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Historical Event on 9/27/2000
The Union Cabinet decides to increase the number of Padma series of awards for excellence in different fields of activities from 60 to 100.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
12/31/1966 | Bishen Singh Bedi made his Test Cricket debut vs West Indies at Calcutta. |
11/30/1920 | N. B. Kamat, filmmaker and distributor, was born. |
6/1/1992 | Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Academy established at Satara. |
8/27/1952 | Vigyan Mandir inaugurated at Nazafgarh Road, New Delhi. |
12/25/1991 | Ajit Singh expelled from the JD. |
6/20/1939 | Ramakant Bhikaji Desai, cricketer - pace bowler for India in the 60s, was born in Bombay |
4/12/1752 | Agreement to save the king between Shinde and Holkar. |
1/20/1988 | Khan Abdul Gafar Khan, follower of Mahatma Gandhi, better known as Sarhadi Gandhi or Frointier Gandhi, passed away. |
4/22/1923 | Babani Sheshagiri Pai, social worker and journalist, was born at Ankola in Karnataka. |
11/21/1961 | Communist China announced a cease-fire in its border war with India and said it would withdraw its troops 12 miles behind the boundary lines that existed in 1959. China said it was making the move to end the hostilities and to implement proposals it had made in October to settle the border dispute. Before the ceasefire, Chinese troops had seized the Indian headquarters at Bomdila near Tibet and were threatening the Indian state of Assam. Faced with defeat on the border and a Chinese invasion, the Indian government said it would ""respond positively"" to the Chinese offer of a ceasef |
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