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Historical Event on 9/13/1991
Churchil Alemao, former Goa CM, who was wanted under COFEPOSA, surrenders to the police in Panaji.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
4/29/1924 | Purushottam Ramchandra Behr, famous writer and Editor of Marathi literature, was born. |
3/30/1945 | Dr. J. J. Rawal, joint director of Nehru Planetarium of Mumbai, was born. |
5/25/1991 | Indian, UN Angola Verification Mission - I ended (UNAVEM - I June 1989 - May 1991). |
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 |
3/7/1647 | Guru Dadaji Konddev, master of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died. |
8/2/1980 | Ramshankar Baij, great sculptor, died. |
9/17/1954 | India outlaws bigamy. |
1/22/1683 | Shri Samarth Ramdas passed away. |
2/6/1985 | Vikram Kumar, Soccer(Football) player, was born. |
1/12/1996 | Supreme Court holds that horse racing is not gambling, but a game of skill. |
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