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Historical Event on 7/21/1995
Sajjad Husain, famous film music director, passed away.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
11/16/1990 | Chandrasekhar Government wins confidence motion of 280 for 214 against and 11 abstained (17 members were absent). |
4/18/1858 | Bharatratna Dhondo Keshav Karve, great educationalist and social reformer, was born. |
1/1/1920 | Seth Darbari Shah, great industrialist, was born in Ikhlas. |
10/29/1997 | P. Chidambaram, Finance Minister, says Indian rupee will be made fully and freely convertible by year 2000. |
4/5/1908 | Babu Jagjivan Ram, valiant freedom fighter, was born in Chandwa village in Bhojpur, Bihar. He held many prominent ministerial portfolios such as Communications Minister (1952-56), Railway Minister (1956-62), Food and Agriculture Minister (1967-70) and Defence Minister (1970-74). After 1977, he became the Deputy Prime Minister (Defence) in Janta regime. Thereafter, he established Congress (J). His uninterrupted representation in the Parliament from 1936 to 1986 is a world record. This day is commemorated as ""Samta Diwas"". |
5/7/1958 | Acharya Kripalani elected leader of a new opposition group in the Lok Sabha. |
12/25/1937 | Pitambar Datt Kaushika, great educationist, was born at Bulandshahar. |
1/6/1992 | Sachin Tendulkar completes 148* vs Australia at the SCG. |
3/18/1974 | Buddhadev Basu, modern Bengali poet, story writer, playwright and critic, passed away. |
5/4/1959 | Nehru rejects proposals that India and Pakistan resolve their differences and set up a common alliance against Communist China. |
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