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Historical Event on 03/11/1399
While returning to his country, Timur Lung looted and destroyed Delhi and parts of North India including Hardwar, the Ganga pilgrimage town, and crossed Sindhu River.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/20/1998 | Dr. B. V. Raman (86), a reputed astrologer, dies in Bangalore following a cardiac arrest. He was the Editor of The Astrological Magazine. |
| 8/22/1877 | Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, great painter, philosopher, linguist, critic, art researcher in the East, was born at Colombo in Sri Lanka. |
| 6/20/1957 | Govindrao Burhanpurkar, famous harmonium player, died. |
| 11/16/1988 | India gives full recognition to the state of Palestine. |
| 1/17/1922 | T. A. Pai, former Central Minister and bank expert, was born. |
| 6/7/1979 | Bhaskara-I, first experimental satellite for Earth resources/meteorology remote sensing and the Second Satellite of India, launched. This satellite carried TV and microwave cameras. It was launched by Russian launch vehicle 'Intercosmos'. |
| 9/24/1629 | Jacques Specx appointed Governor General of Dutch-Indies. |
| 1/1/1988 | The Officers Training School (OTS) was re-christened as Officers Training Academy. Besides training Indian nationals, 74 cadets from Sri Lanka have also been trained at the OTA. |
| 10/16/1905 | Bengal was partitioned by Lord Curzon on the pretext of it being too big to administer. Instead of dividing it on the basis of non-Bengali areas, the division was on the basis of Hindus and Muslims. Britishers thought that would succeed in increasing Hindu - Muslim tensions. The tremor of partition was felt throughout India and was regarded as an insult and challenge to Indian Nationalism. A movement was launched by the moderates. New method of protests 'Swadeshi and Swaraj' became the slogan of the common man and the whole of India was drawn into the national movement. |
| 1/29/1955 | 'Bhartiya Kamgar Kisan Party' established. |
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