Yerovda jail and put on a night train to Bombay. There was hope in British circles that the release of Gandhi would end the strife and lead to discussions of dominion status. Gandhi made clear, however, that he would persist in his civil disobedience campaign.
8/2/1959Little Theatre was established.
1/3/1966Chetan Jagatram Manohar Sharma, cricketer (Indian Test pace bowler, World Cup hat-trick 1987), was born in Ludhiana.
7/13/1905Premnath Bazaz, famous Kashmir freedom fighter, was born.
7/7/1917Ram Subhagsingh, great politician and former Rail Minister, was born.