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Historical Event on 1/17/1909
Bejoy Kumar Sinha, journalist and social worker, was born at Kanpur.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
11/9/1841 | Edward VII, King of England (1901-10), was born. |
6/6/1935 | Harry Crews, great US writer and actor (Indian Runner), was born. |
6/6/1935 | Pieter de Carpentier, flemish Governor General of Dutch East-Indies, was born. |
4/20/1930 | The Viceroy imposes an ordinance for the suppression of terrorism, following a series of attacks. |
5/28/1964 | A slow-moving funeral cortege containing the body of Jawaharlal Nehru inched through the streets of New Delhi today. A million and a half Indians lined the route to pay final respects to their beloved leader. |
6/9/2000 | The CBI-designated court frames charges against Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi and RJD president Laloo Prasad Yadav in the disproportionate assets case. |
10/12/1935 | Shivraj Vishwanath Patil, former Speaker of Lok Sabha, was born |
11/11/2000 | Harin Pathak, Union Minister of State for Defence, resigns after being chargesheeted by a sessions court in Ahmedabad in a case relating to the murder of a head constable at the height of the anti-reservation agitation in 1985. |
1/10/1975 | India accords recognition to the Palestine Liberation Organization. |
5/21/1998 | India declares a moratorium on nuclear testing. |
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