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Historical Event on 6/20/1997
Second round of Foreign Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan starts in Islamabad.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
12/12/1971 | Sadik Gulam Muhammad, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, died. |
10/12/1990 | Government of India announces a 15\% cut in oil consumption, exempting LPG and kerosene. |
6/3/1844 | Balkrishna Bhatt, essay writer, critic and journalist in Hindi, was born. |
5/8/1990 | Paul Mantosh and Joss Fernandes take oath as nominated Anglo-Indian members in Lok Sabha. |
11/20/1942 | Attri Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested for further six months. She was earlier arrested for personal satyagraha and to hoist the national flag in Delhi Central Jail on January 26. |
1/15/1996 | Restoration of the original name of the city as ""Mumbai"" for Bombay Vide Maharashtra Act No, XXV of 1996. |
10/20/1960 | Indian mountaineers reach the peak of Nanda Ghunti for the first time in the Kumaon Hills. |
4/25/1998 | The Government announces a new salary structure for university and college teachers, consequent to the implementation of the Fifth Pay Commission recommendations. |
12/12/1930 | Babu Genu sacrificed his life to stage the boycott of foreign goods. |
6/28/1972 | Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis died. He was the first founder of Indian statistical Institute to receive world recognition. In 1958, he started his national sample surveys. A Sample survey means assessing a situation by studying a part of it which would represent the whole, some of his proposals were included in the second five year paln. His original work made him elected as fellow of the Royal society in 1945. |
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