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Historical Event on 10/11/1991
BJP government in U.P. acquires the disputed Ayodhya land.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
12/7/1999 | Nareshwar Dayal is appointed India's High Commissioner to UK. |
1/22/1945 | The Indian 7th Division captures Tilin at Burma. |
3/5/1931 | Mahatma Gandhi & British viceroy Lord Irwin sign a pact referred in Indian History as ""Gandhi-Irwin Pact"", after which the civic disobedience movement was taken back. |
8/15/1947 | India gains independence from the British rule and Pakistan emerges as a separate Islamic nation. Around 600,000 die in clashes during the subsequent population exchange of 14 million people between the two new countries. |
7/14/1997 | Eleventh Presidential election with K.R.Narayanan and T.N. Seshan as candidates; 732 out of 775 MPs and 3893 out of 4058 MLAs cast their ballots. |
8/26/1909 | Dr.Moti Chandra, great historian, was born. |
6/19/1947 | Salman Rushdie, English writer, was born in Bombay. |
6/5/1994 | India test-fires a missile capable of reaching targets in China. |
8/25/1981 | Sharad Pawar, Maharashtra leader, elected the President of Congress. |
11/28/1997 | Seven-month-old United Front government, headed by Prime Minister I.K Gujral, bows out of office. |
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