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


 

Historical Event on 1/15/1998

Gulzari Lal Nanda, Gandhian freedom fighter and twice acting Prime Minister in 1964 and 1966, died in Ahmedabad at the age of 100 years.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/23/1930Riots break out in Peshawar; 20 Indians shot down after killing of three Britishers.
10/3/1978Dr. Subhas Mukhopadhyay claimed the credit of India's first and the birth of world's second test-tube baby Durga Agrawal, who was born in Belle Vue Nursing Home in Calcutta.
9/5/1997Mother Teresa, founder of Missionaries of Charity who was awarded with Nobel Prize (1979) and Bharat Ratna, died at the age of 87 due to heart attack late in the evening around 9:30 pm in Calcutta.
6/28/1995Madhya Pradesh in central India is designated a `tiger state' to protect the animal from poachers and settlers.
2/5/1992Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar.
1/26/1929Indian National Congress proclaims goal for India's independence.
6/5/1980Manipur University was established.
8/27/1994Indian soldiers and Muslim militants clash in Kashmir.
12/14/1998The Government introduces the controversial Women's Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha.
1/29/1912Judge A.N. Ray, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born.