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Historical Event on 11/30/1988
Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
12/3/1971 | Pakistan took the initiative of striking the airfields both in the East and the West. While the IAF carried out retaliatory air strikes in the West and shot the Pakistan Air Force (PAP) out of the skies. |
12/3/1971 | Akbar's Vajir-E-Ajam 'Bairam Khan' was assassinated at Patan, Gujarat by an Afghan assassin Mubarak Khan Lohani ( whose father was slain by Bairam Khan) in the battle of Machiwara. |
11/15/1937 | Jayshankar Prasad, famous Hindi writer, died. His works include the epic (mahakavya) ""Kamayanee"" and plays ""Chandra Gupt"" and ""Ska |
5/26/1998 | Prof. Jagdish Bhagwati, economist, was awarded the 1998 Freedom Prize of the Max Schmidmeiny Foundation. |
9/12/1779 | Garibdas, follower of Saint Kabir and founder of 'Garib Panth', died. |
4/30/1977 | Nine Congress-ruled states placed under President's rule. Janata Party formed. |
1/19/1960 | Ramchandra Gopal (Dadasaheb Torne), famous film director, passed away. |
10/16/1920 | B. Sathyaji Rao, cricket Test umpire for 17 tests from 1960-79, was born in Karnataka. |
10/1/1909 | Gandhiji wrote to Tolstoy regarding Passive Resistance movement. |
8/8/1966 | India endorses the Partial Nuclear Ban Treaty. |
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