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Historical Event on 9/26/1999
Six selected for Shanti Swaroop award for Science.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
6/23/1935 | Ram Kolarkar, famous marathi author and editor, was born. |
9/29/2000 | A special court convicted former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and his then cabinet colleague Buta Singh in the JMM MPs' bribery case. Nine others got benefit of doubt. |
2/12/2000 | Ashok Shandilya wins the men's title in the National Billiards championship in Bangalore. |
5/2/1968 | Lok Sabha passed the Public Providend Fund Act. |
8/18/1995 | Parvati Giri, also called the Little Mother Teresa, died in Orissa. She was 69. She was a social worker and had taken part during the Quit India movement. |
6/18/1946 | Congress Working Committee decides to accept Interim Government scheme. |
3/1/1998 | Bharat Ratna is awarded to Dr. A.J.P. Abdul Kalam, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, and Smt. M. S. Subbulakshmi, Carnatic musician. The award is also conferred posthumously on film director Satyajit Ray, freedom fighter Aruna Asaf Ali and former Prime Minister Gulzari Lal Nanda. |
12/23/1964 | India & Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed. |
3/14/1999 | Arjun Atwal won the Indian Open Golf in Calcutta. |
3/1/1903 | Pareshchandra Bhattacharya, former Gonerner of Indian Reserve Bank, was born. |
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