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Historical Event on 4/15/1962
S. S. Khera was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 18-11-1964.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
6/27/1999 | India won the four-nation under-21 women's hockey title, defeating England in the final at the Kean University, New Jersey. |
9/23/1911 | Rappal Sangmeshwar Krishnan, noted physics expert of India, was born. |
3/28/1917 | Umesh Chandra Panigrahi, great author and journalist, was born at Raruan, Orissa. |
2/25/1992 | Railway budget proposes 20\% hike in upper class passenger fares. |
11/20/1930 | With all the pageantry of the British Empire, a conference of Indian and British leaders had been convened in London to discuss dominion status for India. Surrounded by Maharajahs in turbans, King George V convened the round table conference in the Royal Gallery of the House of Lords. Notably absent was Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the nationalist movement. The conference saw a breakdown of the Indian caste system as Brahmins dealt with spokesmen for ""untouchable |
7/4/1899 | Vishnuprasad Ranchhoddas Trivedi, famous critic in Gujrati, educationist and author, was born at Umreth, Gujarat . |
1/19/1855 | G. Subramaniam Iyer, active worker of Indian National Congress since its establishment, was born. |
10/12/1967 | National Conference, the Working Committee of Jammu and Kashmir, unanimously passed the proposal to a permanent merger of the state with India. |
6/20/1939 | Ramakant Bhikaji Desai, cricketer (effective pace bowler for India in the 60s), was born in Bombay. |
4/16/1930 | Rioting continues in India as British police fire on mob of 10,000. |
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