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Historical Event on 11/20/1917
J.C. Bose Research Institute was established in Calcutta.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
2/14/2000 | The Supreme Court stays the Karnataka High Court judgment quashing the State Government's Ashraya scheme for providing plots to the poor. |
8/30/1983 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1B) launched. This was also a multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite, which served for more than its design life of seven years. It was launched by a US Space Shuttle. |
4/5/1993 | G. V. Iyer's Sanskrit film 'Bhagavad Geeta was adjudged the best film at the National Film Awards. |
4/2/1970 | Meghalaya, an autonomous hilly state, was established after dividing the hilly areas of Assam. |
4/23/1928 | Narasimha Murtey, educationist, was born at Nandur, A.P. |
7/22/1925 | Homi Jehangir Teleyarkhan, social worker, was born. |
11/9/1924 | Pandit C. R. Vyas, veteran singer, was born. |
11/11/2000 | Harin Pathak, Union Minister of State for Defence, resigns after being chargesheeted by a sessions court in Ahmedabad in a case relating to the murder of a head constable at the height of the anti-reservation agitation in 1985. |
1/1/1924 | Krishna Mohan Jha, famous educationist, was born at Pokharia near Katihar (Purnea). |
5/1/1902 | Tornodo hit Dhaka part of Bengal, claims 416 lives. |
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