| Name(s) |
ASHOK MANKAD |
| Date of
Birth |
October 12, 1946 |
| Date of
Death |
August 01, 2008 |
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Identity |
Indian Cricketer |
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Date-wise Events / Works |
- September 25, 1969: He made
his test match debut on this day; against New Zealand.
- January 12, 1978: He played
his last test match on this day.
- July 16, 1974: The only ODI
match played by him on this day; against England.
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Other Events &
Developments |
- A right-handed batsman.
- He played for India in 22 Test
matches.
- Eldest son of Vinoo Mankad, who
represented India in 44 Test
matches.
- His brothers Rahul Mankad and
Atul Mankad were also first class
cricketers.
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| Names |
Bal Gangadhar Tilak (Birth
Name: Keshav Gangadhar Tilak) |
| Date of Birth |
July 23, 1856 – Ratnagiri District,
Maharashtra, India |
| Date of
Death |
August 01, 1920 – Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
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Profession / Traits / Activities |
Indian nationalist, journalist, teacher, social
reformer, lawyer and an independence activist |
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Date-wise Events / Works |
- June 22, 1897 - Inspired by
publications of infammatory articles by him, two British officers were shot and killed by the
Chapekar brothers and their other associates. Tilak
was charged with incitement to murder and sentenced to 18
months imprisonment.
- August 07, 1905 - Soon after
the partition of Bengal by the British authorities, he led
the movement boycotting the use of foreign goods.
- July 22, 1908 - He
was sentenced to 6 years on charges of sedition.
- June 16, 1914 - He was released from
jail after 6 years of imprisonment.
- April 28, 1916 - On this day,
he founded The All India Home Rule League,
with a prime objective to lead the national demand
for self-government, termed Home Rule, and to
obtain the status of a Dominion within the
British Empire.
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| Special Achievements
/ Events |
- One of the first and strongest advocates of "Swaraj"
(self-rule).
- The Britishers labelled him as “the father of
Indian unrest”.
- He was conferred with the honorary title of "Lokmanya",
which literally means "Accepted and respected by the people
as their leader".
- His famous quote, "Swaraj is my birthright, and
I shall have it!" is well-remembered in India even
today.
- The handling of the plague epidemic
(from Bombay to Pune in late 1896, and early 1897) by he
British authorities involved tyranny and oppression of the
common public. As a result of this, Tilak took up this issue
by publishing inflammatory articles quoting the Bhagavad
Gita in criticism of the British authorities.
- He opposed the moderate views of Gopal Krishna
Gokhale, and was supported by fellow Indian
nationalists Bipin Chandra Pal in Bengal
and Lala Lajpat Rai in Punjab. They were
referred to as the Lal-Bal-Pal triumvirate.
- He also defended the two Bengali youths, Prafulla Chaki
and Khudiram Bose, who attempted to murder British
officials, as a consequence of which he was again sent to
jail.
- He, in his paper Kesari, defended the
convicted revolutionaries and called for immediate Swaraj or
self-rule. The Government swiftly arrested him for sedition
and sent him to jail in Mandalay, Burma from 1908 to 1914.
While imprisoned, he continued to read and write, further
developing his ideas on the Indian nationalist movement.
While in the prison he wrote the most-famous Gita
Rahasya. Many copies of which were sold, and the
money was donated for the freedom fighting. He was
released from jail on June 16, 1914.
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Commemorations |
- The Kesari is still published
as a daily newspaper in Marathi.
- The Deccan Education Society that Tilak
founded with others in the 1880s still runs much respected
Institutions in Pune like the Fergusson College.
- The Public Ganesh festival (Ganeshotsav)
has become a central part of the culture of Marathi Hindu
communities throughout the world.
- Because of Tilak's efforts, Shivaji,
the founder of Maratha Empire is the only figure from that
era revered by contemporary Marathi masses and Hindu
nationalist parties like the Shivsena.
- The Swadeshi movement started by Tilak
at the beginning of the 20th century became part of the
Independence movement until that goal was achieved in 1947.
- Tilak Smarak Ranga Mandir, a theatre
auditorium in Pune was dedicated to him.
- In 2007, the Government of India released a coin
to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Bal
Gangadhar Tilak.
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| Name(s) |
HARKISHAN SINGH
SURJIT |
| Date of
Birth |
March 23, 1926 |
| Date of
Death |
August 01, 2008 |
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Identity |
A communist
politician from Punjab, India. |
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Other Events &
Developments |
- He was the General Secretary of
the Communist Party of India
(Marxist) from 1992 to 2005.
