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Historical Event on 6/24/1990
President R. Venkataraman issues notification formally constituting an Inter-State Council.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
9/1/1893 | Kashinath Tryambak Telang, first Maharashtrian Chief Justice of Mumbai High Court, died. |
2/11/1935 | Lalita Narhar Bapat, famous marathi novelist, was born. |
1/18/1999 | Gul Panag (20) from Delhi was crowned Femina Miss India Universe at the Miss India 1999 beauty pageant in Pune. |
5/11/1919 | Troops under General Barrett inflicted a sharp reverse today on the invading Afghans at Bagh Springs. The whole of the frontier area was up in arms with tribesmen threatening Landi Khotal and martial law being proclaimed in Peshawar. It was expected however that General Barrett, well equipped with guns and airplanes, would soon control the situation. Reports had been reaching London for some time about the possibility of an Afghan incursion following the murder of the pro-British Emir Habibullah. His third son, Amanullah Khan, who took over the throne, was known to be hostile toward the government of India. |
12/30/1974 | Opening of the fifth Indian Film Festival. It was presided over by Satyajit Ray at New Delhi. |
7/27/1998 | B. B. Lyngdoh is sworn in Meghalaya Chief Minister. |
1/2/1979 | Gavaskar gets twin tons for India for the third time (vs West Indies). |
10/28/1998 | Ghulam Ahmed, former Indian cricket captain, died in Hyderabad. |
1/24/1826 | Gnanendra Mohan Tagore, first Indian barrister, was born in Calcutta. |
6/15/1659 | Aurangzeb was declared as the Emperor of India at Red Fort Delhi. |
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