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Historical Event on 11/22/1928
British King George confined to bed with congested lung; Queen to take over duties.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
4/15/1998 | Punjab men and Railways women emerge champions in the National Volleyball League in Patna. |
4/18/1926 | Padmakar Ganesh Chitle, famous Marathi novelist, was born. |
4/3/1996 | Union Ministers P. Chidambaram and M. Arunachalam resign over the issue of revival of alliance between Cong (I) and AIADMK. |
8/12/1897 | Major Gegeral Himmat Singh, Governor of Himachal Pradesh and Duputy Defence Minister, was born. |
7/28/1939 | Tarun Ram Phookun, great lawyer, orator, eminent writer and President of the Assam Chhatra Sammelan in 1928, passed away. |
3/14/1931 | First Indian talkie film 'Alam Ara' released at Majestic Cinema, Bombay. Directed by Ardeshir Irani, the film was 11,152 ft. long and was produced by Imperial Film Co., Bombay and beared censored No. 10043 on March 11. The most remarkable thing about this film was birth of sound in Indian films, it came with a bang and quickly displaced the silent movies and brought revolutionary changes in the whole set up of the industry. |
6/22/1996 | Saurav Ganguly scores 131 at Lord's on Test debut. |
6/6/1981 | The worst-ever railway accident took place in Bihar when a train plunged in Samastipur river. |
10/1/1998 | Anxiety in stock market after UTI's US-64 scheme is reported to have paid dividend, eating out of its capital. |
5/18/1772 | Janoji Bhosle, warrior in Peshwa kingdom, passed away. |
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