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


 

Historical Event on 7/16/1991

Railway budget hikes passenger fares by 15-20\% and freight up by 10\%.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/11/2000Mohun Bagan wins the Durand Cup in New Delhi.
9/6/1994Prime Minister Narsimha Rao meets with his counterpart Vo Van Kiet at Hanoi. Both countries decide to boost ties.
6/1/1842Satyendranath Tagore, Bengali officer and litterateur, was born.
11/18/1974Rajni Pannikar,noted story writer, passed away.
5/17/1991Prabhakar Machve, great litterateur, passed away.
2/8/1943Subhashchandra Bose started his journey to Japan from Kiel along with his secretary Major Abid Hassan in a submarine.
7/30/1883Badridas Goenka, famous industrialist, was born.
4/29/1639Delhi's Red fort construction commenced by laying the Foundation Stone by Shah Jahan. This fort was completed on May 13, 1646.
5/9/1996Kerala CM A.K. Antony resigns.
8/11/1999The last total solar eclipse of the millenium was seen in northern parts of India and France. This eclipse lasted for 2 min and 23 sec.