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Historical Event on 8/10/1991
Delhi airport police foils an attempt by a Saudi national to smuggle out a minor girl named Ameena.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/19/1948 | India and Pakistan accept U.N. mediation in New York. |
5/18/1966 | Panchanan Maheshwari, great Indian scientist of botany, passed away. He studied the morphology, anatomy and embryology of some angiosperms, the class of plants which produce flowers. He discovered species of plants like ""Panchanania Jaipuriensis and Isoeted Panchananil."" He wrote two authoritative books, 'An Introduction to the Embryology of Angiosperms' & 'Recent Advances in Embryology on Angiosperms'. In 1951, he founded the International Society of plant Morphologists. |
12/31/1995 | K.P.S. Gill, DGP of Punjab, retires from service. |
3/22/1977 | Janata and its allies gain absolute majority in Lok Sabha. |
7/31/2000 | The Lok Sabha passes by voice vote a bill for creation of Chhattisgarh state. |
4/24/1980 | Baba Gurbachan Singh, Nirankari chief, assassinated. His son named as the new chief. |
5/27/1930 | Jayaprakash Narayan, Labour Research Cell, arrested after Dandi March. |
9/4/1927 | World fliers reach Karachi, India. |
1/1/1874 | The first women magazine ""Bola Bodhini"" was published. |
7/8/1928 | Eighteen died when an East Indian Railroad train was derailed after saboteurs removed part of the tracks. |
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