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Historical Event on 11/22/1999
A.B.Vajpayee, Prime Minister, expands cabinet as four more ministers join the ministry including Arun Shourie.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/21/1980 | Assembly elections in Kerala; LDF wins absolute majority. E.K. Nayanar forms government in Kerala. |
3/31/1867 | Prarthana Samaj was established by Ranade, Bhandarkar and others at Mumbai in 1864. |
6/25/1996 | Sunderlal Bahuguna, noted environmentalist, ends 74-day repentance fast at Rajghat following assurance from PM Deve Gowda. |
3/25/1996 | 31st Gyanpith award presented to M.T. Vasudevan Nair at Trivandrum by Dr. Karan Singh. |
2/20/1999 | India and Pakistan signed a formal agreement for launching the Delhi-Lahore bus service. |
5/30/1950 | Devdutta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar, great historian and archaeologist, passed away. |
1/30/1948 | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the spiritual leader of Indian independence, was shot and killed by a Hindu extremist. The 78-year-old Gandhi was shot at point-blank range as he was walking through a garden to a pergola, where he was to deliver his daily prayer meeting. |
4/4/1990 | Hindi film 'Bagh Bahadur' received the best feature film award of 1989. |
4/10/1930 | Police raid the headquarters of the Indian National Congress, Bombay. |
8/8/1923 | Floods on the Ganges and Jumna rivers cause loss of life in Benares, India. |
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