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1 December: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 1 December.
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Year 1921
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, great nationalist leader, social reformer and freedom fighter was arrested by the British police for six months and sent to jail.
Year 1928
The first talkie filmshow, named as 'British Talkies' , was released on December 1, 1928, at Globe Theatres, Calcutta.
Year 1931
The Second Round Table conference that began in London ended. Congress was solely represented by Gandhi and Muslim League by Sir Allama Iqbal and Quaid-e-Azam, etc. Two committees were setup to carry out the work of the conference on Federal Structure and Minorities. Gandhi was the member of both committees. He claimed that being the sole representative of the Congress, he represented the whole of India. Quaid-e-Azam replied that Muslims are a separate nation. Sir Shafi demanded that the 14 points of Quaid-e-Azam be incorporated in future constitution.
Year 1932
A round-table conference on India fails to reach an agreement at London.
Year 1933
First passenger airline launched between Kolkata and Dhaka in India.
Year 1942
No. 8 Squadron was raised meanwhile, absorbing the remaining coastal defence flight personnel.
Year 1946
Australia compiled 645 vs India at Gabba. Bradman made 187 runs.
Year 1947
India all out for 58 vs Australia at Gabba.
Year 1948
S. S. Apte founded Hindustan Samachar, a multilingual news organization.
Year 1955
Nikita Khrushchev delivers speech condemning British colonialism.
Year 1959
12 nations signed a treaty for the peaceful scientific use of Antarctica.
Year 1959
First color photo of Earth taken from space.
Year 1960
Air Marshal Aspy Merwan Engineer DFC became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/07/1964.
Year 1963
Nagaland became the 16th state of India.
Year 1964
Malawi, Malta, and Zambia joined the United Nations.
Year 1964
Jawaharlal Nehru Agriculture University established.
Year 1965
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) was formed.
Year 1970
T. Swaminathan was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 02-11-1972.
Year 1973
Papua New Guinea gained independence from Australia.
Year 1976
Angola became a member of the United Nations.
Year 1976
General Zia ur Rehman declared himself President in Bangladesh.
Year 1981
AIDS virus was first identified.
Year 1988
Benazir Bhutto became the first woman Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Year 1991
Beginning of AIDS Awareness Day.
Year 1992
Judy Leyden, a British woman, set a new height by flying a hang glider from an altitude of 3970 meters (13025 feet).
Year 1997
In the Indian state of Bihar, Ranvir Sena attacked the CPI (ML) Party Unity stronghold Lakshmanpur-Bathe, killing 63 lower caste people.
Year 1999
India’s first woman Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was named Woman of the Millennium.
Year 2000
Hornbill Festival began in Nagaland every year from 1st to 7th December.
Year 2000
United Nations Security Council endorsed an armed ban on the Taliban.
Year 2002
Australia won the Ashes Test series for the eighth consecutive time from England.
Year 2006
Nepal adopted the new national anthem.
Year 2019
First known case of COVID-19 appeared.
Born 1761
Marie Tussaud, the founder of the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum.
Born 1885
Kaka Kalelkar, an Indian independence activist, social reformer, and journalist.
Born 1886
Mahendra Pratap Singh, an Indian freedom fighter, journalist, writer, revolutionary, President in the Provisional Government of India.
Born 1894
Bhim Sen Sachar, freedom fighter, leader and Chief Minister of Punjab, was born.
Born 1900
Chidambaranar Thiru Thamizaringar, great author, journalist and homeopath, was born at Sirukadambur, Tamil Nadu.
Born 1901
Kothainayaki Ammal, a Tamil writer, novelist, and journalist.
Born 1911
Dayarnav Raghunath Kopardekar, founder of "Indrayani Sahitya Prakashan Sanstha", was born.
Born 1912
Vithal Laxman Kotwal, a social reformer and revolutionary.
Born 1921
Des Raj Kalia, great librarian, was born at Fazilka, Punjab.
Born 1942
Jagdish Mukhi, the Governor of Assam.
Born 1950
Manju Bansal, an Indian biologist, and academic.
Born 1954
Medha Patkar, an Indian social activist.
Born 1955
Udit Narayan, an Indian playback singer.
Born 1959
Sivamani, an Indian percussionist.
Born 1960
Shirin M. Rai, Indian-English political scientist and academic
Born 1961
Safra Catz, an American billionaire banker, and technology executive.
Born 1980
Mohammad Kaif, a former Indian cricketer, and sportscaster.
Born 1992
Bhawana Kanth, one of the first female fighter pilots of India.
Died 1135
Henry I, the King of England.
Died 1866
Sir George Everest, who surveyed India.
Died 1924
James Arthur Baldwin, an American novelist, playwright, essayist, poet, and activist.
Died 1947
G. H. Hardy, an English mathematician.
Died 1964
J. B. S. Haldane, an Indian Biological scientist of the British origin.
Died 1973
David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister.
Died 1985
Shankar Trimbak alias Dada Dharmadhikari, an Indian freedom fighter, and social reformer.
Died 1990
Vijayalakshmi Pandit, an Indian Ambassador, Diplomat, and Politician.