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


 

Historical Event on 12/13/1978

Sayyed Avid Husain, litterateur and Padmabhushan awardee, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/5/1968Government of India accepts the administrative reforms commission's recommendation to appoint a Lok Pal.
8/9/2000Parliament approves the Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Bill 2000, paving the way for the creation of a separate Chhattisgarh State.
8/26/1874Ishwar Sharan Munshi, politician and philosopher, was born.
5/14/1996H.D. Deve Gowda elected leader of the third front as its prime ministerial candidate.
10/15/1995PM leaves for a 12-day tour of Egypt, NAM Summit at Cartagena in Columbia and 50th year United Nations celebrations at New York.
6/25/1908Sucheta Kriplani, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, was born.
5/18/1972Kokan Krishi (Agriculture) University was established.
8/11/2000The World Bank signs an agreement for a $713 million aid to India for three infrastructure projects.
8/28/1997Jain Commission, chaired by Justice M.C. Jain, submits interim report on Rajiv Gandhi assassination.
7/21/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announces a special fund for population projects with the Planning Commission providing seed money of Rs. 100 crores. He was addressing the maiden meeting of the National Population Commission.