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Historical Event on 12/20/1957
Kalinga Prize for 1957 awarded to Lord Bertrand Russell.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
10/3/1957 | Republican Party of India established. |
1/21/1993 | Biren Roy, follower of Netaji Subhashchandra Bose, passed away. |
1/21/1993 | The first visit of Jesuit Priest of Goa in the Court of Emperor Akbar at Fatehpur Sikri. |
3/3/1948 | B. S. Munje, founder of Bhosla Military School, passed away. |
9/17/1879 | E.V. Ramaswami Naicker, prominent leader of Dravid movement and social reformer, was born at Erode in Tamil Nadu. |
6/4/1997 | Defence Ministry denies Washington Post's report that India has deployed Prithvi missile on Punjab border with Pakistan. |
12/5/1935 | Bipinchandra Joshi, chief of Indian Army general, was born. |
7/24/1985 | Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sikh leader Sant Harchand Singh Longowal of Akali Dal signed a peace contract known as 'Punjab Accord' thus ending the four-year agitation in Punjab. |
3/9/1996 | India wins India-Pakistan World Cup Quater Final cricket match in Bangalore (Wills World Cup). This was the last international match played by Javed Miandad. |
9/21/2000 | J.W. Singh, suspended Mumbai High Court judge facing charges of extortion in nexus with the underworld, dismissed from judicial service. |
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