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


 

Historical Event on 3/12/1991

Lok Sabha Speaker Rabi Ray admits to an Opposition-sponsored motion for removal of the Supreme Court Judge V. Ramaswamy for alleged misappropriation of public funds, and sets up a three-Judge committee to investigate.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/22/1998The Patents Bill gets Rajya Sabha approval.
9/27/1908Shiv Verma, great soldier, was born.
10/17/1940Mahatma Gandhi called for Individual Satyagrah and Vinoba Bhave started it.
8/9/1902King Edward VII was crowned the emperor of Great Britain at Westminster Abbey after the death of his mother Queen Victoria. Earlier, he had held a grand function in which nearly 4,56,000 invitees celebrated this royal feast.
9/3/1983U.S. Census reports world population at 4.72 billion. China has 1.05 billion and India 731 million.
6/17/1824Bureau of Indian Affairs established.
4/11/1999The DRDO has successfully flight tested AGNI-11 with a range of 2000 km, using solid propellant rocket motors in both stages and rail mobile launcher system from its new launch complex in the Orissa Coast. With this launch the country has reached the point of operationalisation of AGNI-11 as a weapon system. (1-1-2000).
3/15/1950Planning Commission Day.
11/30/1994Mrinalini Desai, freedom fighter and famous litterateur, died.
1/2/1990Election panel made one member body again; Election Commissioners S. S. Dhanoa and V. S. Seigell removed.