Horoscope	Baby Names	Festivals
Articles	Pictures	Videos
India News	Indian Food	Drivers License Information
Hot Deals	Immigration	Health & Lifestyle
Mortgage Calculator	Jobs	Blogs
Advertise	Currency Convertor	Shop Amazon

St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield, Columbia Indian Community - StLouisIndian.net

HOME

BUSINESS PAGES

RECIPES

Quick Links

Festivals

Historical Event on 4/5/1908
Babu Jagjivan Ram, valiant freedom fighter, was born in Chandwa village in Bhojpur, Bihar. He held many prominent ministerial portfolios such as Communications Minister (1952-56), Railway Minister (1956-62), Food and Agriculture Minister (1967-70) and Defence Minister (1970-74). After 1977, he became the Deputy Prime Minister (Defence) in Janta regime. Thereafter, he established Congress (J). His uninterrupted representation in the Parliament from 1936 to 1986 is a world record. This day is commemorated as ""Samta Diwas"".

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/28/1972	General Insurance Business was nationalised.
6/2/1955	A British party scales the third highest peak Mt. Kanchenjunga, highest unclimbed peak.
8/13/1951	First test flight of 'Hindustan Trainer-2' (H.T.2) which was indigenously designed and manufactured in India.
2/3/1986	Pope John Paul II meets Mother Teresa at Calcutta.
5/21/1966	General Election (11th) of India ends.
9/24/1921	Dr. Sakharam Gangadhar Malshe, researcher and critic, was born.
8/1/1998	The DMK condemns the BJP-led coalition Government's decision to set up a Multi-Disciplinary Monitoring Agency and rejects the Action Taken Report on the final report of the Jain Commission with reference to Mr. M. Karunanidhi.
3/25/1983	Modern oceanographic research ship of the world 'Sagar Kanya' landed first time in the sea.
10/14/1998	Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics. He became the sixth Indian, by birth or citizenship, to win a Nobel.
2/27/1854	Lord Dalhousie captured Jhansi under the East India Company.

Explore

Contribute Articles

Contribute Videos

Contribute Recipes

Contribute Pictures

StLouisIndian.net is operated under IndianLoop.com network (Broadlink, LLC site) and is a Trademark of BroadLink, LLC. Any unauthorized use of these Trademarks is strictly prohibited.
All the content on this site is protected under the copyright law. No content can be reproduced in any form without the written consent of BroadLink, LLC.

Select City