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Historical Event on 11/20/1999
P.G.S. Mony, Indian scientist, is honoured by the French Government.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
6/20/1987 | Dr. Salim Ali, internationally renowned expert of birds, died at Bombay. |
9/15/1860 | M. Visveswarayya, maker of modern Karnataka, was born. He was a notable engineer too. |
12/14/1969 | Bishen Bedi takes 7-98 (career-best) v Australia at Calcutta. |
11/27/1998 | India retains the Asia Cup tennis championship in Delhi beating Uzbekistan 2-1 in the final. |
7/20/1993 | Chander Mohan, son of Haryana CM Bhajanlal, wins the by-elections in the Kalka assembly constitutency by a margin of 61,800 votes. |
5/1/1992 | C. Arjun, famous music director, passed away. |
7/24/1989 | A majority of opposition members in Lok Sabha resign on the issue of C & AG report on Bofors gun deal. |
6/23/1997 | Communication equipment worth several crores destroyed and Chennai's land and mobile telephone networks thrown out of gear in a fire at Anna Road telephone exchange. |
12/25/1972 | Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, great revolutionary freedom fighter, social worker, eminent litterateur, first Indian Governor General and the founder President of Swatantra Party, passed away. |
8/30/1659 | Aurangzeb plotted the death of his brother Dara Shikoh and beheaded him. He was buried in a vault under the dome of Humayun's tomb. |
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