- A member of the party's
Political Bureau from 1964 to 2008.
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| Title |
INDIAN RAILWAYS
(IR) |
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Date-wise Events |
- August 01, 1849 - Today's Central
Railway of India is the culmination of the erstwhile Great
Indian Peninsular Railway which was formed on this day by an
Act of the British Parliament.
- April 16, 1853 - Indian Railway was
Founded in India from Bombay to Thane.
- 1951 - All the Railway systems of India
were nationalized as one unit.
- April 14, 1951- Southern Railway was
established with headquarters in Chennai.
- November 05, 1951 - Central Railway and
Western Railway were established with headquarters in
Mumbai.
- April 14, 1952 - Eastern Railway was
established at Kolkata while Northern Railway was
established at Delhi. North Eastern Railway was also
established on this day at Gorakhpur.
- 1955 - South Eastern Railway was
established at Kolkata.
- January 15, 1958 - Northeast Frontier
Railway was established at Maligaon.
- October 02, 1966 - South Central
Railway was established at Secunderabad.
- February 01, 1977 - National Rail
Museum, New Delhi, opened. The first of its kind in India.
It focuses on the rail heritage of India Located in over 10
acres of land with both indoor and outdoor exhibits A toy
train offers rides around that site on regular days.
- January 26, 1998 - Konkan Railway was
established on this day.
- October 01, 2002 - East Central Railway
was established at Hajipur and North Western Railway was
established at Jaipur.
- April 01, 2003 - East Coast Railway,
North Central Railway, Southeast Central Railway,
South Western Railway and West Central Railway were
established at Bhubaneshwar, Allahabad, Bilaspur, Hubballi
and Jabalpur respectively.
- 2011 - IR carried over more than 24
million passengers daily (roughly half of which were
suburban passengers) and 2.8 million tons of freight daily.
- March 31, 2012 - During the year ended
this date, Indian Railways had revenues of INR111984.89
crore equal to US$20 billion .
- March 31, 2013 - As of this date,
23,541 km (14,628 mi) (36%) of the total 65,000 km (40,000
mi) km route length was electrified.
- March 31, 2015 - During the year ended
this date, Indian Railways had revenues of ₹1,634.50 billion
(US$24 billion) which consists of ₹1,069.27 billion (US$16
billion) from freight and ₹402.80 billion (US$6.0 billion)
from passengers tickets.
- April 05, 2016: India's
Fastest Train "GATIMAAN EXPRESS" - Launched.
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It was flagged off at
Nizamuddin Railway Station of New Delhi, by M. Suresh
Prabhu, the Railway Minister, it reached the Taj Mahal
city from New Delhi in 99 minutes.
- A total of 411
passengers came in the inaugural run.
- The earlier
fastest train connecting New Delhi and Agra was the
Bhopal Shatabdi, which used to take 117 minutes to reach
the Taj Mahal city from the national capital.
- Gatimaan Express
runs at a maximum speed of 160 km per hour and claims to
provide improved onboard service, upgraded food menu and
free onboard WiFi entertainment.
- For the first time, the
railways have experimented with train hostesses.
- The train has bio
toilets, radium strips on both sides of the coaches so
that light is reflected back for security, jerkless
draft gear system as well as braille signs.
- November 18, 2016: The
Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, addressed on this
day the inaugural session of the Rail Vikas Shivir through
video conferencing. The three day Rail Vikas shivir was held
at Surajkund, Haryana. The aim of the progrmme was to
generate innovative ideas across most critical areas of
Railway Operations for substantial progress in this sector,
with special focus on themes which included making Railways
the preferred freight carrier in India, using best-in-class
technology, moving towards near zero fatalities, cost
reduction and increasing the non-fare revenues from
advertising, etc. The shivir brainstorming sessions involved
all levels of railway employees from gangman to Railway
Board Chairman.
- June 15, 2017: Passengers
onboard Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains can now pre-order from
food outlets like Domino's, McDonald's and Bikanerwala
directly to their seat, starting this day. Mandatory meals
have become optional, although passengers must book their
meals at www.ecatering.irctc.co.in two hours in advance. The
eatery will ensure the order is delivered to the passenger
when the train halts at stations.
- July 13, 2017: According to
the reports of the National High Speed Rail Corporation
(NHSRC), a training centre for high-speed trains will be
built in Gujarat's Gandhinagar at a cost of ₹600 crore, and
is expected to start operating by 2020, the . It also has a
sample bullet train track for testing. Over 4,000 rail
engineers are expected to be trained by 2020.
