TODAY INDIA IN HISTORY

 27-JUNE

27-June-1838	Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (Chatterjee), famous novelist, ""the father of modern Indian fiction"" and writer of national song 'Vande Mataram', was borm at Katalpara near Naihati, West Bengal. Some of his writings are 'Anandmath' and 'Kapal Kundala'. He was among the first two Bengalee Gradua
27-June-1839	Raja Ranjit Singh, ruler of Punjab, passed away (27 or 28).
27-June-1894	Chhaganbapa (Chhaganlal Karamshi Parekh), great social worker, was born.
27-June-1906	Establishment of `Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad'.
27-June-1915	Khanderao Moreshwar Rangnekar, 3 test matches, 33 runs, vs Australia in 1947-48, was born at Mumbai.
27-June-1917	Khanderao Moreshwar Rangnekar, cricketer (batted in 3 Tests India v Australia 1947-48), was born in Maharashtra.
27-June-1922	Vaidyalingam Akhiladam Perunglur, Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Tamil author, was born.
27-June-1939	Rahul Dev (R. D.) Burman ""Pancham Da"", famous music director, was b
27-June-1964	Teen Murti Bhavan, official residence of the Prime Minister of India, became the Nehru Memorial Museum.
27-June-1966	D. S. Joshi was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-12-1968
27-June-1967	First Indian made AVRO aircraft passenger Plane HS748 handed over to Indian Airlines.
27-June-1995	Environmentalist and 'Chipko' leader, Shri Sunderlal Bahuguna ends the 49-day old fast in demand for a scientific review of the controversial Tehri dam project in UP.
27-June-1997	Surendra Pratap Singh, famous Journalist and former chief editor of Nav Bharat Times Group, died ]at Delhi.
27-June-1998	Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan, Gandhian, Congressman and former Sikkim Governor, dies at 86.
27-June-1998	Mr. Nikhil Chakravartty, journalist and chairman of Prasar Bharati, dies in New Delhi at 84.
27-June-1999	India won the four-nation under-21 women's hockey title, defeating England in the final at the Kean University, New Jersey.
27-June-2000	The Clinton administration rejects a demand by 21 U.S. Congressmen for declaring India a terrorist state in the wake of attacks on Christian priests and churches.
27-June-2000	Maneka Gandhi, Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, launches National Initiative for child protection of which childline is an integral part.

 26-JUNE

26-June-1888	Narayan Shripad Rajhans (Balgandharv), famous singer and actor, was born.
26-June-1888	Ghanshyam Das Birla, great freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Pilani.
26-June-1906	M.P. Sivagnanam, famous Tamil writer and social worker, was born at Madras.
26-June-1954	Nehru, Chou En-lai pledge good-neighbor policy at New Delhi.
26-June-1955	Poland and India affirm Panchsheel.
26-June-1975	Chaudhary Charan Singh, freedom fighter and Chief Minister of UP, arrested by British Government.
26-June-1982	First Boeing 707 of Air India `Gaurishankar' was crashed at Sahar airport (Bombay)
26-June-1983	Five hundred killed or missing as monsoon floods hit the Indian state of Gujarat.
26-June-1991	Sharad Pawar joins Union Cabinet as Defence Minister.
26-June-1992	The Tin Bigha corridor leased to Bangladesh as per the Indo-Bangladesh agreement.
26-June-1995	Madhya Pradesh declared """"Tiger State"""" as it homes one sixth of the world's tiger pop
26-June-1997	India declares its chemical weapon stockpiles and storage facilities as part of its obligations as signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention.

