Dallas Indian Community - DallasIndian.net
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 7/15/1991

Jagannathrao Joshi, veteran leader of Janata Party `Karnataka Kesri', died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/9/1993An Indian Airlines TU-154 plane crash lands in Delhi, all the 165 on board escape; Civil Aviation Minister Scindia resigns; PM cancels Dhaka visit; SAARC summit put off.
5/2/1926Hindu women gain right to seek elected office.
10/17/1994Kapil Dev's last one-day international vs West Indies.
10/31/1984Indira Gandhi, India's four-time prime minister, was gunned down by two members of her personal security guard as she walked from her home to her office in New Delhi. She died after four hours of emergency surgery. The only daughter of former Prime Minister Nehru was 66. Both of her attackers were identified as members of the Sikh religion. One was shot dead. The other was captured. Sikh extremists had threatened to kill Ms. Gandhi since she ordered the raid on their shrine in Amritsar. She had told an interviewer that she was not intimidated by the threats. 'I am not afraid,' she said. 'I am frequently attacked.'
2/18/1992Sikh extremists murder 17 people in Punjab.
4/28/1996EC orders re-polling in 69 booths in four states.
10/15/1996Dengue fever in Delhi takes 156 lives.
1/31/1995ISRO and Intelsat sign a $100 m 10-year-long agreement for leasing some of the capacity of the Indian-built INSAT-2E (scheduled for launch in 1997).
5/16/1945Prahraj Gopalchandra, modern author of Oria language, passed away.
5/18/1998India talks with the US on the nuclear tests.