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Historical Event on 5/5/1994
Revolt against Nar Bahadur Bhandari government in Sikkim, Sanchaman Limboo elected new leader.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
12/10/1886 | Ardeshir M. Irani, producer, director, exhibitor and founder of Star Films Ltd. Bombay, was born at Poona. His first film was 'Veer Abhimanyu'. |
8/29/1612 | Battle at Surat in India; English fleet beats Portuguese. |
5/16/1995 | Government of India decides not to extend the validity of TADA Act. |
8/25/1994 | Ramdas Nayak, President of BJP Mumbai and former MLA was assassinated at Chembur, Mumbai. He was 52. |
5/21/1923 | Keshavrao Kothavle `Lalit', editor of monthly magazine, was born. |
1/4/1937 | R. Surendranath, cricketer (Indian pace bowler in 11 Tests early 60s), was born in Meerut. |
3/11/1795 | Battle at Kurdla India, Mahratten beat Mughals. |
3/4/1951 | Eleven countries and 489 male and female athletes participated in the first Asian Games started at National Stadium in New Delhi. |
12/6/1992 | 300,000 Hindus destroy the mosque of Babri at Ayodhya, India. 4 die and BJP government in UP, led by Kalyan Singh, was dismissed and President's rule promulgated. Then countrywide riots followed. Pakistan and Bangladesh condemned demolition. |
10/10/1896 | Jananayak Debeswar Sarmah, freedom fighter, architect and nationalist, was born at Jorhat, Assam. |
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