1841-After Gulab Singh left Lahore, Sher Singh occupied the fort. Dhian Singh became the Wazir. The Sandalwalia Sardars, hostile to the ruling group, started entering into intrigues.
अगर आपके नाखून भी होने लगे हैं खराब तो हो जाएं सावधान || Dr. Joginder Tyger ||
1914 – The first group of Transvaal Indian women satyagraha is after three months of imprisonment were released from Pietermaritzburg Prison, South Africa.
यहां लिखी गई थी शहादत की अनूठी दास्तां हर साल लाखों श्रद्धालु होते हैं नतमस्तक
1926-The British Government announced the judgement in Babbar Akali case. As a result, 5 Babbar Akalis were ordered to the hanged, 11 were sentenced to life imprisonment, and 38 were imprisoned four years. Approximately 90 religious, high spirited, daring fighters formed the Babbar Akali group. They had promised freedom to the masses and vigorously fought the British, especially in the Duaba and Malwa regions.
ये रोग शरीर के लिए है लाभदायक ! बस रखें इन बातों का ध्यान || Dr. Arun Sharma ||
1948 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 39 relating to India and Pakistan was adopted.
1961-John F. Kennedy, the nation’s youngest president (at this time), took the oath of office today. He was sworn in by Chief Justice Earl Warren. Vice-President Lyndon Johnson (who became president after JFK was assassinated), was sworn in on the same day as JFK. As part of the inauguration celebration on this day, Robert Frost himself recited from memory one of his own poem entitled “The Gift Outright”. He was originally going to read a poem that he wrote especially for this day called “Dedication”, but he could not read the ink from the page he was viewing.
1981-Iran released 52 weary American hostages, who were held for 444 days.
1958-The New Zealand team led by Sir Edmund Hillary and British team led by Dr Vivian “Bunny” Fuchs who are members of a joint Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic expedition and set off from opposite ends of the South Pole last November met up at The South Pole.
1972-UK unemployment has risen to one million for the first time since the depression years of the 1930’s.
1981-On this day, Ronald Reagan becomes President. Before he became president, he was a movie actor and host of the “Death Valley Days” series. About six years before he became president, his second term as governor of California had ended.
-Nav Gill/ Agency
