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Historical Event on 3/10/2000
Nirmal Verma, distinguished Hindi writer, and eminent Punjabi novelist Gurchal Singh selected jointly for the 35th Jnanpith Award for 1999.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
2/2/1978 | The Indian National Congress (I) recognized as a national party and allotted the election symbol 'hand' (Palm). |
12/31/1999 | This Indian Railway, carries more than 11 million passengers in a day, runs on more than 62,000 route kilometers and more than 1,07,000 track kilometers daily. This is the largest Railway System under Single Management. |
3/13/1992 | K. S. Niranjan, famous Kannad author, passed away. |
3/30/1993 | Air Time Committee Chief P.S. Deodhar and its members resign in protest against the implementation of the metro channel of Doordarshan. |
4/13/1993 | Lalitadevi Shastri passed away. |
2/24/1988 | Prithvi, India's first Indigenously designed surface-to-surface tactical missile of 250km, was successfully test fired from Sriharikota. India becomes the fifth country to develop such a missile. |
10/10/1909 | Nagarwala Noshirvan Dorab, cricket umpire of five Tests, was born in Maharashtra. |
6/6/1998 | All IAF Meteorological Sections were put on high alert from 06 Jun 98, and constant interaction with India Meteorological Department (IMD) at Mumbai and the (IMD) Centre at Ahmedabad resulted in 24 hours tracking and plotting of the cyclone, which was passed down as forecasts to Service and civil authorities in the Saurashtra and Kutch region. |
6/8/1915 | P.C.Kuttikrishnan 'Urub', Malyalam story writer and novelist, was born. |
9/30/2000 | The Government appoints Dr. D.P.S. Seth as CMD of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. |
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