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Historical Event on 4/19/1976
Indira Gandhi proposes a resumption of ties with Pakistan in New Delhi.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
3/12/1942 | British troops vacate the Andaman in Gulf of Bengal. |
7/24/1991 | Industrial licensing scrapped. |
9/19/2000 | Karnam Malleswari adds a glorious chapter to Indian sports history at the Sydney International Convention Centre by becoming the first woman to gain an Olympic medal. |
12/3/1884 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad, first President of India, was born in Jeradei village of Bihar. |
2/10/1927 | Dashrathi (Dashrathi Krishnamacharya), famous Telgu poet, was born. |
8/12/1928 | The Olympic Games hosted by Amsterdam fully realized Pierre de Coubertin's vision: 'the nations of the world in friendly competition'. After a succession of Olympics dominated by North America and Western Europe, Amsterdam welcomed more than 3,000 competitors. |
8/12/1928 | Saint Gora Kumbhar, an intense devotee of the deity Vitthal at Pandharpur, took Samadhi in Ter village in Osmanabad Zilla, near Latur. |
8/19/1944 | The last Japanese troops driven out of India. |
2/28/1930 | Sir Chandrasekhar V. Raman, Scientist, 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering ""Raman Effect"". He is also the first Indian to receive this honor in Physics, The Indian Nobel Laureates. |
5/19/1969 | Cyclone hit Andhra Pradesh claiming 608 lives and rendering 20,000 homeless. |
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