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Historical Event on 2/9/1993
Congress (I), AIADMK alliance in Tamil Nadu breaks over Hindi imposition.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
12/16/2000 | Indian Airlines wins the 60th National Hockey championship in Jammu. |
3/15/1996 | Kashmiri militants and Central govt. hold talks on ending violence and to initiate the democratic process in J&K. |
8/29/1984 | Indian Airlines Boeing 737 with 68 passengers and a crew of 6 hijacked in Lahore. |
9/19/1937 | Vishnu Narayan Matkhande passed away. |
8/15/1968 | Marathwada', a daily newspaper, published. |
8/1/1997 | Viswanathan Anand wins the Credit Suisse Masters chess tournament in Beil. |
1/4/1948 | Burma achieved its independence from Great Britain. In 1989, Burma changed its name to Myanmar to reflect the multi-ethnic composition of the country. Apart from the Burmese, the main ethnic minority groups are the Karen, Shan, Mon, Chin, and Kachin. Just as the Burmese did against the British, almost all of these ethnic groups have struggled against the Burmese government for self-determination. |
3/3/1924 | Mustafa Kamal Attaturk abolished the caliphate and established a nationalist government and thus Khilafat Movement ended without achieving its aim. |
9/28/1991 | Shankar Guha Niyogi, an active trade union leader of Madhya Pradesh, was shot dead by unknown assailants. |
4/1/1969 | India's first Atomic Energy Reactor started at Tarapore. |
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