San Francisco Bay Area Indian Community - SFIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 8/4/2000

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and the last member of the British royal family to bear the title ''Empress of India'', celebrated her 100th birthday.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/13/1713Sultan Jahandar Shah was strangled to death. Farrukhsiyar captured the throne of Delhi from Jahandar Shah with the assistance of two Sayyid brothers.
8/28/1993President's rule in J&K extended for another six months.
2/11/1861Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay was born in Khanyan village of Bengal.
4/22/1996Hiteshwar Saikia, chief minister of Assam (1991-96), passed away at the age of 62 years, and Dr. Bhumidhar Barman became new CM.
6/7/1998India emerges World Bank's single largest borrower with cumulative loans of 44 billion dollars.
7/25/1929Somnath Chatterjee, politician and lawyer, was born.
12/14/1990Vijay Karan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 01/06/92).
10/25/1990JD and BJP withdrew support to Rajasthan and Gujarat governments respectively.
4/7/1998Soli Sorabjee is appointed Attorney-General of India.
1/22/1990The International Literacy Campaign was launced in the country by the Prime Minister at a national function held at New Delhi. (8-9-90).