1842 |
Ether was first used as an anesthetic. |
1919 |
Mahatma Gandhi announced his opposition to the Rowlatt Act. |
1949 |
The state of Rajasthan was established in 1949 and Jaipur was made its capital. |
1977 |
Swami Agnivesh merged his Bharatiya Arya Sabha Party with the Janata Party in 1977. |
1932 |
Regal Cinema Hall, one of the famous and old cinema halls of Delhi since 1932, was closed in 2017. |
1899 |
In 1899, Cyril Radcliffe, who drew the line of the India-Pakistan divide, was born. |
1664 |
Guru Har Kishan Singh, the eighth Guru of the Sikhs, died on this day in 1664. |