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Historical Event on 1/28/1846
British forcibly separate Kashmir from the Sikhs and sell it to the Maharaja of Jammu for 1,000,000 pounds after the Battle of Allwal.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
6/19/1990 | NDC approves approach paper to the Eighth Plan. |
6/25/1900 | Louis Mountbatten, last British Voiceroy and first Governor General of independent India, was born at England. |
2/22/1958 | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad passed away in New Delhi, India. He was a great leader, great orator, revolutionary and fighter for national freedom. Some of his works which are the masterpieces of the Urdu language are ""Ghubari-Khatir"" and Tadhkirah"". He was Minister of Education in the first Indian Government. |
1/6/1987 | Jaidev, famous music director, passed away. |
7/22/1956 | Quake shatters town of Anjar; claiming 117 lives, 800 people were missing. |
7/16/1909 | Aruna Asaf Ali, social worker and freedom fighter, was born at Kalka in Haryana. |
11/16/1713 | Chhatrapati Shahu appointed Balaji Vishwanath, a very remarkable man in Maratha history, as 'Peshwa'. |
10/10/1998 | Dr. Justice Adarsh Sein Anand was sworn in Chief Justice of India. |
10/10/1998 | Saint Kabir was born. |
12/4/1997 | World Bank commits to Haryana a loan of $600 millions (about Rs. 2,350 crores) - largest single bank loan to any State. |
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