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Historical Event on 7/9/1992
The government agrees to set up a Joint Parliamentary Committee to enquire into the security scam.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
4/18/2000 | The Board of Control for Cricket in India adopts a six-point code of conduct for the players. |
12/14/1962 | Bharathi Arun, cricketer (Indian pace bowler late-80's), was born in Vijayawada. |
6/11/1976 | Indira Gandhi and Brezhnev sign the Moscow Declaration of Friendship and Cooperation. |
11/29/1988 | Rajiv Gandhi, grandson of Jawaharlal Nehru, resigned as Prime Minister of India, a country which had been ruled by his family for all but five of its 42 years of independence. The end of the dynasty came after elections that were both violent and inconclusive, neither Gandhi's Congress party nor the opposition National Front received a clear majority, although the latter had a few more votes. The only real winner was the fundamentalist Hindu party, Bharatiya Janata, which is now the power broker. If the National Front wants to rule, its leader V.P. Singh needs the religious group's support. |
12/1/1963 | Nagaland becomes the 16th state of Indian union. |
5/26/1946 | Gandhiji considers 'Plan' the best document produced by British Government under the circumstances. |
2/10/1943 | Gandhi begins hunger strike to protest imprisonment. This strike lasted for 21 days till March 3. |
12/16/1960 | Ganesh Chintaman Karve, creator of Marathi dictionary and author, passed away. |
5/27/1999 | Sharad Pawar, Tariq Anwar and P.A. Sangma launch the Nationalist Congress Party. |
2/19/1922 | Beant Singh, former Chief Minister of Punjab and politician, was born. He played a vital role in supressing terrorist activities in Punjab. |
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