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Historical Event on 12/28/1981
Salman Rushdie is awarded the Booker Prize for Midnight's Children.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
12/3/1889 | Khudiram Bose, famous revolutionary and freedom fighter of Muzaffarpur Bomb Case, was born at Habibpur village, West Bengal. |
12/10/1998 | Dr. Gurudev S. Khush, rice breeder at the International Rice Research Institute, Philippines, and Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram, wheat breeder at the International Wheat and Maize Improvement Centre, Mexico, share the Rank Prize announced in London. |
5/31/1996 | J. H. Patel sworn in Karnataka CM. |
3/18/1948 | Socialist Party of India (SPI) disassociates itself from the Congress. |
7/14/1999 | Arvind Dave is appointed Governor of Arunachal Pradesh. |
7/25/1987 | Giani Zail Singh (1916-1994) retired from the post of seventh President. |
8/21/1972 | A law was passed for protecting wild animals, including lions and tigers, from extinction. |
11/23/1997 | Nirad C.Chaudhuri, famous author, completed 100 years of his life. |
11/7/1990 | National Front Government headed by V. P. Singh loses confidence motion in the Lok Sabha (151-356). Singh tenders his resignation and this is the end of 11-month-old National Front Government. |
10/18/1906 | Depressed Classes Mission Society' was established by Vitthal Ramji Shinde. |
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