Austin Indian Community - AustinIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 9/17/1924

Popati Ramchand Hiranandani, famous Hindi writer, was born at Hyderabad in Sind.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/4/1931Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar, great orator, eminent journalist, fighter and one of the founders of Jamia Millia Islamia, died at London during the first Round Table Conference. He was closely associated to Mahatma Gandhi and took active part in Civil Disobedience Movement.
2/23/1908Maharaj Kumar Raghubir Sinh, famous Hindi writer and historian, was born.
5/30/1952S.C.Mathur was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 01-07-1955.
7/13/1830Raja Ram Mohun Roy and Alexander Duff, in 1921 Scottish Church College, General Assembly s Institution was established with only five students, where teaching of the Bible took an important part.
11/15/1997INS Delhi' commissioned.
2/3/1988INS Chakra was inducted in the Indian Navy when the first Soviet SSN Victor 1 class nuclear propelled submarine and India joined the maritime nuclear powers.
6/4/1989Melville de Mellow, Eminent broadcaster, died.
1/15/1919Ahmed Mohammad Mamsa, cricket Test Umpire for 6 tests from 1963-73, was born at Mumbai.
8/15/1947Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Indian Prime Minister of free India.
5/7/1985Adoor Gopalakrishnan adjudged Best Director (Mukhamukham) in national film awards.