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Historical Event on 1/22/1963
The National Library for the Blind, the first national institute of its kind, was set up at Dehradun.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
5/17/1997 | Two workers belonging to Mamsapuram near Srivilliputtur ''burnt alive'' at neighbouring Edayankulam by its residents who took them hostage. |
11/9/1877 | Muhammad Iqbal, Urdu poet, was born in Sialkot (now in Pakistan). |
9/12/1934 | Shantakumar Jagannath Sharma was born in Garhjamula, Distt. Kangra (Himachal Pradesh). |
4/17/1946 | Shri Valangaiman Sankaranarayana Srinivasa Shastri, greatest social reformer, freedom fighter, educationist, politician, master, scholar of Sanskrit and President of India, passed away. |
8/17/1996 | CBI seizes another Rs. 65 lakhs from Sukh Ram's residence. |
1/19/1905 | Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, Bengali writer and thinker, passed away. |
1/19/1905 | Bahadur Shah captured the fort of Chittor and then marched against the Mughal emperor. |
11/12/2000 | Huge voter turnout for Congress Presidential poll. Seven top BSF and IAF officials die after their MI8 helicopter crashes near Lakhpat in the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat. |
6/28/1928 | Baburao Sadvelkar, famous painter, was born. |
6/18/1989 | India and Pakistan decide to end the five-year-old confrontation in Siachen Glacier area by redeploying their forces. |
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