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Historical Event on 12/15/1894
Saraswatibai, famous singer and classical music expert, was born.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
8/14/1954 | 'State Carrom Association' was established in Mumbai. |
3/3/1921 | Ahmed Gulsher, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Satna (M.P). |
10/15/1931 | Avil Pakir Jalaluddin Abdul Kalam better known as "APJ", famous Indian scientist, was born in the temple town of Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu. He is the pioneer of India's missile programme and was awarded the country's highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna, in 1997, for his immense and valuable contribution to scientific research and modernisation of defence technol |
8/15/1979 | Tukoji Holkar, a leader of Peshwa kingdom, dies. |
2/25/1938 | Farokh Manekshaw Engineer, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1961-75), was born in Bombay. |
2/25/1938 | Babur Shah, Mughal Emperior, defeated Afghan Nawab Nasrat Shah, king of Bengal, on the banks of the Gand and the Ghaghra river. |
9/20/1886 | Kuladhor Chaliha, one of the pioneer Congress leaders of Assam, was born at Sibsagar. |
10/27/2000 | The Vajpayee Government 'clears' the names of Surjit Singh Barnala, Prabhat Kumar and Dinanath Tiwari for appointment as the Governors of the new States of Uttaranchal, Jharkhand and Chhatisgarh respectively. |
1/6/1987 | An International Conference to commemorate the 75 anniversary of the African National Congress opens in New Delhi. |
8/22/1877 | Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, great painter, philosopher, linguist, critic, art researcher in the East, was born at Colombo in Sri Lanka. |
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