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


 

Historical Event on 9/15/1993

Election Commission announces polls in the former BJP-ruled states of UP, MP, HP, Rajasthan and in Delhi and Mizoram.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1948Gandhi breaks 121-hour fast in New Delhi, after halting of Muslim-Hindu riots in Calcutta. He breaks the fast on security pledges from communal leaders who ""Peace Pledge"" to Gandhiji.
7/26/1975Anti-government demonstrations held in Gujarat, defying the emergency law prohibiting such demonstrations.
12/12/1996India and Bangladesh arrive at a settlement to share Ganga water.
2/7/1975Banke Bihar, mystery and religious story writer, passed away.
9/14/1992Three days of heavy rains cause flooding in northern India and Pakistan claiming 2,500 lives.
12/23/1902Chaudhary Charan Singh was born at Noopur village in Hapur Tehsil near Meerut. He was a freedom fighter and had done many deeds for upliftment of Agriculture in India. He was the Prime Minister of India from July 1979 to January 1980.
10/6/1963Baba Kharak Singh, freedom fighter and grand old man of Punjab, died.
3/28/1917Umesh Chandra Panigrahi, great author and journalist, was born at Raruan, Orissa.
2/6/1887Manabendra Nath Roy (his childhood name was Narendranath Bhattacharya), leftist thinker, great Indian politician and philosophist, was born at Arbelia village of 24-Parganas of West Bengal. He was the founder of 'Radical Democratic Party' after quitting Congress during World War II.
2/28/1919Sunderlal Khurana, great politician and journalist, was born.