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Historical Event on 11/14/2000
Jharkhand, the 28th State of the Indian Union, comes into being and the new Governor, Prabhat Kumar, and the Chief Minister, Babulal Marandi, take office.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
3/5/1999 | Geet Sethi won the 1999 World matchplay billiards championship in Midsomer Norton. |
8/1/1920 | Bipin Chandra Pal opposed to the Non Co-operation Movement and retired from politics, but movement was approved by Congress. |
5/25/1877 | Sir John Lawrence--passenger steamer of McLean & Co. of Calcutta--sank near the coastline of Orrisa in a storm. This ship carried 732 passengers. |
1/15/1965 | Food Corporation of India inaugurated in Madras. |
4/6/1919 | Mahatma Gandhi declared an All India Strike against the Rollatt Act .This was the first strike. |
9/26/1904 | R. V. Jagirdar, famous Kannad play writer, was born. |
11/7/1867 | Madam Marie Sklodowska, great scientist, professor and Nobel Prize awardee, was born in Poland. |
11/29/1926 | Prabhakar Narayan Padhye (Bhau Padhye), great journalist and litterateur, was born. |
12/12/1971 | Sadik Gulam Muhammad, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, died. |
12/23/1964 | India & Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed. |
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