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Historical Event on 12/1/1931
The Second Round Table conference that began in London ended. Congress was solely represented by Gandhi and Muslim League by Sir Allama Iqbal and Quaid-e-Azam, etc. Two committees were setup to carry out the work of the conference on Federal Structure and Minorities. Gandhi was the member of both committees. He claimed that being the sole representative of the Congress, he represented the whole of India. Quaid-e-Azam replied that Muslims are a separate nation. Sir Shafi demanded that the 14 points of Quaid-e-Azam be incorporated in future constitution.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/1/1931 | Guru Ramdas, Sikh Guru, was born. |
| 9/22/1952 | Bapiraju Adiv, famous Telgu novelist, poet and author, died. |
| 7/5/1992 | Bahadur Prasad at London sets record for 3000m in 7.56.74. |
| 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. |
| 5/10/1996 | Congress Chief Ministers of Assam, Haryana & Pondicherry resign. |
| 1/30/1908 | Gandhiji was summoned to see General Smuts at Pretoria and released on reaching a compromise. |
| 11/15/1949 | Nathuram Vinayak Godse and Narayan Dattatreya Apte were hanged in Ambala Jail for Gandhi's murder. |
| 4/21/1946 | Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan, cricket (Indian off-spinner, Test umpire, ICC referee), was born in Madras. He received Arjun Award (1971). |
| 7/23/1856 | Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, scholar, mathematician, philosopher, militant nationalist Indian leader and who helped lay the foundation for India's independence, was born at Ratnagiri in Maharashtra. |
| 6/11/1984 | 574 Sikh army deserters arrested. |
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