May

31 days of Indian history

1 May
Swami Vivekanand established Ramkrishna Mission.
Vivekananda Swami established Ramakrishna Mission.
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2 May
Police in Calcutta discover a cache of explosives for use i…
C.V. Narasimhan became the director of Central Bureau of In…
20
3 May
Indian National Trade Union Congress Intak was established.
Baba Jassa Singh Ahluwalia, great freedom fighter, social r…
18
4 May
Many are arrested as Congress agents picket Bombay post off…
Income Tax exemption limit raised to Rs.30,000; Customs dut…
20
5 May
India appeals for urgent aid for 1.8 mil. for Bangladeshi r…
Keshavrao Kothavle 'Lalit', editor of monthly magzine, pass…
25
6 May
Nanda Kumar, king of Calcutta, was arrested.
D. Sen became the director of Central Bureau of Investigati…
18
7 May
The foundation stone was laid of Itanagar, the new capital…
Foundation stones are laid in Ayodhya for a new temple at t…
22
8 May
Ravindra Bharti University established in West Bengal.
Eighth Plan outlay increased to Rs. 7,98,000 crores; Public…
23
9 May
Killer brew claims 175 lives in Orissa, Excise Minister Pra…
Maharana Pratap, great revolutionary, soldier and freedom f…
27
10 May
Karnataka Kranti Ranga led by Devaraj Urs comes into being.
Pankaj Malik, music director, was born.
21
11 May
Fifteen hundred people were arrested in Sikh violence.
The first of two cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000…
19
12 May
Sun City India founded by Rao in Jodhpur.
The PM laid the foundation stone for the National Museum.
23
13 May
Maharashtra Granthalay Sangh was established.
India conducts two more nuclear tests at Pokhran. The US sl…
32
14 May
Govt announces that decimal coinage will be introduced in I…
India will not sign CTBT unconditionally, says the Prime Mi…
22
15 May
Harshad Mehta suspended.
Yaseen Malik, All-Party Hurriyat Conference leader, was rel…
21
16 May
Manik Varma, famous singer, was born.
Shani, writer of novel 'Kalajal' and film 'Shaukin', was bo…
15
17 May
Hindi daily 'Bharat Mitra' started from Calcutta.
Raobahadur Govind Sakharam Sardesai `Riyasatkar' was born.
26
18 May
A powerful underground explosion rocked India's desert of R…
Bertrand Russell, great philosopher, mathematician, author…
22
19 May
Cyclone hit Andhra Pradesh claiming 608 lives and rendering…
Manik Bandopadhyay, modern Bengali novelist and story-write…
21
20 May
Gandhiji founded Satyagraha Ashram (later known as Sabarmat…
Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of 2nd Howrah bridg…
27
21 May
Quetta earthquake takes a heavy toll of life.
Biharilal Chakravorty, Bengali poet, was born.
21
22 May
At least 40 persons are killed and over 300 injured in an e…
Raja Ram Mohan Roy, great social reformer, lawyer and polit…
20
23 May
The body of controversial former chief of Tarn Taran distri…
Lt Gen Joseph Stilwell and his men arrive at Dimapur, havin…
21
24 May
Krishna Mohan Bandopadhyay, leader, essay writer and journa…
Hemchandra Tukaram Dani, cricketer (Test Ind vs Pak, 1-19,…
13
25 May
Mahatma Gandhi established Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad.
5,000 drown in a storm at Ganges Delta region in India.
30
26 May
Govindagraj (Ram Ganesh Gadkari), great Marathi playwright,…
Benjamin Peary Pal, internationally famous scientist of Ind…
19
27 May
National Centre for Labour launched in Bangalore to give a…
Jayaprakash Narayan, Labour Research Cell, arrested after D…
28
28 May
B. S. Chawla was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of…
Estimated 22,000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (I…
23
29 May
Establishment of Indian Standard Institution.
Terence Hanbury White, novelist (England Have My Bones), wa…
21
30 May
Maulana Mohammad Kasim Nanantavi established the famous Isl…
S.C.Mathur was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of I…
15
31 May
Buddhagaya Mahabodhi Society, an organization to encourage…
F.V. Arul became the director of Central Bureau of Investig…
19