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Historical Event on 12/11/1998
Kavi Pradeep (84), poet who received 1998 Dadasaheb Phalke award, dies in Mumbai. He was a patriotic song writer and wrote several immortal Hindi film songs.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/20/1993 | Captain Karamjeet Singh, first Pramveer Chakra Awardee, passed away. |
7/20/1991 | Shanmugam, suspect in Rajiv murder case, found dead. |
7/15/1992 | Lucknow High Court stays any construction activity near the disputed temple in Ayodhya. |
11/3/1990 | Manmohan Krishna, famous film actor, passed away. |
3/18/1922 | Mohandas K. Gandhi ""Mahatma,"" the great spirit, sentenced by British authorities to six years in prison for sedition at Sabarmati. Gandhi was sentenced just eight days after he was arrested. The British acted hastily after government officials in London and India were criticized for not arresting him sooner. In London, the Secretary of State for India was forced to resign because of the controversy over Gandhi. In India, the arrests of Gandhi and other Indian nationalists had only increased sympathy for their cause. |
7/6/1930 | Balmurlikrishna, famous singer, was born. |
10/4/1999 | Rest of India won the Zal Irani Trophy in Bangalore. |
12/15/1997 | Orissa Janata Dal unit splits with 29 of 43 Legislature Party members forming 'Biju Janata Dal'. |
12/22/1975 | Vishnupant Purshottam Bhagwat, editor, publisher and printer of monthly magzine ""Satyakatha"", d |
12/8/1970 | Army Ordnance Corps was awarded the 'Colours' by the Vice President of India, Shri G S Pathak, at AOC Centre, Secunderabad. The Ordnance colour is a scarlet silken flag with the Ordnance crest in the center and surrounding it is a wreath of Ashoka Leaves and Lotus flowers. |
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