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Historical Event on 3/30/1992
Satyajit Ray received the honorary Oscar award..
Other Historical Dates and Events |
4/3/1999 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2E), fifth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has multipurpose communication & meteorological capabilities. This is still in use. Launched by European launch vehicle Ariane, ISRO has leased eleven 36 MHz equivalent units of C-band capacity on board to INTELSAT organisation. |
5/3/1969 | Dr. Zakir Hussain(1897-1969), third President of India and the first Muslim President who occupied this office on 13 May, 1967, passed away. He is also remembered as an educationist. |
10/14/1985 | Assam Ganparishad established. |
3/4/1906 | Hakim Abdul Majid started his medial dispensary under the name of Hamdard Dawakhana at Delhi. |
6/30/1997 | Gujarat floods claimed 170 lives. |
2/10/1859 | General Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny. |
9/12/1966 | Mihir Sen, famous Indian swimmer, crossed Darda Nailes Channel. |
2/14/1994 | V. P. Singh elected JD Chief in place of S.R. Bommai who stepped down. |
1/1/1944 | Sir Edwin Lutyens, the Builder of Rashtrapati Bhavan and England's most outstanding architect of his time, died. |
5/29/1967 | First blowdown of the 4 ft trisonic tunnel; the tunnel with all auxiliary facilities such as compressor system, electrical sub-station, design office and model fabrication shop is formally set up and commissioned by National Aeronautical Laboratory. |
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