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Historical Event on 5/3/1927
Riots between Sikhs and Muslims in Lahore claims 14 lives and leaves 100 injured.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
10/22/2000 | The Supreme Court, in a significant order, erases Karnataka High Court judgement discharging former Chief Minister S. Bangarappa and his then private secretary R. Suribabu in a corruption case. |
10/14/1940 | Cliff Richards [Harry Webb], rock vocalist, was born in Lucknow, India. |
3/30/1993 | Air Time Committee Chief P.S. Deodhar and its members resign in protest against the implementation of the metro channel of Doordarshan. |
1/30/1911 | Gajananrao Joshi, famous violin player and singer of ""Gwalior Gharana"", was born. |
2/6/1949 | India to nationalize the estate of Nizam, the world's richest man, from Hyderabad. |
8/15/1947 | India gains independence from the British rule and Pakistan emerges as a separate Islamic nation. Around 600,000 die in clashes during the subsequent population exchange of 14 million people between the two new countries. |
4/25/1976 | India all out for 97 vs West Indies because five men absent hurt. |
7/21/2000 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announces a special fund for population projects with the Planning Commission providing seed money of Rs. 100 crores. He was addressing the maiden meeting of the National Population Commission. |
11/20/1989 | Hirabai Barodekar, famous singer of ""Kirana Gharana"", passed away. |
11/10/1922 | S. K. Raghunath Rao, cricket test umpire for 7 tests from 1960-67, was born in Karnataka. |
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