Portland Indian Community - PortlandIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 11/22/1991

Supreme Court declares Karnataka's ordinance on Cauvery water dispute as unconstitutional.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/25/1929Somnath Chatterjee, politician and lawyer, was born.
1/10/1998Geet Sethi retains National billiards title in Calcutta.
6/29/1864Dr. Asutosh Mukherjee, great judge, educationist and lawyer of Bengal, was born at Calcutta.
1/18/1936Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), famous English writer and author, died in Burwash, England at 70. He was a young journalist in British India. He wrote in verses, stories, novels childen's stories some of these were ""The Jungle Book, Kim and Just-50 stories"" and was honoured with the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907 for 'Kim' (Indian based story).
11/19/1998The Indira Gandhi memorial award is presented to Mirta Saavedra Polo, Ambassador of Panama, for her contributions to strengthening bilateral relations between India and Pakistan.
3/13/1991President R. Venkataraman dissolves the Lok Sabha.
2/16/1982Sibnath Banerjee, great social worker and leader, passed away.
5/29/1967First blowdown of the 4 ft trisonic tunnel; the tunnel with all auxiliary facilities such as compressor system, electrical sub-station, design office and model fabrication shop is formally set up and commissioned by National Aeronautical Laboratory.
3/2/1949Sarojini Naidu, ""Nightingale of India"", freedom fighter, social worker and patriot, passed away when she was the 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. She took active part in Salt Satyagraha and represented Indian women in Round Table Conference, London, 1931.
9/29/1997Crown Prince of Spain, Felipe de Borbon, visits India.