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Historical Event on 6/21/1988
Sikh activist bombers kill 30 in Amritsar.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
9/3/1999 | Brigadier V. K. Chopra is appointed as the new head of the 121 (1) infantry brigade in Kargil. |
1/29/1998 | Suicide by more than 50 farmers reported in the Telangana region in the past few days. |
3/4/1994 | Lech Walesa, Polish President, visit India. |
12/6/1997 | Space shuttle Columbia's astronauts return to earth following a two-week science mission on an enquiry awaiting them because of botched satellite release. Columbia and its crew of six, including India-born Kalpana Chawla, swooped through a clear chilly sky and landed on runway at Kennedy Space Centre. Astronauts save runaway $10-million satellite by catching it with their hands. |
11/13/1970 | Flooding ravages Ganges delta. 200,000 million killed. |
8/2/1858 | British parliament passed the act to handover the administration of India to British Government from East India Company. After the occasion, the Supreme British ruler in India was called as 'Viceroy'. |
9/7/1988 | President's rule in Mizoram. |
1/28/1984 | Sohrab Meherwanji Modi, famous drama and film producer, director and actor, passed away. |
6/12/1970 | Gopinath Kaviraj, Padmavibhushan awardee and critic, passed away. |
3/25/1983 | Chalpati Rao, great journalist, passed away. |
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