- July 15, 2017: Matunga
suburban railway station in Mumbai has become the first
station in India to be run by an all-women staff.
- September 14, 2017: Prime
Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo
Abe, Japanese PM, inaugurated the 508-km bullet train
project, the Ahmedabad-Mumbai High Speed Rail Network. The
bullet train, which has a capacity to accommodate 750
people, is expected to reduce travel time between the two
cities from seven to three hours. A sum of around Rs 1.10
lakh crore will be spent on the project that is being
partially funded by Japan.
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Description |
- Indian Railways is an Indian state-owned enterprise,
owned and operated by the government of India through the
Ministry of Railways.
- It is one of the world's largest railway networks
comprising 115,000 km (71,000 miles) of track over a route
of 65,000 km (40,000 miles) and 7,500 stations. As of
December 2012, it transported over 25 million passengers
daily (over 9 billion on an annual basis).
- IR operates both long distance and suburban rail
systems on a multi-gauge network of broad, metre and narrow
gauges.
- It also owns locomotive and coach production facilities
at several places in India.
- It also provides limited international services to
Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
- Indian Railways is the world's ninth largest commercial
or utility employer, by number of employees, with over 1.4
million employees.
- The trains have a 5 digit numbering system as the Indian
Railways runs about 10,000 trains daily.
- Indian Railways is divided into 17 zones, which are
further sub-divided into divisions.
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Mishaps & Accidents |
- December 27, 2016: In Uttar Pradesh,
15 coaches of Sealdah Ajmer Express train derailed near Rura
railway station in Kanpur Dehat district. Over fifty
passengers are reported to be injured and there is no
confirmation of any casualty so far.
- November 19, 2016: 14 coaches of the
Indore-Patna Express derailed near Kanpur on this day,
killing about 100 people and wounding many others.
- September 04, 2015: Derailment - At
least 42 people were injured after five coaches of the
Chennai-Mangalore Express derailed in Tamil Nadu. The
accident occurred near Virudhachalam, about 300km southwest
of Chennai.
- Aug-24, 2015: Five people including a
Karnataka legislator were killed when a granite-laden truck
rammed into an express train at a level crossing in Andhra
Pradesh's Anantapur.
- August 04, 2015: At least 35 people
died and 25 were injured when two
trains derailed within minutes of each
other while crossing a small bridge in Madhya
Pradesh.
- July 01, 2014: A dacoity took place
on board the Janshatabdi express (Patna-Ranchi) Train in
Bihar, India. More than 300 passengers were looted. More
than 30 armed dacoits looted of gold worth several lakhs
from passengers in the AC coaches. It happened between
Kodarma in Jharkhand and Gaya in Bihar.
- March 20, 2014: Six coaches of a
local train at Titwala station, near Kalyan in Maharashtra,
got uncoupled from the rest of the train. It derailed and
killed an 18-year-old student and nine others.
- May 04, 2014: Sawantvadi Passenger
train derailed between Nagothane and Roha stations killing
near about 20 passengers and injuring 100 others.
- December 28, 2013: More than 24
people were killed when Nanded-Bangalore express train near
Kothacheru railway station in Anantapur district caught
fire.
- November 28, 2013: 26 people were
killed and 13 injured when an air-conditioned coach of the
Bangalore-Nanded Express train caught fire.
- November 15, 2013: 13 Coaches of
Ernakulam Bound Nizamuddin-Ernakulam Mangala Lakshadweep
Superfast Express were derailed near Nashik district. About
4 persons died and dozens were injured.
- August 19, 2013: Rajya Rani Express
ran over 35 people at the Dhamara station near Saharsa in
Bihar. The victims were mostly Hindu pilgrims returning from
prayers at the nearby Katyayani mandir. The chief minister
of Bihar State, Nitish Kumar, called it "the rarest of rare
tragedies".
- June 30, 2012: A coach of the
Delhi-Chennai Tamil Nadu Express caught fire killing 35
passengers and injuring 25 others.
- June 12, 2012: 25 people were killed
and dozens injured when the Bangalore-bound Hampi Express
rammed into a stationary goods train just outside the
railway station of Penukonda in Andhra Pradesh.
- July 10, 2011: 71 people were killed
by the derailing of Kalka mail at Malwa station.
- May 28, 2010: Naxals derailed
Jyaneshwari Express and killed 148 people.
- July 19, 2010: 66 people were killed
when Uttar Banga Express hit Vananchal Express from behind
at Sainthia station.
