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Historical Event on 12/8/1900
Udayshankar, famous dance master, was born.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/17/1601 | Akbar, after eight month's siege, entered Asirgarh one of the strongest forts in India. |
11/29/1926 | Prabhakar Narayan Padhye (Bhau Padhye), great journalist and litterateur, was born. |
7/18/1946 | U.K. Parliament approves British Cabinet mission report on India but Churchill says that the mission went too far in offering India independence outside of the Commonwealth. |
5/14/1992 | LTTE banned in India. |
11/30/1974 | India, Pakistan decide to end the ten-year trade ban. |
2/17/1948 | Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was re-designated as the 5th Battalion the 8th Gorkha Rifles (the Sirmoor Rifles). |
3/15/1992 | Dr. Rahi Masum Raza, film screenplay, story and dialogue writer, passed away at the age of 64 years. |
11/12/1996 | Over 350 people die in mid-air collision in Bhiwani district, Haryana. |
7/12/1947 | Pochiah Krishnamurthy, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1971 WI tour), was born in Hyderabad. |
5/13/1967 | Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) retired from the post of second President. |
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