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Historical Event on 12/14/1990
Vijay Karan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 01/06/92).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/28/1931 | The second round of a British-Indian conference on the political future of India collapsed in disagreement over demands by Indian nationalists for complete independence. The British government had seemed willing to grant a limited dominion status. But Mahatma Gandhi, who had come to the conference to present the demands of the All-India Nationalist Congress, refused to accept anything less than complete independence. The breakdown of the talks set off a new round of disorders, Gandhi was greeted by rioting in the streets of Bombay between upper-caste Hindu members of the Congress party and ""untouchable"" caste members who had turned against him. |
| 2/15/1924 | Mahinder Singh, social worker, was born at Amritsar. |
| 8/2/1858 | British parliament passed the act to handover the administration of India to British Government from East India Company. After the occasion, the Supreme British ruler in India was called as 'Viceroy'. |
| 10/17/1859 | Keshavlal Harshrai Dhruv, researcher and translator, was born. |
| 11/15/1991 | Insurance official Dr. S.L. Khosa freed in Kashmir in exchange for a militant. |
| 11/22/1988 | Baba Amte wins U.N. Human Rights Award. |
| 6/23/1810 | Duncan Dock of Bombay was completed. |
| 5/1/1960 | Old Bombay province was divided between Maharashtra and Gujrat States. |
| 1/23/1975 | Omeo Kumar Das, one of the great patriots of Assam, passed away at the age of 81. He selflessly worked for the tea plantation workers and made efforts to get them better living standards. He translated Gandhiji's autobiography ""My Experiments with Truth"" in Assamese language. |
| 1/1/1920 | Seth Darbari Shah, great industrialist, was born in Ikhlas. |
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