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Historical Event on 12/7/1979
First International Children's Films Festival was held in Bombay.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
5/14/1914 | Ekanath Dattatreya Kulkarni, educationist and writer, was born at Bhaloni, Tal Pandharpur. |
11/19/1910 | Gohar alias Gohar A. Kayoum Mamajiwala was born at Lahore. She was a film actress. Her first film was 'Fortune & Fools' (1925). Other films were 'Lanka Ni Laadi', 'Handsome', 'Briefless Barrister', 'Thief of Delhi', 'Punjab Mail', 'My Darling' and 'The Web'. |
7/18/1992 | Kanandevi, famous Bengali actress, passed away. |
8/2/1987 | Vishwanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win the World Junior Chess championship. |
10/6/1974 | Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon, great freedom fighter, barrister, leader, politician, nationalist and member of the Lok Sabha, passed away. He resigned as the defence minister soon after the Chinese aggression. |
4/22/1958 | Admiral R. T. Katari was appointed as the first Indian Chief of the Naval Staff. |
4/14/1962 | Sir Mokshagundam Vivesvaraya, father of modern engineering, passed away at the age of 102. He was receipent of ""Bharat Ratna"" Award. |
7/17/1987 | V. P. Singh announces resignation from Congress; R. Venkataraman elected President of India. |
10/1/1993 | The two helicopters along with the first batch of fifteen personnel were ferried out in an AN-12 from Delhi to Mogadishu. The two helicopters were provided by 111 HU. |
9/15/1912 | Rusi Karanjia, journalist and publisher, was born. |
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