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Historical Event on 5/20/1776
Malharrao Holkar, founder of Indoor, passed away.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
8/13/1638 | Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, was born at Salwa. |
8/13/1638 | Qutubu'd-din Aibak (1206-1210) was crowned at Lahore after the death of Muhammad of Ghuri. He was originally a slave of Turkestan. As he started his career as a slave, the dynasty founded by him in India is known as ""Slave Dynasty"". The construction of Qutabminar was started during his regime. Since he was very generous, the people called him ""Lakh Baksh"". |
6/30/1834 | Congress creates Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). |
6/11/1983 | Ghanshyam Das Birla, great freedom fighter, social reformer, pioneer of Indian business, industry, and nationalist, died at London at the age of 89. |
1/14/1991 | Chitragupta, famous film music director, passed away. |
2/13/1713 | Sultan Jahandar Shah was strangled to death. Farrukhsiyar captured the throne of Delhi from Jahandar Shah with the assistance of two Sayyid brothers. |
8/18/1900 | Vijayalakshmi Pandit, first woman President of U.N.O. General Assembly, was born. |
2/14/1628 | 5th Mughal Emperor Shahjahan was crowned. |
7/15/1902 | Judge K. Subba Rao, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born. |
4/14/1991 | NF promises 5-10\% jobs to economically backward sections among the upper castes. |
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