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Historical Event on 8/10/1986
Gen. A.S. Vaidya, who was Chief of Army Staff, at the time of 'Operation Blue Star', was shot dead at Pune.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
12/20/1994 | The last batch of troops of IAF left the capital city of Mogadishu.. Cpl Nasir was left as a lying casualty due to injuries sustained in the RPG explosion by AN-124 contracted by UN. |
3/30/1990 | Constitution (64th) Amendment Bill to extend President's rule in Punjab collapses in Lok Sabha. |
11/25/1879 | Sri Thanwardas Lilaram Vaswani, professor, saint poet, great orator and prolific writer, was born in Hyderabad, Sindh (now in Pakistan). He was the founder of Mira Movement. |
10/31/1885 | St. Stephen's Hospital was opened. It was the first hospital for women and children at Delhi. |
7/8/1954 | Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, inaugurated world's longest Bhakra-Nangal Dam canal at Punjab. |
11/20/1989 | Hirabai Barodekar, famous singer of ""Kirana Gharana"", passed away. |
3/29/1982 | Delhi (707) beat Karnataka (705) on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy. |
3/1/1995 | Iftikar, famous character actor, died. |
2/18/1911 | World' s first official airmail flight service with 6,500 letters and post cards was made between Bamrauli to Naini (Allahabad) on February 18, 1911. |
5/3/1969 | Shri Varahagiri Venkatagiri (1884-1980) became the acting President of India. |
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