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Historical Event on 10/16/1990
Dr. Nelson Mandela, conferred with 'Bharat Ratna', the highest civilian honour.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
3/19/1982 | Acharya J. B. Kripalani, writer, nationalist, parliamentarian, founder of Kissan Mazdoor Dal and president of Indian National Congress in 1946, passed away at the age of 94. |
8/9/1971 | Vinodnand Jha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, died. |
4/5/1993 | K. Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy, Andhra Pradesh's CM, defeats TDP's Renuka Chowdhary by 31,611 votes in the Panyam Assembly election. |
4/20/1993 | Jharkhand Movement suspends its 36-days old economic blockade. |
2/18/1975 | Syed Nazir Ali, cricketer (2 Tests for India, 4 wickets), passed away. |
12/22/1887 | Srinivas Ramanujam, India's greatest mathematician, was born at Erode in Tamil Nadu. |
3/9/1961 | Vishnu Sahay was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 15-04-1962. |
9/19/1704 | Guru Govind Singh died. |
6/13/1999 | The Indian army secures the strategic Tololing peak in the Dras sector. |
5/25/1941 | 5,000 drown in a storm at Ganges Delta region in India. |
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