- June 22, 2003: In a first major
accident 53 people were killed and 25 were injured when the
Karwar-Mumbai Central Holiday Special’s three coaches and
engine got derailed near Vaibhavwadi station in Maharashtra.
- July 21, 2001: Mangalore- Chennai
mail was derailed while crossing Kadalundi River, near
Calicut, Kerala on 21st July, 2001. 57 were killed and over
200 were injured.
- July 08, 1988: Peruman Train
Tragedy: the Bangalore – Kanyakumari Island Express train
derailed on the Peruman bridge over Ashtamudi Lake, near
Perinadu, Kollam, Kerala, India and fell into the lake,
killing 105 people. Some arguably say that tornado caused
this accident.
- June 06, 1981: A passenger train
travelling between Mansi and Saharsa, India, jumped the
tracks at a bridge crossing the Bagmati river. The figure of
those killed in this accident is reported to be close to
1000.
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| Name(s) |
Jagdishlal ARUN LAL |
| Date of
Birth |
August 01, 1955
in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. |
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Identity |
Retired Indian
cricketer, and a cricket commentator. |
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Date-wise Events / Works |
- September 17, 1982 - He made his Test
debut vs Sri Lanka
- April 28, 1989 - He played his Last
Test vs West Indies
- January 27, 1982 - He made his ODI
debut vs England
- March 21, 1989 - He played his Last ODI
vs West Indies
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Other Events &
Developments |
- His columns about cricket
analysis regularly appears in
newspaper and internet columns.
- He moved from Delhi to Calcutta
in 1979 and started a cricket
academy.
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| Name(s) |
KAMALA
KAUL NEHRU |
| Date of
Birth |
August 01, 1899 |
| Date of
Death |
February 28, 1936 |
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Identity |
A freedom fighter,
wife of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime
Minister of India and the mother of Indira Gandhi. |
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Date-wise Events / Works |
February 28, 1941 - Kamala
Nehru Memorial Hospital (KNMH) is a
not-for-profit hospital in Allahabad, Uttar
Pradesh, India. The hospital had its beginnings in 1931 as a
dispensary founded by Smt. Kamala Nehru in her
ancestral house Swaraj Bhawan. Mahatma Gandhi
inaugurated this hospital in the memory of Late Smt
Kamala Nehru on this day. |
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| Name(s) |
MEENA KUMARI |
| Date of
Birth |
August 01, 1932
– Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. |
| Date of
Death |
March 31, 1972
– Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. |
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Identity |
Indian Legendary
Film Actress and Poetess |
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Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1952 - She fell in love with and married film director,
Kamal Amrohi, who was fifteen years elder
than her and was already married.
- 1952 - She gained fame with her role as
a heroine in Vijay Bhatt's Baiju Bawra.
- 1960 - Their conflicts led to separation.
- 1964 - The couple was ultimately formally
divorced.
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Other Events &
Developments |
- Her birth name is Mehjabeen Bano Bux.
- The ‘Tragedy Queen’
of Bollywood, as well as in her own
real life.
- She started her acting career at
the age of 7 when
the name given to her was ‘Baby
Meena’.
- By 1940s she became the
sole breadwinner for her
family.
- During her career spanning about
30 years from childhood to death,
she starred in more than
ninety films, many of which
were hits.
- She became addicted to
alcohol.
- Her life and prosperous career
were marred by heavy
drinking, troubled relationships, an
ensuing deteriorating health.
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Awards and Accolades |
- Filmfare Best Actress
Awards: 1953
Parineeta, 1954
Baiju Bawra, 1963
Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam, 1966
Kaajal.
- Bengal Film Journalists'
Association Awards (BFJA):
1963 Best Actress (Hindi):
Aarti, 1965 Best Actress
(Hindi): Dil Ek Mandir.
- Special Award:
Pakeezah
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| Name(s) |
NIRAD C. CHAUDHURI |
| Date of
Birth |
November 23, 1897 |
| Date of
Death |
August 01, 1999 |
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Identity |
Indian Bengali
English writer and man of letters. |
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Date-wise Events / Works |
- He authored numerous works in English and
Bengali.
- He is best known for The Autobiography of an
Unknown Indian, published in 1951.
- March 03, 1990 - He was presented the
Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters by Oxford University.
- October 19, 1992 - He was a Fellow of
the Royal Literary Society and was conferred a CBE
(Commander of the Order of the British Empire) by the Queen
of England on this day.
