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Historical Event on 1/12/2000
T. S. Krishna Murthy is appointed Election Commissioner in place of G.V.G. Krishnamoorthy who retired.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
6/13/1996 | Ramakrishna Hegde, JD leader and former Karnataka CM, expelled from the party for 6 years by JD president Laloo Prasad Yadav for anti-party activities. |
2/13/1922 | The Indian National Congress suspends its civil disobedience campaign in the face of mounting violence. |
7/4/1899 | Vishnuprasad Ranchhoddas Trivedi, famous critic in Gujrati, educationist and author, was born at Umreth, Gujarat . |
3/19/1954 | The first helicopter S-55 arrived at Bombay by sea. |
5/16/1995 | Government of India decides not to extend the validity of TADA Act. |
3/14/1931 | First Indian talkie film 'Alam Ara' released at Majestic Cinema, Bombay. Directed by Ardeshir Irani, the film was 11,152 ft. long and was produced by Imperial Film Co., Bombay and beared censored No. 10043 on March 11. The most remarkable thing about this film was birth of sound in Indian films, it came with a bang and quickly displaced the silent movies and brought revolutionary changes in the whole set up of the industry. |
5/10/1996 | Congress Chief Ministers of Assam, Haryana & Pondicherry resign. |
9/16/1973 | Abasaheb Mujumdar, great musician, died. |
6/15/1659 | Aurangzeb declared as the Emperor at Delhi. |
11/9/1877 | Muhammad Iqbal, Urdu poet, was born in Sialkot (now in Pakistan). |
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