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Historical Event on 4/11/1937
Ramnath Krishnan, well known Indian Tennis player, was born.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
11/13/1970 | Flooding ravages Ganges delta. 200,000 million killed. |
1/26/2001 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Ustad Bismillah Khan. |
2/7/1864 | P. S. S. Iyyer, famous lawyer and educationalist, was born. |
7/30/1947 | The part of Kashmir, North West Frontier Provience (NWFP), was swallowed up by Pakistan. The formality of raising the flag being done in November. |
3/20/1925 | Marquess Curzon of Kedleston died this morning at age 66 from complications following an operation. Long a kingpin of the Conservative party, Lord Curzon spent 40 years in public life, serving as Viceroy and Governor General of India and, at the end of his career, as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Though he came close to becoming prime minister in 1923, his aristocratic past militated against him in an era which nominated leaders from the House of Commons. He twice wed US women and enjoyed fame as an author of books about politics and his own travels. |
4/22/1998 | India and Bangladesh resolve to work together to ''root out terrorism'', push bilateral trade and harness river waters of the region. |
7/23/1927 | Daily radio transmission broadcasting in India started by Bombay Radio Station. This was the first Commercial Radio Station. |
9/30/1963 | The USSR openly louded Indian view on Kashmir issue. This was against Pakistan's motives. |
10/29/1996 | Shankarsinh Waghela, Gujarat CM, wins confidence vote. |
4/8/1992 | Congress (I) government led by Rajkumar Dorendra Singh sworn in in Manipur. |
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