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Historical Event on 1/20/1952
Vasant Patankar, famous Marathi writer, was born.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
3/10/1998 | A. B. Vajpayee agrees to form a government with 252 members including the BJP and it's allies. |
9/21/1992 | The Officers Training School (OTS) women were inducted into the Army as Officers, and the onerous task of training the Lady Cadets of WSES (O) courses commenced at the OTS. |
6/28/1928 | Baburao Sadvelkar, famous painter, was born. |
11/9/1841 | Edward VII, King of England (1901-10), was born. |
1/30/1948 | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the spiritual leader of Indian independence, was shot and killed by a Hindu extremist. The 78-year-old Gandhi was shot at point-blank range as he was walking through a garden to a pergola, where he was to deliver his daily prayer meeting. |
2/23/1969 | Madhubala, famous Hindi film actress, passed away. |
12/24/1999 | Indian Airlines Kathmandu-Delhi Airbus 300 with 186 people on board hijacked shortly after take-off. |
3/23/1919 | Subhadra Joshi, freedom fighter, was born. She took active participation in Salt and non cooperation movement. She also motivated the freedom movement through her newspaper ""Hamara Sangram"". |
9/30/2000 | Gen. S. Padmanabhan takes over as the new Chief of the Army Staff from Gen. V. P. Malik. |
2/7/1992 | Shalki', the first submarine designed in India, joined Indian Navy. |
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