|
|
Historical Event on 3/16/1993
Bomb blast in a multi-storey building in Calcutta kills 70 people.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/25/1924 | Atal Krishna Behari Bajpayee, Prime Minister of India and a veteran journalist, was born at Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. |
| 5/4/1799 | Tipu Sultan is killed in a battle against 5,000 British soldiers who stormed and razed his capital, Seringapatanam. |
| 9/18/2000 | President K. R. Narayanan presents the Dada Saheb Phalke award for the year 1999 to film maker Hrishikesh Mukherjee. |
| 5/26/2000 | In a significant development, the Government decides to allow disinvestment up to 60 per cent equity of Air India. |
| 11/11/2000 | Mohun Bagan wins the Durand Cup in New Delhi. |
| 9/13/1906 | Surendra Kumar Dey, social reformer and politician, was born at Sylhet (Bangladesh). |
| 7/4/1899 | Vishnuprasad Ranchhoddas Trivedi, famous critic in Gujrati, educationist and author, was born at Umreth, Gujarat . |
| 8/5/1939 | In the first case to be brought under Prohibition laws, a railroad passenger was today convicted of possessing a bottle of brandy in Bombay. |
| 10/27/1992 | Veerappa Moily, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, resigned from Bangarappa Government in Karnataka. |
| 8/2/1994 | Opposition quits Parliament panels, boycotts sessions. |
|
![]()
|
|
|
