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Historical Event on 10/29/1997
P. Chidambaram, Finance Minister, says Indian rupee will be made fully and freely convertible by year 2000.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
3/31/1930 | Shyamji Krishna Varma, freedom fighter, nationalist and patriot, passed away in Geneva. |
2/19/1992 | An all-time low turn out of about 30\% registered in the Punjab Assembly polls. |
3/25/1933 | Vasantrao Gowarikar, space scientist, was born. |
3/25/1933 | Acharya Surdasji, famous poet in Hindi and great devotee of Lord Krishna, was born. |
6/10/1908 | Mary Clubwala Jadhav, politician and social worker, was born. |
3/19/1998 | BJP-led coalition government is sworn in. Atal Behari Vajpayee became the second time Prime Minister of India. |
2/21/1997 | J. M. Lyngdoh appointed Election Commissioner. |
3/16/1928 | C.V. Raman announced his discovery of ''new radiation'' to an assembly of scientists at Bangalore. |
6/13/1940 | Revolutionary leader Udham Singh was hanged for charges of assassinating Micheal Odair, who was the Governor General of Punjab at the time of Jalianwala Baug massacre. |
12/1/1966 | Nagaland becomes a state of the Indian Union. |
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