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Historical Event on 3/26/1969
Romesh Chandra, secretary general of the World Peace Council, receives the Lenin prize
Other Historical Dates and Events |
8/17/1986 | In the Jehovah's Witnesses' case, the Supreme Court rules that ""singing National Anthem is not obligatory"". |
9/21/1895 | Annapurnanand, great writer, was born. |
2/11/1993 | Naik sacks six ministers in Maharashtra. |
5/3/1969 | Dr. Zakir Hussain(1897-1969), third President of India and the first Muslim President who occupied this office on 13 May, 1967, passed away. He is also remembered as an educationist. |
12/7/1782 | Hyder Ali, warrior of Mysore, passed away in a camp near Chittur. |
11/17/1857 | Sir Colin Campbell, British Army Officer, managed to supress Indian Mutiny sepoys at Lucknow. |
12/22/1940 | Manvendranath Rai established the Radical Democratic Party. |
3/15/1920 | Ranganandhan Francis, field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56), was born. |
12/11/1986 | The United Nations Children's fund (UNICEF) completes 40 years of work on behalf of children (11-12-86). |
6/4/1903 | Gandhiji established the weekly journal ""Indian Opinion"" organised at Phoenix farm near Durban. |
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