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Historical Event on 3/17/1999
An international seminar on UN Peacekeeping was co-jointly hosted by Ministry of External affairs and Ministry of Defence at New Delhi from 17 to 19 March 1999. The seminar was conducted by HQ Army Training Command, Shimla on behalf of the Indian Army. A total of 126 foreign delegates from 71 countries participated in the seminar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/30/1995 | Notification issued for the constitution of Jharkhand Autonomous District Council. |
| 1/23/1954 | Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad declares that the State of Kashmir is a part of India. |
| 10/14/1884 | Lala Har Dayal, revolutionary, nationalist and freedom fighter, was born at Delhi. |
| 7/18/1953 | Riots against increase in streetcar fares continue with demonstrators taking control of parts of Calcutta. |
| 12/29/1984 | Rajiv Gandhi claims for Indian Prime Minister post after his landslide majority in 8th General Elections. |
| 12/31/1988 | Nuclear Fuel Complex was established in Hyderabad. |
| 9/11/1991 | V. S. Narayan, 'Janmabhumi' Newspaper Group chief, died. |
| 3/22/1907 | Perturbed by a new law restricting Asiatic immigrants, Mohandas Gandhi, a young Indian attorney now living in South Africa, organized a campaign of civil disobedience to resist the statute popular bill passed by the new Boer government of the Transvaal Colony. The Asiatic Registration Bill was considered by Gandhi unjust and discriminatory to the large Chinese and Indian populations. However, the government expressed the belief that the ordinance was popular. ""Over 90 percent of the white people thoroughly approve of it,"" said Sir Gilbert Parker, a Conservative member of Parliament. |
| 12/28/1905 | Sir Dr. Gajapatairaj Vijaya Ananda, the Maharajkumar of Vizianagram, ""Vizzy"", cricketer and Indian Right Handed Batsman, was born at Vizianagar. He was honoured with Padma Bhushan in 1958. |
| 4/28/1740 | Baji Rao I aka Thorle BajiRao Peshwa passed away at Raverkhedi near the banks of the Narmada river near Khargon and his son Balaji Baji Rao was placed on his father's throne as the Peshwa. |
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