1 FEB TODAY IN HISTORY DINVISHESH GHADAMODI

Today in Indian History
Events for February 1

1-February-1785	Warren Hastings left India on Feb 8 and attended the Council meeting for the last time.
1-February-1797	Lord 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-1827	Gordon's Esplanade building was established in Calcutta's Bengal Club.
1-February-1831	The first Fine Arts Exhibition by Brush Club was held in a Public Library of Calcutta.
1-February-1835	East India company obtained Darjeeling from the King of Sikkim.
1-February-1855	East India Railways were held for formal inauguration; Howrah station was opened.
1-February-1881	Cambridge Missionaries founded St. Stephen's College in Delhi.
1-February-1889	Judge Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born.
1-February-1889	Amrit 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-1894	Chitravshastri, Marathi dictionary creator, was born.
1-February-1901	Six 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-1910	Jahangir Mohammed Khan, cricketer (father of Majid, Indian player 1932-36), was born in Jallundar.
1-February-1917	Samar Roy, cricket Test Umpire for 6 tests from 1961-70, was born in Bengal.
1-February-1922	Gandhiji 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-1929	Jyotirbhaskaracharya Jayant Salgaonkar was born.
1-February-1930	A bomb, believed to be planted by Indian nationalists, is found at the British Museum at London.
1-February-1931	Gandhi chiefs order campaign of civil disobedience to continue.
1-February-1942	17 Indian Division's were withdrawn over vast stretches and the British evacuation in Burma was the longest in British military history.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-1942	Lt Col HT Hogan raised the Regiment at Malir Cantonment.
1-February-1942	No. 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-1942	No.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-1944	Arun Tikekar, editor and writer, was born.
1-February-1948	Marathi Sanshodhan Mandal' established.
1-February-1956	Judge Sudhi Ranjan Das became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 30/09/1959.
1-February-1964	Judge Pralhad Balacharya Gajendragadkar became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 15.03.1966.
1-February-1964	Unit Trust of India' established.
1-February-1967	Victor Paramjyoti, famous Indian music director, composer and critic, passed away.
1-February-1968	United Nation's Conference on Trade and Development opens in New Delhi.
1-February-1969	Pinaki Chatterji and George Albert Duke on a two-man rowing expedition to the Andamans set out from Calcutta.
1-February-1971	Ajaysingh Jadeja, cricketer (Indian opening batsman), was born in Jamnagar.
1-February-1972	International Airports Authority of India established.
1-February-1976	Air Marshal Hrushikesh Moolgavkar PVSM, MVC, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/Aug/1978.
1-February-1985	Muhammad Azharuddin created a world record at Kanpur by hitting a century in each of his first three test.
1-February-1986	Pope John Paul II arrives in New Delhi for a 10-day visit.
1-February-1988	The first Congress of the Indian Dental Association begins. (28-1-88).
1-February-1990	Governors named for 14 states.
1-February-1992	Mohan Choty, comedy film actor, passed away.
1-February-1994	ONGC becomes a Public Limited Company.
1-February-1994	PM Rao attends the World Economic Forum meeting at Davos, Switzerland.
1-February-2000	The Centre decides to place almost all items under the automatic approval route for foreign direct investment and NRI and OCB investments.