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


 

Historical Event on 3/12/1995

Congress party loses India national election.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/26/1946V. K. Ramaswamy, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-till date, was born at Hyderabad. He has become one of the first Indian Test umpires to be invited to umpire in a foreign country along with P. D. Reporter.
9/25/1919Rayat Educational Institute (Rayat Shikshan Sanstha) was established.
7/31/1997Election Commission agrees to grant national party status to Bahujan Samaj Party but asks it to give up its election symbol--elephant.
6/5/1966Indian rupee devalued by 36.5 percent.
11/7/1998The Kalidas Samman awards, instituted by the Madhya Pradesh Government, are presented to Tapas Sen, Akbar Padamsee, Shriram Lagoo, Pandit Jasraj and Kalyani Kutti Amma.
9/23/1965The Indian Army secured the Kashmir Valley and the only object left was to clean out the remnants of the Gibraltar Force. Under the guidance of United Nations, the cease-fire came into effect.
8/13/1943Chintamanrao Deshmukh was first Indian to be appointed Governor of Reserve Bank.
10/30/1976Elections to the lower house of the Indian Parliament suspended again until early 1978.
3/1/1985Rajendra Sethia, the biggest personal bankrupt ever, arrested in New Delhi.
6/4/1972First Environment Day.