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Historical Event on 10/6/1954
Nehru declared the National Health Scheme for the entire country.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
7/25/1997 | Kocheril Raman Narayanan (K. R. Narayanan) became the 10th President of India. |
7/7/1937 | Jagdish Prasad Goenka, great industrialist, was born in Calcutta. |
9/30/1997 | 24th Stock Exchange of India set up at Trivandrum. |
4/5/1922 | Pandita Ramabai, social worker and philosophist, passed away. |
1/14/1964 | Bapu Nadkarni bowled 32-27-5-0 vs England, 21 maiden overs in a row. |
1/28/1911 | The famous Hope diamond, once worn by Marie Antoinette, was bought tonight for over $300,000 by Ned McLean, son of John McLean. Mrs. McLean wore it as a head ornament, guarded by a former Secret Service man who in turn was guarded by two private detectives. Walnut-sized and exquisitely blue in color, the 44.5-carat stone stems from India. Its owners included Louis XIV, Louis XVI, and a London banker named Hope. A sinister history of ill luck, madness, and violent death clings to the unique gem. |
5/4/1990 | Supreme Court directs Central Government to set up a Tribunal to resolve Cauvery water dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. |
3/25/1927 | Leslie Claudius, India field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56), was born. |
7/25/1976 | Sriram Singh at Montreal sets record for 800m in 1.45.77. |
9/13/1984 | Swami Brahmanand died. He established Brahmanand Inter College (1938), Brahmanand Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya (1943) and Brahmanand Mahavidyalaya (1960). He joined the freedom movement and participated in Salt Satyagraha, Non Cooperation Movement and Quit India Movement. |
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