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Historical Event on 9/20/1993
Narsimha Rao, Prime Minister, arrives in Teheran on a three-day visit.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
10/14/1989 | Election Commission accepted Shiv Sena as a political party. |
3/4/1996 | King of Bhutan arrives in India for a three-day state visit. |
5/23/1990 | Banarasi Das Gupta elected CM of Haryana following Om Prakash Chautala's resignation. |
3/20/1925 | Marquess Curzon of Kedleston died this morning at age 66 from complications following an operation. Long a kingpin of the Conservative party, Lord Curzon spent 40 years in public life, serving as Viceroy and Governor General of India and, at the end of his career, as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Though he came close to becoming prime minister in 1923, his aristocratic past militated against him in an era which nominated leaders from the House of Commons. He twice wed US women and enjoyed fame as an author of books about politics and his own travels. |
8/4/1923 | Nagpur University started working. |
8/21/1972 | A law was passed for protecting wild animals, including lions and tigers, from extinction. |
8/2/1993 | Seven JD (A) rebel MPs admitted to Congress (I). |
9/17/1937 | Sitakant Mahapatra, 1933 Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Orria poet, was born. |
10/17/1970 | Anil Radhakrishna Kumble, cricketer (great Indian leg spinner since 1990), was born in Bangalore. |
4/1/1993 | National Aeronautical Laboratory becomes National Aerospace Laboratories. |
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