New England Indian Community - NewEnglandIndians.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 6/25/1996

Sunderlal Bahuguna, noted environmentalist, ends 74-day repentance fast at Rajghat following assurance from PM Deve Gowda.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/7/2000Kamaluddin Ahmed, former APCC(I) president and four times Congress MP, joins the BJP.
11/22/1999V. S. Rama Devi and Vishnu Kant Shastri appointed the new Governors of Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh.
12/29/1953The States Reorganisation Commission.
5/5/1998Yashwant Sinha and Madan Lal Khurana, Union Ministers, are discharged in the hawala case.
8/11/1999The last total solar eclipse of the millenium was seen in northern parts of India and France. This eclipse lasted for 2 min and 23 sec.
4/16/1997Anupama Gokhale wins National women's `A' chess in Calcutta.
11/12/1958Satyajit Ray gets the award for best direction at the San Francisco International Film Festival.
8/8/1955Dr. Homi J. Bhabha elected chairman of the international conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy.
2/25/1999The curtains came down on the fifth National Games. Manipur won the overall championship while swimmers Nisha Millet of Karnataka and Sebastian Xavier of Kerala were adjudged the best sportswoman and sportsman respectively.
12/1/1990Vijayalaxmi Pandit, first Indian Lady Ambassador and Politician, passed away at the age of 90 years.