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Historical Event on 6/7/1989
Sheetal Pandya set up a world record at the age of 5 years.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
4/2/1987 | Indian Standards Institution becomes Bureau of Indian Standards. |
4/1/1993 | National Aeronautical Laboratory becomes National Aerospace Laboratories. |
9/25/1985 | Akali Dal wins Punjab state elections. |
2/26/1976 | V. S. Khandekar was honoured by Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Award for the novel 'Yayati'. |
9/23/1952 | Anshuman Dattajirao Gaekwad, batsman in 40 Tests (1974-85), was born in Bombay. |
10/16/1999 | Dr. Najma Heptulla, Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, is elected president of the 138-nation Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). |
4/15/1946 | The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was erected near a village named Kangla Tongbi at Mile 8 on the Imphal - Dimapur road. It was originally erected from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone. |
8/29/1995 | National Sports Day declared. |
4/20/1992 | U. K. Kanitkar, famous scientist, and professor, passed away. |
7/10/1927 | Ganga Ram, great social reformer and founder of Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, died in England while functioning as an active member of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. He was against dowry and child marriages and advocated widow re-marriage and also established institutions for vocational education and education for adults. |
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