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Historical Event on 7/4/1912
Pandit Nivrittibuwa Sarnaik, singer of 'Jaypur Gharana', was born.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
12/14/1985 | Rajiv Gandhi joins the leaders of Greece, Sweden, Tanzania, Mexico and Argentina in a tele-conference as part of the UN ceremony at which they are honoured with the 'Beyond War' award. |
6/6/1924 | S. R. Bommai, former President of Janata Dal, was born. |
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. |
1/12/2000 | Dr. Gurudev S. Khush of the Manila-based International Rice Research Institute wins the Wolf prize for Agriculture for the year 2000. |
2/10/1859 | General Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny. |
10/2/1929 | Mahatma Gandhi made the Navjivan publication a charitable trust |
4/26/1973 | Judge A.N. Ray became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 28/01/1977. |
1/1/1995 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Tolerance"". |
11/23/1926 | Satya Sai Baba, Hindu universalist renaissance charismatic guru, educationalist and worker of miracles, was born. |
6/22/1880 | Nilmoni Phukan, greatest social reformer, prolific writer of Assam, poet, editor, journalist and lawyer, was born at Dibrugarh, Assam. |
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