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


 

Historical Event on 12/31/1998

Air Chief Marshal Anil Yashwant Tipnis, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He is the 18th Air Chief Marshal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/23/1858Pandita Ramabai, social reformer and philosopher, was born in the State of Mysore.
10/19/1997BSP withdraws support to Kalyan Singh government in UP because of its 'anti-Dalit' policies.
2/24/1996S. Korean President Kim Young Sam visits India.
7/29/1901Rudyard Kipling, the renowned author of stories and poems about colonial India and an unofficial spokesman for the British Empire, joined the rising chorus of criticism in regard to Britain's conduct in the increasingly unpopular Boer War.
11/3/1961Gold Bond scheme was started to boost Indian economy after Indo-China war.
6/28/1975As a response to anti-government demonstrations, India imposes the toughest press censorship since independence.
3/20/1959For the first time, officials of the Indian government confirmed reports of widespread resistance to the Chinese occupying forces in Tibet. Open warfare erupted in the capital city of Lhasa.
1/23/1809Veer Surendra Sai, freedom fighter and revolutionary, was born in Khinda village in the north of Sambalpur at Orissa.
8/30/1993LPG, Petrol dealers get higher commission.
4/23/1795East India Company gave Warren Hastings a grant of the money and he was honourably acquitted of the charges.