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Historical Event on 11/9/1993
Tamil Nadu Assembly urges the Centre to amend Constitution to retain 69\% reservation for backward classes.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
2/17/1883 | Vasudeo Balvant Phadke, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away in prison at Aden. |
10/17/1998 | Nine women are buried alive as the roof of the 200-year-old Balaji temple in Varanasi's Ramghat area caves in. |
7/2/1999 | In Jammu and Kashmir, nine people are killed by unidentified militants. |
3/24/1991 | Bhau Samarth, internationaly famed painter, passed away. |
2/23/1962 | Union government sets up an Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) formed by the Department of Atomic Energy and work on Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) started. |
8/19/1907 | Acharya Hajariprasad Dwivedi was born. |
1/6/1842 | 4,500 British & Indian troops leave Kabul.. |
2/22/1873 | Sir Muhammad Ekbal, writer of song 'Sare Jahanse Achha', was born. |
7/13/1930 | Swarup Kishan Reu, cricket test umpire for 17 tests from 1978-85, was born in Delhi and was honoured by Padmashree in 1986. He joins the record of umpiring most Tests for India. |
10/31/1966 | Mihir Sen swam Panama Canal in 34 hours 15 minutes. |
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