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Historical Event on 5/6/1997
12 persons killed and eight seriously injured in two blasts in east Delhi.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/22/2000 | India retains the golf title in the SAARC championship in Dhaka. |
3/25/1954 | The first helicopter S-55 arrived ferried to Delhi. The Indian Air Force experience with rotary wing aircraft. It was indeed a 'red letter day' in the history of IAF a befitting gift on its coming of age ' when the first helicopter wearing IAF markings appeared at Palam in the form of a Sikorsky, S-55. Such a swift action, complete involvement and dedication on the part of the crew and technicians was the clear indication of the standards with which One-O-Four set about its tasks for others to emulate. |
9/12/1912 | T. A. Ramachandran, cricket Test Umpire of one test during 1948-49, was born in Tamil Nadu. |
4/26/1990 | V. R. P. Menon, an Air Force Engineer, broke the world record in Chandigargh. |
12/4/1997 | World Bank commits to Haryana a loan of $600 millions (about Rs. 2,350 crores) - largest single bank loan to any State. |
12/1/1993 | Nirubhai Desai, freedom fighter, veteran journalist and socialist, passed away. |
8/26/1874 | Ishwar Sharan Munshi, politician and philosopher, was born. |
5/19/1951 | Sukhdev Bihari Mishra of Mishra Brothers, first historian of Hindi litterateur, passed away. |
9/2/1956 | Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India). |
4/26/1992 | Medha Patkar arrested in Gujarat as the third Annual Goldman Environmental Prize of $ 60000 is awarded to her. |
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