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Historical Event on 1/15/2000
Baba Amte, social artist, receives Gandhi Peace Prize 1999, from the President K. R. Narayanan.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
7/17/1935 | Dr. Ram Babu Gupta, cricket test umpire for 11 tests from 1986-89, was born at Delhi. |
6/25/1931 | Vishwanath Pratapsing, former Prime Minister of India, was born. |
6/30/1965 | Cease-fire was agreed under UN auspices between India and Pakistan, who signed treaty to stop the war at Rann of Kutch. |
5/11/1995 | In central Kashmir, militants burnt the Charar-e-Sherif shrine (the tomb of Sufi saint Sheikh Noorudin Noorani) built in 1460 by Zain-ul- Abidin. |
11/30/1896 | Gandhiji sails for South Africa with wife and children. |
1/16/1997 | Dr. Datta Samant, Trade Union leader, shot dead in Mumbai. |
12/23/1902 | Chaudhary Charan Singh was born at Noopur village in Hapur Tehsil near Meerut. He was a freedom fighter and had done many deeds for upliftment of Agriculture in India. He was the Prime Minister of India from July 1979 to January 1980. |
4/6/1956 | Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1976-92),was born in Rajapur, Maharashtra. He has received Arjun Award (1981) and Padmashree (1987). |
11/22/2000 | Chhota Rajan, Mumbai gangster, escapes from the custody of Thai authorities. |
7/1/1879 | Post Card of one paisa was started in India by the Post and Telegraph Department. |
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