|
|
Historical Event on 6/15/1937
Kumar Shri Indrajitsinhji, cricketer (Indian keeper in 60's), was born in Jamnagar.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
2/27/1999 | Union Budget presented. Fiscal deficit cut to 4.4 per cent. |
6/27/1839 | Maharaja Ranjit Singh, ruler of Punjab and Spiritual Guru of sikh community, passed away. |
9/24/1934 | Arvind Laxman Apte, right-hand batsman, was born in Mumbai. |
12/19/1994 | Critical stores of IAF were de-inducted by AN-124 contracted by UN. Bulky stores were brought by ship Mogadishu. |
2/10/1806 | Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara, freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Kainakary , Kerala. |
10/23/1970 | If India's ""vasectomy fairs"" had hawkers, they might cry, ""Come one, come all & all one billion."" India faces a population of one billion by the year 2000. To hold down that number, the government offered money ($13 to each man) and gifts (a sari for his wife) to those willing to be sterilized. Thirteen dollars was more than three times what an average village worker can earn in one month. In December, a fair held at Kerala attracted 15,000 men. Just seven months later, a fair in the same town received 63,000. Doctors operated in ten-hour |
9/16/1996 | J & K second phase poll for 34 seats. |
7/24/1992 | Universal Poetry Foundation' was established at Pune. |
2/19/1994 | IRBM Agni Missile test fired successfully for the third time. |
12/23/1912 | Rash Behari Ghosh and Sachin Sanyal threw a bomb at Viceroy Lord Hardinge II in Delhi. He had come to Delhi on an elephant for the initiation of the new capital. The Viceroy was injured in the bomb blast. |
|
|
|
|