New Jersey Indian Community - NewJerseyIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 12/16/1980

Fisher Wealthy Hornsinger, an American social worker and who worked for Adult Education in India, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/14/1889Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India, was born. To commemorate his birthday, this day is observed as 'Children's Day' from 1957.
7/23/1904The Great Indian Peninsula Railway started First Class restaurant cars on its mail trains.
5/28/1997Former Union Ministers Arjun Singh, N.D. Tiwari, R.K. Dhawan and Madhavrao Scindia discharged in the Jain hawala case by special judge V.B. Gupta.
3/9/1989Yasser Arafat, PLO Chairman, arrives on a two-day state visit to India.
10/15/1866Vasudevacharya Kerur, famous Kannad novelist, playwright and journalist, was born.
8/20/1995305 killed and 345 injured in collision between Purushottam Express and Kalindi Express at Murlinagar near Firozabad (UP).
10/31/1919Jaikisan Harivallabhdas, great industrialist, was born.
5/13/1996Lok Sabha election results (534 out of 537) announced, giving BJP (161) the position of the largest single party.
5/3/1764Mir Kasim, with the backing of Delhi Emperor, attacked on Patna but this weak Emperor was defeated by Britishers. Britishers became the rulers of Bengal, the richest province of India.
3/30/1929Weekly postal service across 5,000-miles by aeroplane started between England and India serving India, Egypt, Palestine and Iraq in London.