|
|
Historical Event on 8/21/1997
Krishan Kant assumes office as tenth Vice President of India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/8/1995 | Prem Bhatia, journalist, passed away at 83. |
| 7/23/1991 | Premdatt Paliwal, president of All India Forward Block, died. |
| 7/30/1997 | Madras High Court restrains, by an interim injunction, the foreign universities/institutions having offices in India from awarding or conferring any degree on Indian students. |
| 9/12/1974 | . C. Yohannan at Teheran, sets record for LJ in 8.07. |
| 9/22/1992 | Indo-British Extradition Treaty signed in London. |
| 3/22/1961 | Jual Teria Dilga Oram was born in Kendudihi, Distt. Sundargarh (Orissa). |
| 6/20/1918 | K.K. Singh, politician and social worker, was born at Agra. |
| 12/23/1926 | Swami Shradhanand, great revolutionary freedom fighter, social worker and politician, was assassinated by a revolver shot that was fired by a young Muslim Abdul Rashid. |
| 5/19/1956 | The Indian govt. bans six U.S. and two British films for presenting a 'disparaging' impression of life in Africa, including 'African Queen' and 'Mogambo' at New Delhi. |
| 10/24/2000 | Delhi High Court admitted the appeal of former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao against the lower court judgement in the JMM MPs' bribery case. |
|
![]()
|
|
|
