Important Days
–
Important Events
1816 – The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the united Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi Indian tribes is proclaimed.
1943 – Subhas Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.
Birth/Birth Anniversary
1865 – Rudyard Kipling, Indian-English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)
1879 – Ramana Maharshi, Indian guru and philosopher (d. 1950)
1923 – Prakash Vir Shastri, Indian academic and politician (d. 1977)
Death/ Death Anniversary
1971 – Vikram Sarabhai, Indian physicist and academic (b. 1919)
1990 – Raghuvir Sahay, Indian author, poet, and critic (b. 1929)
2015 – Mangesh Padgaonkar, Indian poet, playwright, and translator (b. 1929)