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Historical Event on 2/8/1971
Indira Congress wins the mid-term elections for Lok Sabha. Indira Gandhi becomes PM.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/23/1919 | Govindagraj (Ram Ganesh Gadkari), great Marathi drama writer, comedy writer and poet, passed away. |
4/22/1999 | Lok Sabha passes the 1999-2000 general budget through voice vote but without a debate and without amendments. |
1/9/1922 | Har Gobind Khurana, scientist of Biology, was born in India. He did his M.Sc from University of Punjab and, for higher education went to University of Liverpool. In 1959, he produced a chemical called ""Coenzymea"", which is essential for certain processes in the human body. He was awarded Nobel Prize for medicine in 1968 along with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Halley. |
11/12/1939 | Pratap Chandra Lal arrived at the training establishment at RAF Station, Risalpur. He then rose to the Air Chief Marcharl of Indian Air Force. |
4/14/1992 | The 79th Plenary session of the Indian National Congress opens in Tirupati. |
10/1/1959 | Hon'ble Judge Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 31/01/1964. |
12/17/1990 | N. Janardhan Reddy sworn in as CM of Andhra Pradesh. |
2/9/1946 | Demonstrations were held against the trial of the INA men. The ratings and a few units of the Royal Indian Navy rise in open Mutiny in Mumbai harbours. |
9/27/1989 | Hemanta Kumar Mukherjee, noted playback singer and music director, died. |
9/19/1996 | India Development Forum pledges $7b. to India. |
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