|
|
Historical Event on 11/24/1941
Attack on Pearl Harbour.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/23/1960 | Laxmi Narayan Garde, famous journalist related to ""Venkateshwar Samachar"", ""Bangawasi"", ""Bharat Mitra"" and ""Navjeevan"" newspapers, passed away. |
| 10/26/1890 | Martyr Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi was born at Allahabad. He was also the editor of revolutionary weekly 'Pratap'. |
| 3/3/1847 | Alexander Graham Bell, great pioneer, inventor and professor, was born at Edinburgh, Scotland. |
| 4/14/1659 | Aurangzeb defeated his brother Dara Shukoh to capture the throne of Delhi. |
| 6/19/1901 | Raj Chandra Bose, Indian mathematician and statistician, was born at Hosangabad in Madhya Pradesh. He made many valuable contributions to the subject. He discovered new codes for telecommunication. In 1976, America's highest honour to a scientist came to Bose as he was elected Fellow of the US Academy of Sciences. |
| 11/22/1997 | Diana Hayden, 24-year-old Mumbai-born Miss India, beat 85 contestants from around the world to be crowned new 'Miss Universe' at Mahe in Seychelles. |
| 4/29/1997 | R. N. Malhotra, 71, former RBI Governor, died. |
| 8/1/1957 | National Book Trust inaugurated. |
| 1/24/1966 | Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister of India. She continued in this office till March 24, 1977, after winning the General Elections. She became the only second woman in modern history to head a government. |
| 3/16/1986 | Internationally wanted criminal Charles Sobharaj and 6 other prisoners escape from Tihar Jail. |
|
![]()
|
|
|
