|
|
Historical Event on 5/15/1998
The Indian Army at Chandilora (Tangmey) captured 15 kg charas, 400 gm dust of charas and 12 kg leaves of charas.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/10/1926 | Rajmata Krishna Kumari, social worker, was born at Dharangadhra. |
| 1/10/1616 | Sir Thomas Row, first English Ambassador, submitted his identification to Emperor Jahangir at Ajmer. |
| 1/21/2000 | The Samata Party National Executive elects Mrs. Jaya Jaitley as its president. |
| 10/13/1991 | Shatrughan Sinha, film star, decides to contest New Delhi Lok Sabha seat on a BJP ticket against Rajesh Khanna, the Congress nominee. |
| 1/14/1843 | Fakir Mohan Senapati, great writer and nationalist, was born. |
| 4/15/1938 | Madhurima. Ch, educationist and artist, was born in Begusarai, Bihar . |
| 12/4/1829 | Britain abolished ""sati"" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre) |
| 11/19/1962 | Nehru asks more US aid as China drives into India in New Delhi. |
| 3/21/1977 | Internal Emergency, promulgated on June 25, 1975, withdrawn by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. |
| 3/14/1931 | First Indian talkie film 'Alam Ara' released at Majestic Cinema, Bombay. Directed by Ardeshir Irani, the film was 11,152 ft. long and was produced by Imperial Film Co., Bombay and beared censored No. 10043 on March 11. The most remarkable thing about this film was birth of sound in Indian films, it came with a bang and quickly displaced the silent movies and brought revolutionary changes in the whole set up of the industry. |
|
![]()
|
|
|
