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Historical Event on 7/18/1990
Following the end of six months Governor's rule, President's rule imposed in J&K.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
10/26/1943 | Cholera epidemic killed 2,155 people in the third week of October at Calcutta. |
2/2/1958 | Family tradition still counts for something in Indian politics. Indira Gandhi, the only daughter of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the granddaughter of a statesman, has been elected president of the Congress party in India. Mrs. Gandhi will be installed into her new office next Sunday, and her job is not expected to be an easy one. The Congress party has been wracked by internal dissension and has been on the verge of collapse. It is hoped that Mrs. Gandhi, who is 41, will breath some new life into the party. Most of the politicians who have been arguing about the future of their party and country are fairly old. Mrs. Gandhi, who is known for her leftist sentiments, is expected to act quickly to put her own mark on party policies. |
3/23/1757 | Lord Clive conquered Chandranagar after defeating the French troops. |
12/4/2000 | India deports TULF functionary-turned LTTE supporter M.K. Eelavendhan, a Chennai resident for over a decade. |
1/11/1990 | R. Shekhar became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 14/12/90). |
1/30/1882 | Franklin Delano Roosevelt, great leader and social reformer, was born at Hyde Park, New York. |
1/23/1976 | Gautam Buddha's lost city of Kapilavastu was found in an excavation. |
1/24/2000 | Supreme Court imposes, with immediate effect, a ban on industries in Delhi and Haryana from discharging untreated industrial effluents into the Yamuna. |
12/23/1993 | PM announces Local Area Development Scheme by which each MP can sanction projects worth Rs.1 crore. |
11/16/1908 | Bommi Narsingh Reddy, famous film story writer, was born. |
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