1947 |
After the partition of India and Pakistan, after the attack from Pakistan, the Hindu king of the Muslim-majority state of Jammu and Kashmir decided to go with India on this day. |
1934 |
All India Rural Industries Association was established under the patronage of Mahatma Gandhi. |
1947 |
Raja Hari Singh agreed to merge Jammu and Kashmir with India. |
1969 |
The first astronauts to step on the moon, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, came to Mumbai. |
1775 |
Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last emperor of the Mughals was born in India. |
1890 |
Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, who participated in the freedom struggle, was born. |
1943 |
The cholera epidemic in Calcutta (erstwhile Kolkata) killed 2155 people in the third week of October. |
1962 |
After the Chinese attack on India, the then President declared Emergency for the first time. |
1999 |
The Supreme Court of India fixed life imprisonment for 14 years. |