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Other Events &
Developments |
His works provide a magisterial
appraisal of the histories and
cultures of India, especially in the
context of British colonialism in
the 19th and 20th centuries. |
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Awards and Accolades |
- 1966, The Continent of Circe was
awarded the Duff Cooper Memorial
Award, making Chaudhuri the first
and only Indian to date to be given
the prize.
- 1975 - Sahitya Akademi Award for
his biography on Max Müller, Scholar
Extraordinary.
- In 1990, Oxford University
awarded Chaudhuri, by then a
long-time resident of the city of
Oxford, an Honorary Degree in
Letters.
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| Name(s) |
PURUSHOTTAM DAS
TANDON |
| Date of
Birth |
August 01, 1882 -
Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. |
| Date of
death |
July 01, 1962 |
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Identity |
Indian Freedom
Fighter and a Politician |
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Date-wise
Events / Works |
- 1899: He was a member of Indian
National Congress since his student days in 1899.
- July 31, 1937 - He became the Speaker
of the Legislative Assembly of the present-day Uttar
Pradesh.
- 1946: He was elected to the Constituent
Assembly of India.
- June 12, 1947 - The Congress Working
Committee met and passed a resolution accepting the
Partition of India.
- June 14, 1947 - When the Resolution for
acceptance of Partition of India came up for ratification,
he strongly dissented.
- August 10, 1950 - He ceased to be the
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the present-day Uttar
Pradesh.
- 1952: Elected to the Lok Sabha of the
Indian Parliament.
- 1956: Elected to the Rajya Sabha of the
Indian Parliament.
- 1961 - Decorated with BHARAT
RATNA Award.
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Other Events &
Developments |
- He was customarily given the
title Rajarshi.
- He is widely remembered for his
efforts in achieving the
Official Language of India status
for Hindi, despite
resistance from many quarters.
- He also remained
President of Servants of the People
Society (Lok Sevak Mandal),
a social service organisation
founded by Lala Lajpat Rai,
in 1921.
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| Title |
WORLD WAR - I (TREATY OF VERSAILLES) |
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Date-wise Events |
June 28, 1914: Assassination
of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of
Austro-Hungarian empire, in Sarajevo, Bosnia
July 28, 1914: Begining of the World War - I, when
Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.
See the
ww-I timeline attached
November 11, 1918: Armistice day; fighting ceases at 11am
May 07- June 28, 1919: Treaty of Versailles drafted and
signed
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Description |
- It was a Global warfare involving
Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the Pacific Islands, China
and off the coast of South and North AmericaBut centred in
Europe.
- A small conflict became a
big warfare and soon Germany, Russia, Great
Britain, and France were all dragged into the war.
- Despite the death of millions of soldiers
in brutal conditions, neither side had gained any
advantage.
- Angered by attacks upon its ships in the Atlantic,
USA also declared war on Germany in April,
1017.
- In November, 1917, Russia pulled out of the war because
of the Bolshevik Revolution at home.
- A deadly outbreak of influenza, in
1918, took heavy tolls on soldiers of both sides.
- Eventually, the governments of both Germany and
Austria-Hungary began to lose control.
- The fighting ended in the late fall of 1918, after the
member countries of the Central Powers signed armistice
agreements one by one. But the final end of the war was
achieved only after signing of the treaty of
Versailles.
- Germany, under the Treaty of Versailles, was
severely punished with strict sanctions.
- Some historians believe that the excessive
punishment of Germany had actually actually planted
the seeds of World War II, rather than
foster peace.
- India Gate in New Delhi was built as a
War Memorial to commemorate the
death of 90,000 Indian soldiers, who were killed in
the North West Province during the First World War and the
Afghan Fiasco of 1919.
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| Name(s) |
YAJURVINDRA SINGH |
| Date of
Birth |
August 01, 1952
- in Rajkot, Gujarat, India. |
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Identity |
Former Indian
cricketer. |
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Other Events &
Developments |
- He played in 4 Tests
from 1977 to 1979.
- He is from the erstwhile
princely family of Bilkha,
in Junagadh district in Saurashtra.
- Yajuvindra Singh co-holds two
Test fielding records:
5 catches in an innings, and 7
catches in a match. In the
first innings he took five catches
to equal the record held by
Australia's
Vic Richardson against South
Africa in 1935-36. In the second
innings he held two more and this
saw him equal the the record held by
Richardson's grandson
Greg
Chappell who took seven
catches against England in 1974-75.
But Yajuvindra holds the
distinction of creating this
record in his debut test match.
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