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Historical Event on 4/26/1992
Medha Patkar arrested in Gujarat as the third Annual Goldman Environmental Prize of $ 60000 is awarded to her.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
3/23/1911 | Indranath Bandopadhyay, Bengali comedy writer and journalist, passed away. |
8/2/1942 | Gandhi says that the Japanese might be welcomed in India should they invade due to current Indian discontent. |
6/7/1979 | Bhaskara-I, first experimental satellite for Earth resources/meteorology remote sensing and the Second Satellite of India, launched. This satellite carried TV and microwave cameras. It was launched by Russian launch vehicle 'Intercosmos'. |
2/18/1994 | India rejects OIC offer to mediate on Kashmir. |
3/12/1941 | Chinese engineers leave to survey a route for the proposed 1,000-mile-long highway from Ningyuan, China to Assam, India. |
2/4/1944 | Japanese attack Indian Seventh Army at Burma |
5/13/1905 | Fakruddin Ali Ahmed, the fifth President of India, was born at Delhi. |
1/18/1995 | The 4-nation non-official initiative on Arms Reduction and Disarmament concludes with Goa Declaration (also called Shanghai-II). |
4/12/1912 | Kirpal Singh Narang, social reformer and educationist, was born at Amritsar (Punjab). |
12/1/1921 | Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, great nationalist leader, social reformer and freedom fighter was arrested by the British police for six months and sent to jail. |
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