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Historical Event on 11/20/1946
Gandhiji starts tour without party.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
4/3/1978 | Pandit Hridaynath Kunzru, social reformer, politician, passed away. He contributed greatly to public life, fighting against caste system, untouchability etc. He was closely affiliated to the 'Servants of India Society' with Ghokhaleji. He even declined to accept the ""Bharat Ratna"" award conferred on him. |
4/3/1978 | Vasco-de-Gama was the Last Viceroy of Portuguese, who ruled India. |
6/15/1991 | General Election (10th) of India ends. In this election Indian National Congress won. |
6/25/1943 | No. 8 Squadron started functioning absorbing the remaining coastal defence flight personnel, and also issued with a vengeance to achieve operational status. |
5/11/1965 | The first of two cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 people in the country. |
3/11/1993 | Gen. K.V. Krishna Rao returns to Jammu & Kashmir as Governor. |
6/20/1994 | Anti-Pakistan slogans rent the air in Jammu & Kashmir against the killing of Quazi Nissar Ahmed, Mirwaiz of South Kashmir and a famous religious Kashmiri leader who was gunned down by Pak-aided terrorists. |
8/26/1914 | Bengali revolutionaries looted 46,000 bullet ammunition and pistols from Calcutta Port for their revolutionary activities. |
7/10/1991 | C. G. Pandit, famous scientist and Padmabhushan awardee, died. |
3/17/1957 | New Central Cabinet under J. L. Nehru sworn in. |
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