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Historical Event on 11/30/1858
Jagdish Chandra Bose, botonist and physics expert, was born at Mymensingh (now in Bangladesh).
Other Historical Dates and Events |
4/15/1992 | Union Carbide decides to sell its holdings in India to raise upto $ 17 million for a hospital in Bhopal. |
8/1/1879 | Achyut Balwant Kolhatkar, famous litterateur and journalist, was born. |
8/1/1879 | Pedro Alvaris, Portugese businessman, reached Calicut and established the first European factory in India. |
6/18/1946 | Congress Working Committee decides to accept Interim Government scheme. |
4/5/1950 | Spurred by recent clashes in East and West Bengal between Muslims and Hindus, Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his Pakistani couterpart Ali Khan today reached agreement on a ""Bill of Rights for Minorities"". This bill included a provision for ""drumhead justice,"" or summary justice to persons convicted of violating minority rights. |
2/14/1990 | An Indian Airlines Airbus crashes at Bangalore killing 92 people. |
10/3/1999 | Insp N Gojen Singh won a 'silver' medal in 10,000 m. race and 6th position in 5,000 m. race in the 8th Asian Junior Athletic Championship ( International Level) held at Singapore. |
12/3/1993 | Bahadur Prasad wins silver in 1500 m in Asian Track and Field meet in Manila. |
3/19/1982 | Acharya J. B. Kripalani, writer, nationalist, parliamentarian, founder of Kissan Mazdoor Dal and president of Indian National Congress in 1946, passed away at the age of 94. |
11/1/1991 | J.N. Dixit appointed the next Foreign Secretary. |
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