Reportedly the day of 12 december has a different connection with the existence of the country's capital Delhi. On this day in 1911, it was decided to make delhi the capital of the country instead of calcutta (now Kolkata). The king and queen of britain were on a tour of india at that time and they announced in the delhi Durbar organized on the outskirts of delhi that the capital of india would now be delhi instead of Calcutta. After this, british architects Sir Herbert Baker and Sir Edwin Lutyens planned the new city. It took about two decades to complete this plan. After which delhi officially became the capital of the country on 13 february 1931. Perhaps one of the reasons for making delhi the capital was that this city was also very important from the security point of view. During the 1857 revolt, the lives and property of the british were protected in delhi itself. The rebellion was suppressed in Delhi. The Viceroy, the representative of the british government, was staying here in the Ridge. The Vice Chancellor's office of delhi University at present was the residence of the Vice Roy at that time.

Moreover let us tell you that the chronological details of other important events recorded in history on 12 december are as follows. In 1882, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's bengali novel 'Anand Math' was published. In 1911, it was announced to make delhi the capital of india instead of calcutta (now Kolkata). In 1950, the famous star of South indian cinema and very popular actor Rajnikanth was born. Rajnikanth is his screen name, while his real name is shivaji Rao Gaekwad. In 1958, Wilson Jones became the world champion in amateur billiards. In 1964, a year after independence from britain, kenya became a republic. In 1988, 35 people were killed and more than 100 injured when three trains collided during the morning rush hour in south London. In 2009, Houston became the largest US city at the time to elect a gay mayor, with Democratic leader Annise Parker winning the election.

Earlier in 2015, during the United Nations Conference in Paris, a historic agreement on climate change was reached, in which 195 countries agreed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This agreement replaced the Kyoto Agreement. In 2018, after a 15-year-long tenure as the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, bjp leader shivraj singh chouhan resigned from the post after losing the assembly elections. In 2018, Shaktikanta Das took over as the 25th governor of the Reserve bank of India. In 2019, President ram nath kovind approved the amended Citizenship Act. In 2019, the Constitution Amendment Bill to extend the period of reservation for Scheduled Castes and Tribes in the lok sabha and Legislative Assemblies by 10 years was approved by Parliament. In 2019, Russia's only aircraft carrier caught fire during repairs at the Arctic shipyard. In 2021, prime minister Narendra Modi's twitter account was hacked for some time.

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Kokila Chokkanathan

15/12/2024 12:23 PM