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Historical Event on 9/6/1903
Russia increases import duties on Indian and Ceylon tea in retaliation for British import policies in Moscow.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
11/19/1997 | 22 persons killed and 30 injured when car bomb explodes outside film studio in Jubilee Hills area of Hyderabad. The deceased include Eanadu TV crew of six people. |
2/23/1997 | 176 people dead and 500 injured in a major fire at a religious congregation in Baripada, Orissa. |
10/11/1902 | Loknayak Jayprakash Harsudayal Narayan, veteran socialist leader, was born at Sitabdiara village (border of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar) in Bihar. He was awarded Bharat Ratna on Dec. 23, 1998 and played a key role in formation of Janta Party which defeated Indian National Congress for the first time. |
10/5/1993 | Geet Sethi retained World Billiards title by beating Mike Russel. |
5/26/1916 | Rangnath Manohar Joshi (Nirmal Guruji), Marathi author, was born. |
6/18/1997 | E.K. Nayanar, Kerala Chief Minister, meets Pope John Paul II in Vatican. |
8/1/1846 | Dwarkanath Tagore, a Hindu philanthropist, died in London. |
10/24/1890 | Shishirkumar Mitra, Physics expert, was born in Calcutta. |
2/8/1989 | Mrs. Gro Harlem Brundtland, PM of Norway, was awarded 1988 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development. |
11/11/1992 | S.Bangarappa resigns as the CM of Karnataka. |
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