|
|
Historical Event on 3/11/1990
Darbarsingh, former Chief Minister of Punjab, passed away.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
2/18/1988 | Jan Nayak Karpoori Thakur, freedom fighter, political leader, great social reformer, teacher and national president of Samyukta Socialist Party, passed away. |
7/16/1969 | Morarji Desai resigns from cabinet. |
11/6/1985 | Sanjeev Kumar, film actor, died. |
12/23/1992 | Varma Commission indicts IB, the Centre and Tamil Nadu police for failure to protect Rajiv Gandhi. |
12/23/1992 | Vasco-de-Gama was the Last Viceroy of Portuguese, who ruled India. |
6/24/1991 | Pranab Mukherjee appointed Dy. Chairman of the Planning Commission. |
5/18/1966 | Panchanan Maheshwari, great Indian scientist of botany, passed away. He studied the morphology, anatomy and embryology of some angiosperms, the class of plants which produce flowers. He discovered species of plants like ""Panchanania Jaipuriensis and Isoeted Panchananil."" He wrote two authoritative books, 'An Introduction to the Embryology of Angiosperms' & 'Recent Advances in Embryology on Angiosperms'. In 1951, he founded the International Society of plant Morphologists. |
6/21/1862 | Ganendra Mohan Tagore was the first Indian to get the Barrister-at-Law Degree after passing the examination from Lincoln Inn University. |
9/12/1686 | Aurangzeb ended Adilshah's kingdom. The garrison lost heart and surrendered Sikandar who was sent to the state prison at Daulatabad. Bijapur was invested and the city opened its gates to the Mughals. Bijapur as an independent kingdom ceased to exist. |
10/17/1979 | Supreme Court stays the execution of all death sentences. |
|
|
|
|