Time Capsule

Udant Martand (1st Hindi weekly launched-May 30, 1826)

Prithviraj Kapoor (Nov 3, 1906-May 29, 1972)

Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty signed (May 26, 1972)

Maharani Gayatri Devi (May 23, 1919-July 29, 2009)

Raja Ram Mohan Roy (May 22, 1772-Sept 27, 1833)

World Bee Day (May 20)

India’s first nuclear test (May 18, 1974)

Pankaj Udhas (May 17, 1951-Feb 26, 2024)

First Mickey Mouse film test-screened (May 15, 1928)

Birth of State of Israel (May 14, 1948)

International Nurses Day (May 12)

Saadat Hasan Manto (May 11, 1912-January 18, 1955)

May 8

Rabindranath Tagore (May 7, 1861-Aug 7, 1941)

July 23, 1936-May 6, 1973

Margaret Thatcher became UK PM (May 4, 1979)

Karl Marx (May 5, 1818-March 14, 1883)

Nargis (June 1, 1929-May 3, 1981)

April 20, 1889-April 30, 1945

Irrfan Khan (Jan 7, 1967-April 29, 2020)

TV Sundaram Iyengar (March 22, 1877-April 28, 1955)

Zohra Sehgal (April 27, 1912-July 10, 2014)

Dec 22, 1887-April 26, 1920

Dec 8, 1927-April 25, 2023

Sept 23, 1908-April 24, 1974