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Historical Event on 8/7/1999
A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, appeals to the United States to name Pakistan as a terrorist state.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
9/8/1911 | Anand Gopal Sheorey, great Hindi writer, litterateur and journalist, was born at Sausar in Madhya Pradesh. |
12/7/1997 | Leander Paes awarded 'The Sportstar' award. |
6/26/1995 | Madhya Pradesh declared ""Tiger State"" as it homes one sixth of the world's tiger population. |
7/1/1862 | Calcutta High Court was established for West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. This Court has a Circuit Bench at Port Blair. |
9/2/1992 | Delhi High Court indicts CBI in Bofors case; FIR and letters rogatory quashed. |
11/19/1985 | Lall Singh, cricketer (one Test for India 1932), passed away. |
2/1/1942 | Lt Col HT Hogan raised the Regiment at Malir Cantonment. |
12/12/1994 | N.T. Rama Rao, TDP leader in Andhra Pradesh, and Pavan Kumar Chamling, leader of Sikkim Democratic Front, take oath of office; Rishang Keishing of Manipur sworn in as CM; Liquor banned in AP by NT Rama Rao. |
12/30/1906 | The All India Muslim League was founded in Dacca by a group of big landlords which included Aga Khan III, The Nawab of Dacca and Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk-Salimullah. They supported the Partition of Bengal and called for seperate Muslim electrorates and other safeguard for Muslims. |
5/4/1989 | Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali litterateur, passed away. |
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