Vancouver, Surrey Indian Community - BCIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 12/10/1984

Justice Thakkar Commission appointed to enquire into the assassination of Indira Gandhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/25/1916Pandit Dindayal Upadhyay, great litterateur, philosopher, social worker and first General Secretary of UP branch, was born at Dhankia village, Rajasthan.
4/24/1995K. Karunakaran elected to Rajya Sabha.
7/2/1999Medha Patkar of Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) planned a 'fast' to protest against the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP).
7/25/1958Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, inaugurated.
8/3/1890Sriprakash, freedom fighter, prolific writer and member of the AICC, was born at Varanasi.
6/27/1839Maharaja Ranjit Singh, ruler of Punjab and Spiritual Guru of sikh community, passed away.
2/20/1868Sisir Kumar, Basanta Kumar and Hemanta Kumar, three brothers, first published the 'Amrita Bazar Partika', a weekly issue in Bengali.
4/11/1964Communist Party of India was divided in two parts. Firstly known as Communist Party of India [CPI], its second fragmentation was named as Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)]. This division was on ideological differences at the international level.
10/19/1970First Indian-made MIG-21 handed over to the Air Force. Privy purses and privileges of former Indian rulers abolished.
8/7/1990Union Cabinet approves setting up of Indian Broadcasting (Programme) Service.