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Historical Event on 9/27/2000
The Union Cabinet decides to increase the number of Padma series of awards for excellence in different fields of activities from 60 to 100.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
7/5/1997 | Janata Dal splits. Laloo Prasad Yadav forms Rashtriya Janata Dal and Sharad Yadav was elected as the Janta Dal president. |
12/8/1999 | Furore in the Lok Sabha over RJD President Laloo Prasad Yadav's daughter topping the MBBS exam. |
1/28/1925 | Raja Ramanna, fourth President of Indian Atomic Energy Commission, was born. |
10/31/1997 | Autonomous Prasar Bharati with enough muscle to get Government off its back is promised by Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Jaipal Reddy, while announcing changes to Prasar Bharati Act in New Delhi. |
6/11/1921 | Snehlata, social reformer and politician, was born at Mathura, U.P. |
8/15/1947 | The Defence department becomes the Ministry of Defence under a Cabinet Minister. Each service was placed under its own Commander-in-Chief. Under the Constitution, the supreme command of the Armed Forces was vested with the President. |
9/15/1948 | The India flag carrying vessel reached Bombay Port. |
4/10/1919 | Miss Mercia Sherwood, an English teacher, was assaulted by a mob in Amritsar. Brig. General. R.E.H. Dyer had given instructions to beat her. |
12/25/1771 | Shah Alam II sat on the Throne of Dehli. Marathas captured Delhi and induced Shah Alam to return to Delhi after an absence of 18 years from the captial. |
7/2/1929 | Amritlal Basu, famous Bengali playwright, died. |
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