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Historical Event on 11/1/1991
J.N. Dixit appointed the next Foreign Secretary.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
9/7/1999 | India rejects Pakistan demand for a East Timor type of referendum in Kashmir. |
12/28/1688 | Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb demolishes all temples (around 1,000) in Mathura. (During their reign, Muslim rulers had destroyed roughly 60,000 Hindu temples throughout India, constructing mosques on 3,000 sites). |
11/25/1879 | Sri Thanwardas Lilaram Vaswani, professor, saint poet, great orator and prolific writer, was born in Hyderabad, Sindh (now in Pakistan). He was the founder of Mira Movement. |
12/8/1930 | British Gen. Norman Simpson shot at desk by Indian nationalists. |
9/5/1846 | Sir Charles Metkaf, Governor General of East India Company, died. |
7/26/1927 | Gulabrai Sipahahimalani Ramchand, cricketer (valuable all-rounder in 33 Tests for India), was born in Karachi. |
7/6/1998 | Salman Khursheed is appointed the new UPCC(I) chief. While Tindivanam K. Ramamurthy is the new TNCC(I) chief, Sat Mahajan has been appointed HPCC(I) president. |
7/5/1905 | Lord Curzon joined the part of Bengal to Asam and divided Bengal. |
12/14/1962 | Bharathi Arun, cricketer (Indian pace bowler late-80's), was born in Vijayawada. |
1/21/1882 | Vaman Malhar Joshi, Marathi novelist, was born. |
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