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


 

Historical Event on 3/13/1996

Wills World Cup Cricket semi final (India vs Sri Lanka) at Calcutta abandoned due to unruly crowd behaviour. Sri Lanka enters final.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/1/1964Unit Trust of India' established.
12/21/1956The Hindu Adoption Sub-Act 1956 was accepted.
2/12/1871Charles Freer Andrews, great social worker, humanitarian, leader and a true friend of India, was born in New-Castle-on-Tyne in U.K.
7/21/1947Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.
7/23/1976Hari Chand at Montreal sets record for 10,000m in 28.48.72.
5/15/1992CBI begins probe into the security scam.
12/24/1894The first medical conference was held in Calcutta.
6/22/1994Law for the betterment of women introduced.
3/21/1996Supreme Court holds that attempt to suicide and its abetment would continue to be punishable offences.
5/2/1769Sir John Malcom, former Governor of Mumbai and historian, was born.