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Historical Event on 1/20/1972
Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura become states of Indian union. Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram become Union Territories. Assam's North East Frontier Agency (Nepha) was renamed as Arunachal Pradesh territory.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
11/25/1990 | R. V. S. Perishastri, former Chief Election Commissioner of India, passed away. |
7/1/1961 | Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian women astronaut (STS 87), was born in Karnal. |
1/29/1983 | Indira Gandhi names 12 new ministers as Cabinet resigns. |
9/27/1999 | Harshad Mehta and three others are convicted for misappropriating surplus funds of the Maruti Udyog Ltd. |
5/29/1979 | Perminder Singh Sangha, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Oslo, Norway. |
4/20/1973 | Rioting over food shortages ends after three days in Nagpur. |
8/3/1996 | Leander Paes wins a bronze (tennis) at Atlanta, bringing India an Olympic medal after a gap of 16 years. |
11/11/1958 | Inauguration of 'Indian', first one in Indian Explosive Ltd's factory at Gomia. |
10/9/2000 | A special court convicts former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalitha and her associate Sasikala and sentences them to undergo three years imprisonment and two years rigorous imprisonment in two 'Tansi land deal' cases. |
10/2/1982 | Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance minister of India, died. |
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