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Historical Event on 7/24/1999
Vimala Ranadive (84), senior CPI(M) leader, died in Mumbai.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
5/28/1903 | Shantanu L. Kirloskar, great industrialist, was born at Sholapur (Maharashtra). |
9/10/1920 | Subramhanyam Bharti, national poet in Tamil language, orator, author, editor, philosopher and revolutionary, passed away. |
4/3/1999 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2E), fifth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has multipurpose communication & meteorological capabilities. This is still in use. Launched by European launch vehicle Ariane, ISRO has leased eleven 36 MHz equivalent units of C-band capacity on board to INTELSAT organisation. |
12/21/1903 | Bhalchandra Digambar Garware, famous industrailist, was born. |
2/9/1757 | In a treaty between Lord Clive and Siraj Ud Daulah, Clive was authorised to safe guard (Killa Bandi) and open mint at Calcutta. Nawab had paid compensation to British Army. |
1/8/1984 | Sushma Mukhopadhyay, first Indian women pilot, died at the of 74. |
4/15/1998 | Punjab men and Railways women emerge champions in the National Volleyball League in Patna. |
2/18/1911 | Under the auspices of the British Army, French pilot Henry Pequet makes the first official airmail flight from Allahabad to Naini Junction. |
5/6/1997 | 12 persons killed and eight seriously injured in two blasts in east Delhi. |
7/25/1982 | Gyani Zail Singh became 7th President of India. He held the office till July 25, 1987. |
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