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Historical Event on 10/16/1920
B. Sathyaji Rao, cricket Test umpire for 17 tests from 1960-79, was born in Karnataka.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/10/1959 | Martin Luther King, the US Black leader, arrived in New Delhi. |
1/15/1947 | Pritish Nandi, famous journalist, was born. Abul Kalam Azad became Minister of Education in the Government of India. |
12/15/1997 | Orissa Janata Dal unit splits with 29 of 43 Legislature Party members forming 'Biju Janata Dal'. |
1/15/1948 | Gandhiji hails Indian Cabinet's decision to release Pakistan dues of Rs. 550 million. Fast continues for establishment of communal peace. |
1/15/1948 | Sheikh Mirza, chieftain of a small state of Ferghana, was born in Turkmenistan. |
12/10/1998 | Dr. Gurudev S. Khush, rice breeder at the International Rice Research Institute, Philippines, and Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram, wheat breeder at the International Wheat and Maize Improvement Centre, Mexico, share the Rank Prize announced in London. |
10/1/1941 | No. 3 Squadron, similarly Audax-equipped, was raised at Peshawar. |
7/22/1875 | Nandkishor Bal, great Oria poet, novelist and critic, was born. |
5/22/1993 | Congress (I) suffers reverses in the by-elections. |
1/6/1981 | Indian Ocean bed on their research ship Gavesani of the National Institute succeeded from the depth of 4,300 metres. |
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