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Historical Event on 11/6/1998
Koneru Humpy wins the World under-12 girls' chess title in Oropesa del Mar, Spain. Azharuddin becomes the highest run-getter (displacing Desmond Haynes, 8648 runs) in LOI history in the Coca Cola cup, Sharjah.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
11/22/1968 | Lok Sabha passed notification to change the name of Madras state as Tamil Nadu. |
3/5/1948 | C. Rajagopalachari appointed the first Indian Governor General to succeed Lord Mountbatten on 21 June. |
12/20/1988 | The Constitution (62nd Amendment) Bill for reducing the voting age from 21 to 18 years receives Parliamentary approval. |
2/18/1871 | Vithhalbhai Javherbhai Patel, great nation lover and veteran parliament member, was born. |
10/3/1977 | Indira Gandhi arrested on charges of official corruption in New Delhi. |
10/6/1858 | Nanasaheb Peshwa, a revolutionary of first mutiny, died. |
9/19/1965 | Government extends ultimatum to India to dismantle forts within four days in China. |
4/4/1889 | Makhanlal Chaturvedi, famous Hindi poet, writer, Hindi litterateur and President of All India, was born in Babai village, Madhya Pradesh. |
4/13/1984 | Kerala Government drops Silent Valley Project and declares the entire area a national park. |
2/20/1947 | British Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced in the House of Commons, London, that Britain will release India before June 1948 and for this purpose Lord Louis Mountbatten was appointed to work as the new Viceroy of India. |
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