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Historical Event on 8/9/1971
A 20-year non-aggression treaty for peace, friendship and co-operation was signed between India and U.S.S.R.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
6/19/1947 | Salman Rushdie, English writer, was born in Bombay. |
4/15/1948 | Purushottamdas Tandon was honoured with the title of 'Rajashri' at a huge rally by Devaraha Baba. He was awarded the Prestigious 'Bharat Ratna' award. |
7/21/2000 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announces a special fund for population projects with the Planning Commission providing seed money of Rs. 100 crores. He was addressing the maiden meeting of the National Population Commission. |
7/18/1992 | Kanandevi, famous Bengali actress, passed away. |
10/3/2000 | Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee buys peace with the Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee by agreeing to a partial rollback of the hike in prices of petroleum products. |
3/19/1999 | Salgaocar emerged National Football League champions in Calcutta with a match to spare. |
3/1/1901 | Vaidya Jogeshchandra Banerjee was born. |
6/29/2000 | The Election Commission derecognises seven regional parties in some states -- Samata Party in Haryana, Shiv Sena in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and the RJD in Manipur, NTR-Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh, the Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) in Chandigarh, the United Minority Front in Assam and the Haryana Vikas Party in Haryana-- These will remain registered but unrecognised parties. |
4/12/1801 | William Carey fort was appointed the Professor of Bengali Language in fort at William College, Calcutta. |
5/12/1937 | George VI is crowned. |
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