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Historical Event on 7/23/1997
India decides to sign U.N. Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
10/30/1947 | The government rejects Kashmir's decision to join India in Pakistan. |
10/13/1998 | Salman Khan, Hindi film actor who was arrested on charges of killing protected wild animals near Jodhpur, is remanded to the custody of the Forest department. |
3/14/1883 | Karl Marx, great journalist, chief editor, writer and social worker, died in London. |
8/11/1956 | The Lok Sabha passed the States Reorganisation Act. |
12/12/1971 | The first aerial victory was when MiG-21FLs of No. 47 Squadron shot down a PAF F-104 over the Gulf of Kutch and this was followed by three more victories in quick succession on 17 December, when MiG-21FLs of No. 29 Squadron escorting HF-24 Maruts, shot down intercepting F-104s near Uttarlai in the Rajasthan desert in gun-missile encounters, while a third F-104, on an intruding mission, was shot down by another MiG 21FL of No.29 Squadron. |
12/12/1971 | Babur Shah was declared as the Emperor of Dehli. |
6/18/1995 | The latest deaths in northern India's hottest weather this century bring the death toll to 525 as temperatures hit 113¦F (45¦C) in New Delhi. |
2/2/1930 | Vasudev Govind Apte, editor and dictrionay creator, passed away. |
4/4/1999 | India routed China 5-0 in the Davis Cup Asia Oceania Group I second round play-off in Calcutta. |
5/28/1925 | Awadh Kishore Narain, educationist, was born. |
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