 24-JUNE

24-June-1763	Murshidabad was captured by the East India Company under Major Adams for the second time, and Mir Jaffar was declared the King.
24-June-1869	Hari Chapekar Damodar was born virtually. He was the first terrorist of India.
24-June-1885	Tara Singh, freedom fighter and leader of Akali Dal Master, was born in the village Haryal, District Rawalpindi.
24-June-1897	Padmashree Pandit Omkarnath Thakur, famous music director of Gwalior Gharana, was born at Gujrat.
24-June-1901	John Thottam (Sir Marry Benigna C.D.) Marry, great poetess and teacher, was born in Elangi village at Kerala.
24-June-1908	Gopinath, famous Kathakali dancer, was born.
24-June-1928	Mrinal Keshav Gore, leader in Maharashtra, was born.
24-June-1946	Gandhiji meets Cabinet Mission.
24-June-1946	Congress party rejects British plan for provisional govt. pending constitution in New Delhi.
24-June-1961	Indian Manufactured Supersonic fighter HF24 flew took to air for the first time.
24-June-1966	Bombay-New York Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switz), 117 die.
24-June-1966	Atul Chandrakant Bedade, cricketer (Indian ODI batsman from 1994), was born in Bombay.
24-June-1969	Ted Hecht, actor (Time to Kill, Song of India, Gangster), passed away.
24-June-1974	India all out for 42 in Lord's Test cricket in 77 mins.
24-June-1980	Varahagiri Venkata Giri, former president of India, died at Madras.
24-June-1986	Government announced that unmarried mothers under its employment would also get maternity leave.
24-June-1989	A majority of opposition members in the Lok Sabha resign on the issue of CAG report on the Bofors gun deal.
24-June-1990	Defence scientists successfully test fired country's first third generation anti-tank missile 'NAG'.
24-June-1990	President R. Venkataraman issues notification formally constituting an Inter-State Council.
24-June-1991	Jayalalitha ministry sworn in in Tamil Nadu.
24-June-1991	K. Karunakaran ministry assumes power in Kerala.
24-June-1991	Pranab Mukherjee appointed Dy. Chairman of the Planning Commission.
24-June-1991	The first-ever BJP ministry led by Kalyan Singh takes over in UP.
24-June-1991	Two LIC officers burnt to death in Kashmir.
24-June-1993	Nanchil K. Manoharan, former DMK Finance Minister, expelled from the party.
24-June-1996	CBI grills PV Prabhakar Rao again (urea scam).
24-June-1996	Cong(I) enters into an electoral alliance with Bahujan Samaj Party for forthcoming Assembly election in UP.

 19-JUNE

21-June-1576	Mughal army defeated Rana Pratapsingh in the battle of Haldighat.
21-June-1814	Gilbert Aliat Minto, Governor General of East Indian Company, died.
21-June-1862	Ganendra Mohan Tagore was the first Indian to get the Barrister-at-Law Degree after passing the examination from Lincoln Inn University.
21-June-1906	Vyomeshchandra Banerjee, first president of All India Congress, passed away.
21-June-1930	Five hundred were hurt as police charged Bombay mob.
21-June-1940	Keshavrao Baliram Hedgewar, politician and founder of Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh (RSS), passed away.
21-June-1941	Chakravorty Rajgopalachari became the First Indian Governor General of India.
21-June-1948	C. Rajagopalachari was appointed the first Indian Governor General of Indian union (21/06/1948-25/01/1950). After January 25, 1950, this post was abolished.
21-June-1988	Sikh activist bombers kill 30 in Amritsar.
21-June-1991	P. V. Narasimha Rao was sworn in as the ninth Prime Minister of India. He reimained in this office till May 16, 1996. He formed a 54-member ministry in the 10th Parliament.
21-June-1994	The Janata Dal splits again, 14 of its 39 Lok Sabha members seek separate seats as a group.
21-June-1997	Sethi claims sixth National billiards crown in Bangalore.
21-June-1998	India and Russia sign a $2.5-billion deal to set up a nuclear power station at Koodankulam in Tamil Nadu.
21-June-1999	Leander Paes was seeded number one in double's ranking. This was his highest double ranking.

