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Historical Event on 2/25/1993
113 MPs arrested and Murali Manohar Joshi injured in police action.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
9/20/1857 | British troops conquered Delhi from the Mutineers. |
9/30/1687 | Aurangzeb acquired the famous Golconda fort near Hyderabad from the Qutub Shahi Sultan Tana Shah due to the treachery of his General Panni. |
9/30/1687 | Turkish Armada retired.The arrival of a new Portuguese fleet. |
3/17/1769 | To establish the business of English Mill's Cloth, East Indiian Company had imposed various restriction on weavers of Bengal to destroy the Muslim and textile industry in Bengal , which was meant to destroy the Indian cloth and 'malmal' industry. |
9/14/1820 | Agri-Horticultural Garden of Calcutta started functioning. |
3/29/1998 | The new govt. wins the vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha. |
10/22/1796 | Sawai Madhav Rao Peshwa II committed suicide by jumping from the terrace. |
4/2/1948 | Defence Minister announces the establishment of the National War Academy in Kharakvasla, Poona. |
1/28/1911 | The famous Hope diamond, once worn by Marie Antoinette, was bought tonight for over $300,000 by Ned McLean, son of John McLean. Mrs. McLean wore it as a head ornament, guarded by a former Secret Service man who in turn was guarded by two private detectives. Walnut-sized and exquisitely blue in color, the 44.5-carat stone stems from India. Its owners included Louis XIV, Louis XVI, and a London banker named Hope. A sinister history of ill luck, madness, and violent death clings to the unique gem. |
8/16/1991 | C. Achuta Menon, former CM of Kerala, passed away. |
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