|
|
Historical Event on 2/16/1969
Mirza Ghalib centenary stamp released.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/7/1948 | Damodar Valley Corporation, first public corporation, was established. |
| 4/20/1989 | President's rule imposed in Karnataka. |
| 1/27/1974 | President V. V. Giri inaugurated the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Museum and it was opened for public at Teen Murti House, New Delhi. |
| 7/9/1951 | India's first Five Year Plan prepared and published. There was the first amendment to the Constitution and the first general elections were held. |
| 11/21/1969 | Bhilai Steel Plant creates a new world record in steel-making by producing 'one heat' in four hours three minutes. |
| 5/25/1995 | Parliament gives assent to Budget and passes Finance Appropriation Bill. |
| 7/6/1998 | Moshood Abiola, the detained Nigerian politician and presumed winner of the 1993 elections, died in Abuja. |
| 9/14/1910 | Dennis Laurence Amo, merchant and industrialist in Maharashtra, was born. |
| 10/13/1877 | Bhulabhai Desai, politician, was born. |
| 10/2/1869 | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) born to a Bania (trading caste) family at Porbander, Kathiawar. He was the youngest of the three sons of Karamchand alias Kaba Gandhi, Prime Minister successively in Porbunder, Rajkot and Vankaner States, and his fourth wife Putlibai. |
|
![]()
|
|
|
