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Historical Event on 9/6/1996
CBI arrests four Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leaders in bribery case.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
10/17/1919 | The Khilafat Movement was launched under the leadership of Maulana Jauhar Ali, Maulana Shaukat Ali and Abdul Kalam Azad. |
1/18/1995 | The 4-nation non-official initiative on Arms Reduction and Disarmament concludes with Goa Declaration (also called Shanghai-II). |
5/19/1956 | The Indian govt. bans six U.S. and two British films for presenting a 'disparaging' impression of life in Africa, including 'African Queen' and 'Mogambo' at New Delhi. |
6/10/1890 | Sunday introduced as a weekly holiday. |
1/27/1994 | 55 miners, trapped inside New Kenda Colliery of Eastern Coal Fields, die. |
11/24/1941 | Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar. |
8/11/1954 | Yashpal Barburam Sharma, cricketer (Indian right-handed batsman early 80'), was born in Ludhiana. |
4/26/1895 | Guru Baksha Singh, modern Punjabi litterateur was born. |
1/21/1963 | Acharaya Shivpujan Sahai, famous Hindi writer, poet and novelist, died. He was editor of Hindi journals like ""Marwari Sudhar"", ""Samanwaya"", ""Adarsh"" etc. He wrote 400 short stories and 67 biographies. His novel ""Dehati Dunia"" is acclaimed as first regional novel in Hindi. |
12/16/1924 | Nissim Ezekiel, educationist and author, was born. |
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