1 FEB HISTORY EVENTS

Today in Indian History Events for February 1

1-February-1785Warren Hastings left India on Feb 8 and attended the Council meeting for the last time.

1-February-1797Lord Cornwallis was sworn in as Governor General of India for a second time in England. However, he did not proceed to India till 1805.

1-February-1827Gordon's Esplanade building was established in Calcutta's Bengal Club.

1-February-1831The first Fine Arts Exhibition by Brush Club was held in a Public Library of Calcutta.

1-February-1835East India company obtained Darjeeling from the King of Sikkim.

1-February-1855East India Railways were held for formal inauguration; Howrah station was opened.

1-February-1881Cambridge Missionaries founded St. Stephen's College in Delhi.

1-February-1889Judge Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born.

1-February-1889Amrit Kaur, an eminent social worker, freedom fighter and political leader, was born a princess in the royal family of King Harman Singh of Kapoorthala. She assisted Gandhi for 18 years and was connected with World Health Organisation and Red Cross Society.

1-February-1894Chitravshastri, Marathi dictionary creator, was born.

1-February-1901Six language penel were started on the Rs. five dinomination. These notes were single sided and the back side could be used for accounting purposes. The six languages were Urdu, Bengali, Telugu, Kaithi, Kannada and Tamil. The paper used for printing was white hand made and moulded.

1-February-1910Jahangir Mohammed Khan, cricketer (father of Majid, Indian player 1932-36), was born in Jallundar.

1-February-1917Samar Roy, cricket Test Umpire for 6 tests from 1961-70, was born in Bengal.

1-February-1922Gandhiji gives notice to the Viceroy Lord Reading during Bardoli movement to inform him that he was intensifying his action and non-cooperation was to be escalated to Civil Disobedience.

1-February-1929Jyotirbhaskaracharya Jayant Salgaonkar was born.

1-February-1930A bomb, believed to be planted by Indian nationalists, is found at the British Museum at London.

1-February-1931Gandhi chiefs order campaign of civil disobedience to continue.

1-February-194217 Indian Division's were withdrawn over vast stretches and the British evacuation in Burma was the longest in British military history. The Division was to subsequently extract terrible retribution from the Japanese Army during World War II and to destabilise the Indian Economy with forged notes of 5, 10 and 100 Rupees.

1-February-1942Lt Col HT Hogan raised the Regiment at Malir Cantonment.

1-February-1942No. 4 Squadron of the IAF was born in the war at Peshawar. The Squadron was first equipped with Lysander aircraft. The Second World War was in its third year and Japanese forces were advancing towards India's eastern frontiers.

1-February-1942No.1 Squadron arrived in Burma with its Lysanders, flying tactical recce missions from Toungoo before transferring to Mingaladon with a flight deployed at Lashio.

1-February-1944Arun Tikekar, editor and writer, was born.

1-February-1948Marathi Sanshodhan Mandal' established.

1-February-1956Judge Sudhi Ranjan Das became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 30/09/1959.

1-February-1964Judge Pralhad Balacharya Gajendragadkar became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 15.03.1966.

1-February-1964Unit Trust of India' established.

1-February-1967Victor Paramjyoti, famous Indian music director, composer and critic, passed away.

1-February-1968United Nation's Conference on Trade and Development opens in New Delhi.

1-February-1969Pinaki Chatterji and George Albert Duke on a two-man rowing expedition to the Andamans set out from Calcutta.

1-February-1971Ajaysingh Jadeja, cricketer (Indian opening batsman), was born in Jamnagar.

1-February-1972International Airports Authority of India established.

1-February-1976Air Marshal Hrushikesh Moolgavkar PVSM, MVC, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/Aug/1978.

1-February-1985Muhammad Azharuddin created a world record at Kanpur by hitting a century in each of his first three test.

1-February-1986Pope John Paul II arrives in New Delhi for a 10-day visit.

1-February-1988The first Congress of the Indian Dental Association begins. (28-1-88).

1-February-1990Governors named for 14 states.

1-February-1992Mohan Choty, comedy film actor, passed away.

1-February-1994ONGC becomes a Public Limited Company.

1-February-1994PM Rao attends the World Economic Forum meeting at Davos, Switzerland.

1-February-2000The Centre decides to place almost all items under the automatic approval route for foreign direct investment and NRI and OCB investments.