Discover what happened in India on this day
India appeals for urgent aid for 1.8 mil. for Bangladeshi refugees in New Delhi.
Keshavrao Kothavle 'Lalit', editor of monthly magzine, passed away.
Sikh Guru Amardasji, great social worker and teacher, was born at Basare village near Amritsar district.
Karl Marx, great journalist, chief editor, writer and social worker, was born at Trier, Germany.
Tirupur Subramaniam Avinashilingam Chettiar, freedom fighter, educationist and politician, was born at Tirupur (Tamil Nadu).
Ursula Jeans, actress (I Lived With You, Over the Moon), was born in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.
Giani Zail Singh, President of India, was born in Sandhwan village, Punjab.
Gandhiji was arrested and imprisoned without trial. As a result there was ''hartal'' (strike)all over India. Over 100,000 people were jailed before the end of the year.
Curfew was imposed in a bid to quell Hindu-Muslim riots that had claimed 21 lives in Bombay.
Controversial Muslim Women Bill passed by Lok Sabha.
Prabhatkumar Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali short story writer and novelist, passed away.
Simla Conference in session from May 5 to May 12; Gandhiji's deliberations prove anfractuous.
Former minister William Petty declares Persian Gulf a part of British dominion in India.
Prithvi, India's medium range surface-to-surface missile, successfully launched.
Supreme Court permits former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha (petitioner) to have herself and the others examined as ''defence witnesses'' in connection with the trial of the 'Colour TV scam case'.
Balak Brahmachari, [Marxist Godman], famous Indian guru, passed away at 73 yrs.
Revolt against Nar Bahadur Bhandari government in Sikkim, Sanchaman Limboo elected new leader.
Yashwant Sinha and Madan Lal Khurana, Union Ministers, are discharged in the hawala case.