 18-JUNE

18-June-1633	Revairu Diogu, dictionary creator of Konkani language and Jezoet Priest, died.
18-June-1658	Aurangzeb managed to capture the Agra Fort and later arrested his father Emperor Shahjahan.
18-June-1858	Rani Laxmi Bai of Jhansi died while fighting with the British troops in the battlefield near Gwalior.
18-June-1879	Venketeshwar Bachhali, famous physics scientist, was born.
18-June-1887	Dr. Anugrah Narain Singh, freedom fighter, educationist, leader and Minister of India, was born in Poiyavan village, Gaya district, Bihar.
18-June-1896	Cota Ramaswami, cricketer (Davis Cup for India 1922, Test 1936), was born in Madras.
18-June-1901	Ramchandra Bhikaji Gunjikar, Marathi novelist and editor, passed away.
18-June-1917	Lachhmansingh Gill, famous politician and former chief minister, was born.
18-June-1918	A. R. Rajrajvarma, famous poet of Malayalam language, critic and master of grammer, passed away.
18-June-1926	Bhishma Singh Chauhan, great author, was born at Naglajula (U.P).
18-June-1940	Forward Block Party was established.
18-June-1943	British Field Marshal Archibald Wavell becomes Viceroy of India.
18-June-1946	First Satyagraha movement was started for Goa liberation from the Portuguese.
18-June-1946	Congress Working Committee decides to accept Interim Government scheme.
18-June-1956	New Hindu Succession Act was passed.
18-June-1966	California's hippie subculture converged into a mass of long hair, flowers, and rock music this weekend, as 50,000 flowed into the fairgrounds of the Monterey International Pop Festival. The event featured the largest collection of major rock acts ever assembled; thousands of fans had to be turned away from the sold-out concert. Established artists such as the Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Otis Redding, and the Mamas and the Papas received the expected ovations from the huge audience. But the response was equally enthusiastic for performances by Indian sitar master Ravi Shankar and new talents Janis Joplin, the Who, and Jimi Hendrix, a young man who played the electric guitar like nobody else.
18-June-1974	Govinddas Seth, Hindi litterateur and politician, died.
18-June-1978	The Karakoram Highway, linking Gilgit in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir with Sinkiang in China, is opened.
18-June-1979	Sri Lanka beat India by 47 runs in Cricket World Cup upset.
18-June-1988	V.P.Singh defeats Congress rival Sunil Shastri in Allahabad Lok Sabha election.
18-June-1989	India and Pakistan decide to end the five-year-old confrontation in Siachen Glacier area by redeploying their forces.
18-June-1991	Congress emerges as the largest party in Lok Sabha polls though short of an absolute majority.
18-June-1992	Congress (I) chooses Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma as Presidential candidate.
18-June-1993	Advani takes over as party President.
18-June-1993	Sunil Mittal, businessman, denies getting any money from Harshad Mehta.
18-June-1993	The 14th national council of the BJP at Bangalore swears by Hindutva.
18-June-1994	The strength of the Sikkim Sangram Parishad ministry led by Sanchaman Limboo reduced to 14 in the 32-member house.
18-June-1995	The latest deaths in northern India's hottest weather this century bring the death toll to 525 as temperatures hit 113¦F (45¦C) in New Delhi.
18-June-1996	CBI arrests Sanjeeva Rao, relative of Narasimha Rao, and Prakash Yadav, son of former Union Minister, in the urea scam.
18-June-1997	E.K. Nayanar, Kerala Chief Minister, meets Pope John Paul II in Vatican.
18-June-1997	Prakash Padukone launches IBC.
18-June-2000	K.M. Beenamol breaks P.T. Usha's record in 400m at 51.21 sec in an international meet at Kiev in Ukraine.

 17-JUNE

17-June-1674	Jijabai, mother of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died.
17-June-1756	Nawab Sira-ud-Daulah attacked on Calcutta with 50,000 soldiers and captured it on June 21.
17-June-1824	Bureau of Indian Affairs established.
17-June-1839	Lord William Bentik, governor general of India, was born.
17-June-1862	Lord Charles Jhon Canning, Governor General and Viceroy of India (1856-1862), died.
17-June-1887	Dr. Kailas Nath Katju, freedom fighter, politician, leader and Governor of Orissa and West Bengal, was born.
17-June-1903	Jyotiprasad Agarwal, Assamia playwright, poet and music director, was born.
17-June-1913	Waman Vasudev Chitle (Bal Chitle), Marathi story writer and editor, was born.
17-June-1917	Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba started living at Hriday Kunj in Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad.
17-June-1917	Krishan Kumar Chopra, medical practitioner and social worker, was born at Lahore.
17-June-1928	Pandit Gop Bandhu Das, famous writer, social worker and the creator of Orissa, passed away.
17-June-1933	The civil disobedience campaign ended.
17-June-1947	Burma was adopted as republic by constitution assembly.
17-June-1950	Syed Wazir Ali, cricketer (7 Tests for India), passed away.
17-June-1961	The HF-24 Marut supersonic fighter, designed by German engineer Kurt Tank, makes its maiden flight.
17-June-1965	Motilal, famous actor, died.
17-June-1973	Leander Vece Paes, tennis player who singles bronze at Atlanta Olympics (1996), was born. He was also a winner of French Open in 1999, Gold Flake Open, Newport 1998, Wimbledon 1999 (doubles and mixed doubles).
17-June-1976	Montreal Olympics opens.
17-June-1991	Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Rajiv Gandhi (Posthumous) (1944-1991).
17-June-1991	Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (Posthumous) (1875-1950).
17-June-1991	Congress and its allies secure absolute majority in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Haryana Assemblies.
17-June-1991	Prabhakar Machve, famous litterateur, passed away.
17-June-1993	Congress (I) working committee reaffirms its faith in Rao; BJP asks for PM's resignation .
17-June-1993	K. D. Dharmadhikari (Nana), veteran freedom fighter, died.
17-June-1994	Twelve opposition legislators in Sikkim resign.
17-June-1995	Motilal Vohra, UP Governor, sets agenda for a two-day special session of the UP Assembly asking the speaker to take up a motion against self first.
17-June-1996	Balasahab Devras, Sarsangha Chalak of Rashtriya Sawyamsewak Sangh, died.
17-June-2000	Danial Latifi (83), well known jurist and senior Supreme Court advocate, died of cancer in New Delhi.