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Historical Event on 3/13/1997
H. D. Deve Gowda, Prime Minister, presented the G. K. Reddy Memorial Award to Shekhar Gupta, Chief Editor of The Indian Express.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
2/28/1900 | Kondedera Madappa Kariappa, first General of independent India, was born. |
2/10/1910 | Smt. Durga Bhagwat, veteran Marathi writer, was born. |
12/26/1989 | The Constitution 62nd Amendment Bill, seeking to extend reservation for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in Lok Sabha and state assemblies for another ten years, approved in Parliament. |
5/27/1930 | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was arrested during Salt Movement. |
8/10/1998 | Sri Bhuteshanandji Maharaj, 97, president of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, died in Calcutta. |
4/3/1991 | UP Assembly dissolved to pave way for Assembly polls . |
6/7/1996 | Sq. Ldr. Sanjay Thapar of IAF becomes the first Indian to jump from a parachute and hoist the national flag at the North Pole. |
2/9/1757 | In a treaty between Lord Clive and Siraj Ud Daulah, Clive was authorised to safe guard (Killa Bandi) and open mint at Calcutta. Nawab had paid compensation to British Army. |
7/20/1916 | Habibur Rehman Ebrahim Chowdhary, cricket Test Umpire for 4 tests from 1959-64, was born at Mumbai. |
10/28/1998 | Ghulam Ahmed, former Indian cricket captain, died in Hyderabad. |
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