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Historical Event on 3/6/2000
India and China begin the first ever bilateral security dialogue in Beijing on global and regional issues of mutual interest.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
8/10/1986 | Gen. A.S. Vaidya, who was Chief of Army Staff, at the time of 'Operation Blue Star', was shot dead at Pune. |
6/17/1917 | Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba started living at Hriday Kunj in Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad. |
1/1/1983 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Communications Year"". |
11/1/1999 | Soli Sorbajee is re-appointed the Attorney General. |
11/1/1999 | Ibrahim Lodi (1517-26) succeeded the throne of Delhi, after the death of his father Sikandar Lodi. |
12/15/1965 | Third cyclone of the year kills another 15,000 at mouths of Ganges river. |
8/9/1942 | The Congress at its Bombay session passed the famous Quit India resolution, calling for mass struggle on non-violent lines on the widest possible scale, under the leadership of Gandhiji. He stressed that ""We shall either free India or die in the attempt; We shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery""; popularly known as ""Do or Die"". But before the Congress could start the movement, the government arrested all the major leaders and the Congress was declared illegal. Spontaneous popular revolts broke out with the battle cry of 'British Quit India'. |
12/8/1992 | World-wide protest against Ayodhya demolition, temples burnt in Pakistan and Britain; Advani, Joshi, Singhal arrested; Nation observes 'bandh'. |
9/19/1997 | Ambar Roy, Indian test batsman (1969-70), died in Calcutta. |
8/11/1997 | 135 persons killed in flash floods in Shimla & Kiannaur districts of Himachal Pradesh. |
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