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Historical Event on 12/14/1910
Upendranath Ashok, noted writer, was born.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
7/29/1995 | Anup Jalota, famous Bhajan and Ghazal singer, was born. |
12/28/1995 | Third Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1C), carring advanced remote sensing cameras was launched by Russian Molniya launch vehicle. It is still in service. |
12/9/1999 | BJP expels former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh. |
5/11/1999 | Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case: The Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence on four of the 26 accused, life imprisionment to three and acquitted the remaining 19 people. |
7/1/1991 | Rupee devalued by 8.5\%. |
1/28/1902 | Gandhiji left for Rangoon visit. Stays for a month with Gokhale at Calcutta. Returns to Rajkot and settles down to practise. |
1/16/1941 | Ashok Vajpai, veteran critic and Hindi poet, was born. |
4/3/1988 | Rajiv Gandhi seals the border between Punjab and Pakistan. |
3/21/1976 | The Indian people have delivered a stinging rebuke to the woman who had ruled them without the benefit of a constitution for the past 19 months by dumping her from office in a landslide election. After 11 years of rule, Indira Gandhi has resigned, and in an uncharacteristically humble statement said she ""accepted the verdict unreservedly"" and promised ""constructive cooperation"" with the new government. The heads of the victorious parties immediately dropped the year-and-a-half-old state of emergency, freed political prisoners, and began negotiations over who would head the new government. |
7/13/1913 | Tulsi Prasad Khaitan, great industrialist, was born in Chandi village, Bihar . |
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