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Historical Event on 1/1/1918
Sir Edwin Lutyens was knighted in recognition of his quality of work at Delhi and his gratuitious services to the War Graves Commission.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
4/21/1995 | Medium range 'Akash', surface-to-air-missile, flight trial successful. |
2/16/1997 | Ramakrishna Hegde launches a new national political party, Lok Shakti. |
12/28/2000 | India, Russia sign their biggest yet defence deal for licensed production of the Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jets worth $3 billion. |
6/1/1819 | William Carey, Ward and Marshman established the Serampore College in Bengal. |
1/18/1999 | The office of the Board of Control for Cricket in India is ransacked allegedly by Shiv Sainiks protesting agains Pakistan team's tour of India. Shiv Sena denies hand in attack. |
4/6/1664 | Harkhishan Singh, Sikh Guru, died. |
7/27/1991 | Army called out in Srinagar valley after an attack on security forces in which 17 persons were killed. |
12/31/1902 | Dr. Raghuvir, dictionary creator, having knowledge of Vedic Sanskrit, Tebiti, Chinese and Mongolian, was born. |
2/16/1927 | Rail service started between India and Nepal. |
6/5/1989 | Missile `Trishul' tested successfully. |
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