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Historical Event on 12/25/1964
Indian Ocean hurricane kills 4,000 in Ceylon, 3,000 in Indian province of Madras.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
5/27/1957 | Copyright Act was passed. |
9/1/1976 | Indira Gandhi asks for sweeping new powers at New Delhi. |
11/2/1971 | Hurricane and ensuing tidal wave takes 6,000 lives. |
1/16/1992 | For the first time in a decade, India decides to import one million tonnes of wheat. |
9/12/1912 | T. A. Ramachandran, cricket Test Umpire of one test during 1948-49, was born in Tamil Nadu. |
7/1/1909 | Madanlal Dhingra, revolutionary, assassinated Sir William Curzon Wyllie, a prominent Anglo-Indian, at the Imperial Institute in London. |
10/16/1983 | Harish Chandra, great Indian scientist, died. His work in a narrow branch of modern mathematics led to its developement to such an extent that it drew the attention of mathematicians all over the world. |
7/20/1990 | Tamil Nadu Bandh organised by Tamil Nadu Government to protest against the killing of Tamils in Sri Lanka passes off peacefully. |
5/22/1772 | Raja Ram Mohan Roy, great social reformer, lawyer and politician and founder of Brahmo Samaj, was born at Radhanagar in Hooghly district, Bengal. |
11/14/1957 | Children's Day. |
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