Horoscope	Baby Names	Festivals
Articles	Pictures	Videos
India News	Indian Food	Drivers License Information
Hot Deals	Immigration	Health & Lifestyle
Mortgage Calculator	Jobs	Blogs
Advertise	Currency Convertor	Shop Amazon

Vancouver, Surrey Indian Community - BCIndian.com

HOME

BUSINESS PAGES

RECIPES

Quick Links

Festivals

Select City

Historical Event on 4/5/1908
Babu Jagjivan Ram, valiant freedom fighter, was born in Chandwa village in Bhojpur, Bihar. He held many prominent ministerial portfolios such as Communications Minister (1952-56), Railway Minister (1956-62), Food and Agriculture Minister (1967-70) and Defence Minister (1970-74). After 1977, he became the Deputy Prime Minister (Defence) in Janta regime. Thereafter, he established Congress (J). His uninterrupted representation in the Parliament from 1936 to 1986 is a world record. This day is commemorated as ""Samta Diwas"".

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/21/1952	Saifuddin Kitchlu awarded the Lenin Peace Prize of U.S.S.R. Award. He was the first Indian to receive this honour.
7/29/1995	Anup Jalota, famous Bhajan and Ghazal singer, was born.
12/17/1990	N. Janardhan Reddy sworn in as CM of Andhra Pradesh.
3/13/1947	Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as Viceroy of British India. He ruled upto 14th August, 1947.
5/13/1962	Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) became the second President of India. He held this office till May 13, 1967.
7/4/1989	Union Deputy Ministers were promoted to the rank of Ministers of State.
4/21/1992	RBI eases credit policy, lending rates reduced from 6 to 4; 13\% interest ceiling on deposits.
4/14/1944	Blast in ammunition loaded on 1,318 tonned freighter 'S. S. Fort Stikine' which was anchored in Victoria Dock at Bombay. The explosion killed 1376 people, wrecking 27 ships and destroying 40,000 tons of food.
2/14/1990	An Indian Airlines Airbus crashes at Bangalore killing 92 people.
6/30/1966	Judge K. Subba Rao became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 11/04/1967.

Explore

Contribute Articles

Contribute Videos

Contribute Recipes

Contribute Pictures

BCIndian.com is operated under IndianLoop.com network (Broadlink, LLC site) and is a Trademark of BroadLink, LLC. Any unauthorized use of these Trademarks is strictly prohibited.
All the content on this site is protected under the copyright law. No content can be reproduced in any form without the written consent of BroadLink, LLC.