Boston Indian Community - BostonIndian.net
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 5/1/1972

All fuel coal mines were nationalised.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/27/1974Pankaj Dharmani, Indian ODI batsman (1997), was born.
7/21/1947Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.
12/13/2000All 12 battalions of the Manipur Rifles Personnel strike from work.
11/19/1992M. Veerappa Moily selected to become the new CM of Karnataka.
9/6/1972Allauddin Khan, famous Sarod player, passed away.
5/20/1878Krishnashastri Chiplunkar, Marathi novelist and omnicent, passed away.
10/22/1764The Battle of Buxar was fought between armies of Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal; the Nawab of Awadh; and the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II and British East India Company led by Hector Munro.
9/16/1996J & K second phase poll for 34 seats.
4/1/1992The 79,698 crore Eighth Plan launched.
5/5/1932Prabhatkumar Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali short story writer and novelist, passed away.