December

31 days of Indian history

1 December
Stone laid for the Sanskrit University at Kaladi, the birth…
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, great nationalist leader, soci…
39
2 December
Balvinder Singh Nigah, an employee of the catering firm 'Ch…
Dr. M. Chenna Reddy, Tamil Nadu governor, passed away at th…
25
3 December
During the ensuing melee, three of the Sabres were shot dow…
Surendra Pratap Singh, famous journalist and chief editor o…
24
4 December
Murad Baksh was executed on the charge of murdering Diwan A…
RBI devalues Rupee by 1.18 \% against the US dollar. India…
27
5 December
The Japanese planes attack Calcutta port.
V. P. Singh and hundreds arrested in Barabanki on the way t…
27
6 December
Raja Nahar Singh arrested by the Showers to kept him first…
Revolutionaries looted Chingaripota station.
27
7 December
BJP leaders Advani, Joshi and Kalyan Singh arrested in conn…
Religious riots swept across India in the wake of the destr…
16
8 December
Mohsini from Delhi was hanged in jail.
British Gen. Norman Simpson shot at desk by Indian national…
22
9 December
Lord Northbrook, Viceroy and Governor General of India laid…
More than 700 die in clashes in Ayodhya; BJP bandh partial.
16
10 December
Veer Narayan Singh organised a small group and had an encou…
A. M. Prasad was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of…
35
11 December
Robert Koch, famous French scientist, was born in Clausthal…
Rajkhova Benudhar, modern Assamese poet, was born.
32
12 December
Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore founded the first dance school…
Violence in Karnataka over the centre's notification on Cau…
32
13 December
Ilachandra Joshi, famous Hindi novelist, story writer, crit…
The Lok Sabha begins the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid debate.
16
14 December
Vijay Karan became the director of Central Bureau of Invest…
Balasaheb Deora, RSS chief, kept under house arrest. Nation…
29
15 December
Guru Tegh Bahadur was beheaded in Delhi by Aurangzeb for hi…
Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, arrives in Berlin to atte…
26
16 December
Parvati Devi, orator, was arrested for delivering revolutio…
The Parliament adopts resolution condemning the demolition…
21
17 December
Narasimhan committee on Monetary Reforms recommends that th…
Feroz Shah died at Makka, Saudi.
26
18 December
The PWG blasts a railway track in Bihar.
Guru Ghasidas, freedom fighter and social reformer, was bor…
25
19 December
Gandhiji lays foundation stone of C. F. Andrews' Memorial H…
The trial on Raja Nahar Singh, who was arrested and then w…
19
20 December
Riots in many Indian cities in protest against Indira Gandh…
The Government rejects underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's cond…
32
21 December
Sindhia arrested Gulam Qadir and killed him.
JPC indicts RBI and Finance Ministry in the multi-crore sec…
19
22 December
Vishnupant Purshottam Bhagwat, editor, publisher and printe…
Affonso de Albuquerque wrote, "My determination now is to p…
25
23 December
The British governor of Punjab was wounded in an assassinat…
Varma Commission indicts IB, the Centre and Tamil Nadu poli…
25
24 December
Indian Airlines Kathmandu-Delhi Airbus 300 with 186 people…
Daily newspaper "Janshakti" published it's first edition at…
20
25 December
Suraj Mal Jat, Maharaja of Bharatpur, was killed by Najib-u…
Japanese bombers raid Chittagong.
29
26 December
Indira Gandhi released after week in jail for refusing to t…
Militant Sikhs kill 55 & wound 70 in India.
18
27 December
150 are arrested following 'red shirt' riots in the N.W. Fr…
Churches and missionary schools come under attack and many…
21
28 December
Police are stoned by demonstrators as they attempt to preve…
Britain says it is to release 28,000 prisoners, including G…
32
29 December
W.C. Bonerjee, first President of the Indian National Congr…
Syed Mujtaba Hussain Kirmani, cricketer (Indian keeper afte…
21
30 December
500 people seized by Chinese spies.
The Untouchability (Offences) Bill published in the Gazette…
15
31 December
K.P.S. Gill, DGP of Punjab, retires from service.
Lord Charles Cornvalis, Governor General of India (1786-179…
23