Kentucky Indian Community - KentuckyIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 7/12/1949

Dutch KLM Constellation crashes near Bombay, 45 die.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1986This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Peace Year"".
2/28/1930Sir Chandrasekhar V. Raman, Scientist, 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering ""Raman Effect"". He is also the first Indian to receive this honor in Physics, The Indian Nobel Laureates.
1/6/1976Baliram Bhagat elected Lok Sabha Speaker.
4/19/1950Shyama Prasad Mukherji resigned. He was the first Minister of Central Cabinet.
5/4/1980Coal Mine Worker's Day established.
6/16/1998Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, meets her Indian couterpart A B Vajpayee in New Delhi.
4/1/2000Disinvestment not distress sell, says Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee at a conference of chief executives of PSUs in New Delhi.
4/27/1994Supreme Court strikes down section 309 of the Indian Penal Code(which makes suicide a punishable offence)- violative of Article 21.
4/6/1930Mahatma Gandhi picked up a lump of natural salt for breaking the 'Salt Law'. He was arrested at Dandi. This movement gathered strength and within a month about one lakh people were sent to jail. This violation of Salt Law was the second great step in India's Freedom Movement.
8/6/1999Kalpnath Rai (58), former Union Minister, died in New Delhi.