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Historical Event on 03/11/1399
While returning to his country, Timur Lung looted and destroyed Delhi and parts of North India including Hardwar, the Ganga pilgrimage town, and crossed Sindhu River.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
12/13/2000 | Vijay Samuel Hazare, former Indian cricket captain, becomes the first recipient of the 'Castrol Lifetime Achievement award'. |
7/15/1948 | Establishment of 'PEPS' (Patiyala and East Punjab States Union). |
5/7/1907 | Rajbali Pandey, famous poet, was born. |
1/14/1994 | Marathwada University renamed as Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University. |
5/16/1975 | Sikkim annexed principality and was declared as the 22nd state of Indian Union. |
8/17/1761 | William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people. |
1/17/1888 | Babu Gulab Rai, famous Hindi essy writer, critic and historian, was born. |
1/18/1995 | The 4-nation non-official initiative on Arms Reduction and Disarmament concludes with Goa Declaration (also called Shanghai-II). |
7/4/1997 | Mumbai High Court directs BMC to reinstate G.R. Khairnar, the iconoclastic Dy. Municipal Commissioner suspended in `94 and removed from service in October 1996. |
9/10/1992 | All movable and immovable properties of big bull Harshad Mehta, and others involved in the Security scam, attached. |
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