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Historical Event on 6/14/1958
Dr. C.V. Raman receives the Lenin Peace Prize in Kremlin.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/5/1948 | Parthasarathy Harishchandra Sharma, cricketer (Indian batsman of the mid-70's), was born in Alwar, Rajasthan. |
7/24/1992 | Universal Poetry Foundation' was established at Pune. |
6/3/1818 | Maratha wars between British & Maratha Confederacy in India ends. |
11/24/1969 | Guru Nanak University established at Amritsar, Punjab. |
5/22/1961 | Jnanpeeth Award was instituted and the first award was given in 1965. This award is given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizen in any of the languages included in the VIII Schedule of the Indian Constitution. The award carries a cash price of Rs 2.5 lakh, a citation and a bronze momento. |
9/22/1992 | Harshad Mehta released after 110 days in jail. |
2/5/1968 | Narottam Nagar, veteran hindi writer, passed away. |
8/27/1995 | Andhra Pradesh Governor asks N T Rama Rao to prove his majority on 31st following a split in the Telugu Desam party. |
10/21/1999 | B. R. Chopra, filmmaker, gets the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. |
7/6/1942 | Urmila Devi Shastri, freedom fighter and editor of ""Janma Bhoomi"", died due to non-medical facility and mal-nutrition in Jail. She has also written ""Karagaar Ke Anubhav"" in 1930. She was arrested for Satyagrah and forcefully closing of Foreign Goods. |
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