|
|
Historical Event on 5/20/1900
Sumitranandan Pant was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/22/1978 | Indira Gandhi charged with criminal misconduct during 1977 campaign. |
| 1/26/1997 | Delhi becomes the first state in India to enforce a ban on smoking in all public places. |
| 6/18/1993 | Sunil Mittal, businessman, denies getting any money from Harshad Mehta. |
| 9/5/1988 | The country goes without newspapers on this day as the entire newspaper industry had protested against the Defamation Bill. |
| 2/19/1861 | Rani Rashmoni, great nationalist, who compelled the British to abolish the tax imposed on fishing in the river, ingeniously blocking the trade and commerce on the part of Ganges, passed away. |
| 6/27/1939 | Rahul Dev (R. D.) Burman ""Pancham Da"", famous music director, was born. |
| 5/9/1981 | Durga Bai Deshmukh passed away at Hyderabad. She was a social reformer, freedom fighter, planner, administrator, educationist and parliamentarian. She worked for peace, social welfare and for betterment of the downtrodden. |
| 3/28/1997 | India and Pakistan, represented by Salman Haider and Shamshad Ahmed, Foreign Secretaries, hold official talks on issues at New Delhi. |
| 5/27/1930 | India's major cities are seething with unrest following the arrest of Mahatma Gandhi and thousands of his followers in the campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. Civil unrest in Bombay, where at least six were killed and sixty injured. |
| 5/27/1930 | Vasco-de-Gama was the Last Viceroy of Portuguese, who ruled India. |
|
![]()
|
|
|
