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Historical Event on 12/22/1999
CPI (M) is against India signing the CTBT.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/5/1981 | Rajan Mahadevan recites 31,811 digits of ¦(pie) from memory. |
| 6/1/1904 | Four Language panel were used for Rangoon. This panel had languages namely Burmese, Urdu, Tamil and Chinese. |
| 5/18/1966 | Panchanan Maheshwari, great Indian scientist of botany, passed away. He studied the morphology, anatomy and embryology of some angiosperms, the class of plants which produce flowers. He discovered species of plants like ""Panchanania Jaipuriensis and Isoeted Panchananil."" He wrote two authoritative books, 'An Introduction to the Embryology of Angiosperms' & 'Recent Advances in Embryology on Angiosperms'. In 1951, he founded the International Society of plant Morphologists. |
| 10/1/1997 | Ordinance promulgated to ban single digit or instant lotteries. |
| 5/1/1947 | Congress Working Committee accepts Partition in principle. |
| 7/6/1999 | Sub. Jata Shankar secured 'Silver' medal in 400 Mtr race at the International circuit Athletic Meet held at Trivendrum. |
| 1/19/1997 | Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad arrives in India on a 4-day visit. |
| 5/26/1906 | Benjamin Peary Pal, internationally famous scientist of Indian agriculture, was born at Mukundpur, Punjab. In 1929, he went to Cambridge to do research on wheat and he returned to Burma with a Ph.D. five years later. In 1933, he got a research job with what is now known as the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. In 1965, Pal became Director General of the newly founded Indian Council of Agricultural Research in New Delhi. He has written several books on roses, the most popular being ""The Rose in India"". |
| 8/8/1949 | India concludes a treaty with Bhutan. |
| 11/6/1946 | P. S. Shivswami Iyyer, great politician and administrator, passed away. |
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