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Historical Event on 7/8/1991
25 tonnes of gold moved to London from India to raise $ 200 million loan.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
10/26/1937 | Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar, famous music director, was born. |
6/15/1991 | About 50% of the 180.3 million electorate cast their votes in the final phase of Lok Sabha elections. |
9/14/1868 | Swami Virjanand, Sanskrit grammar litterateur and master, passed away at the age of 90. |
8/17/1985 | Rajiv Gandhi announces Punjab state elections in India. |
1/25/1954 | Manabendranath Roy, famous leader of socialist revolution, passed away at Dehradun. |
11/9/1999 | BJP asks Kalyan Singh to step down, chooses Ram Prakash Gupta as his successor. |
9/2/1956 | Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India). |
2/13/1879 | Sarojini Naidu ""Nightingale of India"", was born at Hyderabad. She was the first Governor of Uttar Pradesh. She also holds a place of pride among the women freedom fighters of India. She presided over the Kanpur session of Indian National Congress and took active part in Salt Satyagraha and represented Indian women in Round Table Conference, London, 1931. |
2/27/1997 | CBI arrests godman Chandraswami for alleged offences in violation of Foreign Contributions (Regulation) Act, 1976. |
6/25/1932 | India played their first official test match on the ground of Lords against England. |
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