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Daily GK Quiz | 18 May
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On this day: 2012: The brand-new Sukhoi Superjet 100 plane crashes 1960: The first birth control pill, Enovid, is approved Born on this day: 1837: Adam Opel, German engineer, founded the Opel Company 1866: Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian social reformer and freedom fighter, born in Kotluk, Bombay Presidency Gone on Read more…
1. National News 48th CJI – Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana takes oath Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana was sworn in as the 48th Chief Justice of India (CJI) on April 24, 2021. He was apportioned the oath of office by the nation’s President during a ceremony held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Read more…
On this day: 1930: An attempted raid on British armory in Chittagong in Bengal province, British India by revolutionaries led by Surya Sen 1949: Ireland becomes an independent republic 1951: The European Coal and Steel Community, a precursor of the European Union, is established Born on this day: 1964: Niall Read more…
On this day: 1875: Modern Snooker invented by Sir Neville Chamberlain, a British officer in Jabalpur, India 1983: India entered space age launching SLV-3 rocket Gone on this day: 1790: Benjamin Franklin, American politician, scientist, publisher 1975: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher and leader, Second President of India 2014: Gabriel García Read more…
On this day: 1853: The first passenger rail opens in India, from Bori Bunder, Bombay to Thane 1912: Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly across the English Channel 2003: Ten new member states are admitted to the European Union Born on this day: 1848: Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian social Read more…
On this day: 1948: Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh created 1935 The Eastman Kodak Company launches Kodachrome 1989: A small group of students initiates pro-democracy protest on Tiananmen Square in Beijing 1994: The World Trade Organization is founded Born on this day: 1452: Leonardo da Vinci, Italian painter, sculptor, architect Read more…
On this day: 1699: Birth of Khalsa, the brotherhood of the Sikh religion, in Northern India in accordance with the Nanakshahi calendar 1865: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot 1975: A referendum on abolishing the monarchy was held in the Kingdom of Sikkim, eventually becoming a state of India 2003: Read more…
On this day: 1919: British troops open fire on demonstrators in Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, killing 350 1939: The Hindustani Lal Sena (Indian Red Army) is formed and vows to engage in armed struggle against the British. 1960: The world’s first satellite navigation system, Transit IB, is launched Born on this Read more…
On this day: 1946: Syria gains independence from France 1955: Polio vaccine declared safe by FDA 1961: Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first person to orbit Earth (Vostok 1) Born on this day: 1911: Mahmoud Younis, Suez Canal nationalization engineer, born in Cairo Gone on this day: 1962: M. Visvesvaraya, Indian civil Read more…