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Historical Event on 3/2/1990
DMK Front to form government in Pondicherry and Congress (I) in Maharashtra.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
8/19/1916 | Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President of India, was born. |
5/26/2000 | Prabhakar G. Surur (93) died in Mumbai. |
4/1/1969 | India's first Atomic Energy Reactor started at Tarapore. |
5/25/1965 | Independent India had further clashes with Pakistan in 1965 and 1971, one over the intractable Kashmir dispute and the other over Bangladesh. A border war was also fought with China in 1962 in the North-Eastern region, which resulted in the loss of Aksai Chin in Ladakh and smaller areas in the North-east. India continues to dispute sovereignty over these areas. |
5/29/1915 | Sita Ram Surajmal Jajoo, social reformer and politician, was born at Neemuch Cantt, M.P. |
1/19/1977 | World's largest crowd--12.7 million--gather for Indian religious festival 'Kumbh Mela'. |
3/25/1954 | The first helicopter S-55 arrived ferried to Delhi. The Indian Air Force experience with rotary wing aircraft. It was indeed a 'red letter day' in the history of IAF a befitting gift on its coming of age ' when the first helicopter wearing IAF markings appeared at Palam in the form of a Sikorsky, S-55. Such a swift action, complete involvement and dedication on the part of the crew and technicians was the clear indication of the standards with which One-O-Four set about its tasks for others to emulate. |
3/20/1993 | Memon brothers, the prime suspects in the Bombay bomb blasts, escape from Dubai. |
1/21/1970 | Harivinayak Pataskar, former Central Minister and Governor of Madhya Pradesh, passed away. |
2/19/1992 | The ruling Congress party wins local elections boycotted by Sikhs in Punjab. |
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