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Historical Event on 4/11/1984
Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth which carried 3 cosmonauts including the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma, to Salyut 7.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
3/15/1936 | Vasudevrao Apurao Changre, leader in Maharashtra, was born. |
10/15/1999 | Maharashtra Governor P. C. Alexander asks both the BJP-Shiv Sena combine and the Congress(I) for proof. |
5/25/1965 | Independent India had further clashes with Pakistan in 1965 and 1971, one over the intractable Kashmir dispute and the other over Bangladesh. A border war was also fought with China in 1962 in the North-Eastern region, which resulted in the loss of Aksai Chin in Ladakh and smaller areas in the North-east. India continues to dispute sovereignty over these areas. |
8/5/1965 | M. V. Sridhar, cricketer (scored 366 for Hyderabad vs Andhra Pradesh, 1994), was born. |
11/5/1996 | United Front suffers a setback with one of its constituents, the Madhya Pradesh Vikas party, deciding to walk out and merge with Congress (I). |
8/17/1958 | Sir John Hubert Marshal, excavator of Mohan-Jo-Daro and Takshashila, died. |
1/20/1939 | Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, great Indian astronomer, was born. |
10/20/1947 | First battle between India and Pakistan. |
2/15/1976 | The Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering (CIAE) was established at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi. |
4/20/1930 | The Viceroy imposes an ordinance for the suppression of terrorism, following a series of attacks. |
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