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Historical Event on 9/22/1986
India vs Australia Test Cricket at Madras finishes in a tie.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
10/1/1997 | Gerhard Fischer, social worker, nominated for Gandhi peace prize. The 76-year-old German "Ambassador of Humanity'' was unanimously chosen for his contribution for social, economic and political transformation through non-violence |
7/13/1912 | Shriman Narayan, educationist, administrator and diplomat, was born in Etawah, U.P. |
8/18/1990 | President R Venkataraman presented the colours to the Officers Training Academy in recognition of their services to the Nation. |
10/23/1970 | If India's ""vasectomy fairs"" had hawkers, they might cry, ""Come one, come all & all one billion."" India faces a population of one billion by the year 2000. To hold down that number, the government offered money ($13 to each man) and gifts (a sari for his wife) to those willing to be sterilized. Thirteen dollars was more than three times what an average village worker can earn in one month. In December, a fair held at Kerala attracted 15,000 men. Just seven months later, a fair in the same town received 63,000. Doctors operated in ten-hour |
12/1/1989 | Dr. Chenna Reddi (Congress-I) becomes CM of Andhra Pradesh. |
9/14/1953 | Andhra Pradesh was established. Hyderabad became the capital instead of Karnul. |
12/17/1972 | New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India & Pakistan. |
5/25/1993 | Kazakhstan offers Baikonur facilities to India. |
8/22/1919 | Girijakumar Mathur, famous modern Hindi poet, was born. |
4/23/1968 | Bade Gulam Ali Khan, famous ghazal singer, passed away. |
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