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Historical Event on 1/15/1921
Babasaheb Anantrao Bhosle, eighth Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was born.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
8/21/1988 | 500 killed near the Nepal border in an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale. |
5/1/1996 | Ban imposed (through a Delhi high court judgment) on the film 'Bandit Queen', based on the life of Phoolan Devi, lifted by Supreme Court. |
8/1/1953 | All Private Airlines were nationalised by establishing of All Airlines India International. |
7/16/1956 | K. L. Pawar, who guided students for the written examinations, was born. |
11/24/1941 | Attack on Pearl Harbour. |
9/2/1970 | Parliament abolishes the privileges of 279 maharajahs in New Delhi. |
9/20/1944 | Rameshchandra Saxena, a one Test batsman (India vs England 1967), was born in Delhi. |
7/15/1788 | Ghulam Kadir, the infamous son of Jabita Khan, conquered Delhi. |
9/20/1992 | Vithhal Badgelwar, painter and sculptor, passed away. |
8/21/1995 | Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, noted physics scientist, died at the age of 84. He was one of the world's leading astro-physicists for his contributions to the study of stars. Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science--the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983. |
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