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Historical Event on 10/1/1932
Indian Milatary Academy became functional with Brigadier LP Collins, DSO, OBE as the Commandant. The first course of 40 GCs had on its rolls Sam Manekshaw, Smith Dun and Mohd Musa, later to be Chiefs of the armies of their respective countries, i.e. India, Burma (now Myanmar) and Pakistan. This training was for a period of two and a half years.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
2/9/1991 | India holds the last decennial census of the century. |
4/6/1773 | James Mill of Scotland, great philosopher and historian (British India), was born. |
3/3/1999 | Four members of the forward Bhumihar community and alleged members of the Ranbir Sena are gunned down by an armed squad of the People's War Group in Bhimpura village of Jehanbad district in Bihar. |
9/13/1998 | Dr. Justice Adarsh Sein Anand is appointed Chief Justice of India. |
6/4/1902 | Richard Allen, India, field hockey goal tender (Olympic-gold-1928), was born. |
7/24/1997 | Country's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna conferred on former interim Prime Minister Gulzarilal Nanda and posthumously on freedom-fighter Aruna Asaf Ali. |
9/26/1991 | Ordinance to amend MRTP Act and the Companies Act totally removes pre-entry restrictions on new industrial houses and expansion of the existing ones. |
2/28/1963 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India, passed away at Sadaqat Ashram, Patna. |
10/29/1990 | Vinod Mehra, famous Hindi film actor, died. |
9/23/1858 | Grant Duf, historian who studied Maratha history, died. |
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