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Historical Event on 12/23/1995
400 people, mostly children and their parents, die in a fire that broke out during the Annual Day celebrations of DAV Public School. The fire was suspected to be caused due to electric short-circuit in Mandi Dabwali, Haryana.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
12/20/1957 | Kalinga Prize for 1957 awarded to Lord Bertrand Russell. |
3/9/1974 | Guru Amudan Sharma, famous Manipuri dance master, passed away. |
6/5/1980 | Manipur University was established. |
5/1/1992 | C. Arjun, famous music director, passed away. |
8/15/1950 | Indian Constitution goes into effect. |
12/7/1825 | First Steam Engine Ship ""Enterprise"" reached Calcutta. |
12/7/1825 | Babur Shah, Mughal Emperior, defeated Afghan Nawab Nasrat Shah, king of Bengal, on the banks of the Gand and the Ghaghra river. |
9/30/1999 | A B Vajpayee, Prime Minister, calls upon the people at an election campaign in Lucknow to give him a five-year term. |
5/13/1962 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) |
5/13/1962 | Saint Namdev passed away. |
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