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Historical Event on 3/9/1974
Guru Amudan Sharma, famous Manipuri dance master, passed away.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
8/4/1935 | Government of India got the Royal Assent Act 1935. |
7/23/1976 | Hari Chand at Montreal sets record for 10,000m in 28.48.72. |
8/4/1928 | Udham Singh, Indian field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1952, 56, 64), was born. |
5/25/1965 | Independent India had further clashes with Pakistan in 1965 and 1971, one over the intractable Kashmir dispute and the other over Bangladesh. A border war was also fought with China in 1962 in the North-Eastern region, which resulted in the loss of Aksai Chin in Ladakh and smaller areas in the North-east. India continues to dispute sovereignty over these areas. |
1/19/1919 | Omprakash Mehra, former Indian Air Chief Marshal and former Governor of Maharashtra, was born. |
11/29/1991 | Industrial and bank strike called by the left-oriented trade unions to oppose the new industrial and economic policies. |
9/18/1867 | Ganganendranath Tagore, great painter, patriot and artist, was born in Calcutta. |
5/13/1967 | Dr. Zakhir Hussain became 3rd President of India. He was the first Muslim President of Indian Union. He held this position till August 24, 1969. |
11/7/1998 | The Kalidas Samman awards, instituted by the Madhya Pradesh Government, are presented to Tapas Sen, Akbar Padamsee, Shriram Lagoo, Pandit Jasraj and Kalyani Kutti Amma. |
2/5/1968 | Narottam Nagar, veteran hindi writer, passed away. |
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