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Historical Event on 6/21/1814
Gilbert Aliat Minto, Governor General of East Indian Company, died.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
4/15/1992 | D. T. Lakdawala, former member of Planning Commission, passed away. |
9/10/1920 | Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao was born at Hadagali in Karnataka. In 1945 he put forward the ""theory of estimation"" in statistics. His formulae and therorems, for instance the ""Cramer-Rao inequality"", ""The Fisher-Rao theorem"" and ""Rao-Black Wellistaion"" are now part of any standard textbook of statistics. For his significant contributions, Rao received the S. S. Bhatnagar Award, the Meghnad Saha Medal and the Guy medal. |
7/24/1932 | Madhukar Devram Toradmal, famous actor and playwright, was born. |
2/26/1996 | Parliament's budget session opens. |
12/12/1959 | Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President, came to India. |
3/25/1989 | India's first super-computer X-MP-14 of US make was dedicated to the nation. |
9/16/2000 | In an important pronouncement, the Rajasthan High Court declares Jains as a religious minority community and allows teaching institutions set up by them to enjoy minority status under Articles 29 and 30 of the Constitution. |
9/10/1995 | 87 of the 180 members of the newly constituted JAAC assume office. |
12/20/1990 | Supreme Court stays Delhi High Court judge Justice Chawla's orders on the Bofors issue. |
1/20/1994 | Chinese film 'Farewell, My Concubine' and Adoor Gopalakrishnan's 'Vidheyan' adjudged best Foreign and Indian films in the 25th International Film Festival at Calcutta. |
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