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Historical Event on 11/14/1993
Dr. Manibhai Desai, great Gandhian and social worker, passed away.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
4/10/1997 | Bill Gates, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft, announces Rs. 2.5 crore aid to Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Gandhi Institute of Computer Education and Information Technology, Mumbai. |
1/30/1905 | Pitamber Das, social reformer and politician, was born at Mowana, U.P. |
6/22/1920 | Chandrasekhar Trimbak Sarwate, cricketer (batted in 9 Tests for India 1946-52), was born in Sangor, Vidarbha. |
6/22/1920 | Battle of Krisna was fought between two villages Rakshasi and Tangadi. |
7/10/1984 | White Paper on Punjab released by Union Government. |
5/5/1929 | Curfew was imposed in a bid to quell Hindu-Muslim riots that had claimed 21 lives in Bombay. |
1/16/2000 | P. Moses, Indian High Commission Staff member, badly beaten up and abducted by Pakistani intelligence operators in Islamabad. |
4/21/1996 | Sanjay Thapar of the IAF (leader) becomes first Indian to parachute down to geometric North pole and unfurl the flag. |
3/30/1665 | Murarbaji died at Purandar fort during a battle with Dilerkhan. |
7/9/1969 | India accepted 'Royal Bengal Tiger' as its National Animal, as recommended by the Indian Wild life Board. This Tiger is also known as the majestic tiger - panthere tigris (Linnaeus). |
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