|
|
Historical Event on 2/26/1874
Sursingh Takhtsingh Gohil `Kalapi', famous Gujrati poet, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/5/1981 | Gopal Saini at Tokyo sets record for 3000m ST. in 8,30.88. |
| 11/27/1907 | Harivanshrai Bachchan, famous Hindi writer and poet, was born at Allahabad. |
| 11/5/1931 | M. G. Subramaniam, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1983-84, was born in Karnataka. |
| 11/8/1927 | Lal Krishna Adwani was born in Karachi (now in Pakistan). |
| 11/2/1841 | Akbar Khan revolts against Shah Shuja in Afghanistan. |
| 3/15/1997 | Lok Sabha passes Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 1997. |
| 3/17/1910 | Smt. Anutai Wagh, great social worker, passed away. |
| 5/14/1982 | All India Radio renamed as 'Akashwani' but it's Urdu service yet announces that it's All India Radio. |
| 5/15/1989 | NAL's 0.6 m transonic wind tunnel is commissioned. Total project cost is about Rs 20 million. |
| 5/26/1906 | Benjamin Peary Pal, internationally famous scientist of Indian agriculture, was born at Mukundpur, Punjab. In 1929, he went to Cambridge to do research on wheat and he returned to Burma with a Ph.D. five years later. In 1933, he got a research job with what is now known as the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. In 1965, Pal became Director General of the newly founded Indian Council of Agricultural Research in New Delhi. He has written several books on roses, the most popular being ""The Rose in India"". |
|
![]()
|
|
|
