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Historical Event on 1/24/1996
H.K.L. Bhagat, senior Congress politician and former minister, arrested in connection with a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
12/19/1978 | The Lok Sabha expels Indira Gandhi from the House and sentences her to imprisonment for a term lasting its prorogation. She was released from jail on December 26. |
4/3/1994 | S.Bangarappa, former CM, launches his Karnataka Congress Party. |
6/4/1903 | Gandhiji established the weekly journal ""Indian Opinion"" organised at Phoenix farm near Durban. |
12/7/1999 | Nareshwar Dayal is appointed India's High Commissioner to UK. |
5/4/1995 | The fourth ASLV-D4 blasts off from Sriharikota, successfully placing the SROSS-C2 satellite in orbit. |
6/23/1993 | Motilal Vohra made governor of UP. |
7/3/1956 | Pandit Nehru and New Zealand Prime Minister Sir Sidney Holland are given the freedom of the City at London. |
2/4/1938 | Birju Maharaj, famous Kathak Dancer ""Guru"", was born. |
9/4/1962 | Kiran Shankar More, great Indian wicket-keeper in 49 Tests 1986-93, was born in Baroda. |
11/11/1980 | The Hindustan Times says the 'British have reverted to what they basically are & a small, little people with small, little minds inhabiting a small, little island in the Atlantic.' |
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