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Historical Event on 12/11/1999
Dr. M. L. Madhu, poet and translator, wins the Pushkin Gold Medal award.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
10/26/1991 | Anantrao Bhalerao, freedom fighter, journalist and editor of daily newspaper 'Marathwada', died. |
9/17/1997 | Kalpakkam Mini Reactor (KAMINI), the only U-233 fuelled operating reactor in the world, attains maximum capacity of 30 KW. |
11/5/1956 | University Grants Commission Act sets up UGC. |
9/27/2000 | The Union Cabinet decides to increase the number of Padma series of awards for excellence in different fields of activities from 60 to 100. |
12/1/1993 | World AIDS day. |
7/29/1983 | First Pilot-less Aeroplane of India was tested successfully by the Aeronautical Development Establishment near Kolar. |
3/15/1983 | Farukh Abdul Latif, great politician and journalist, was born. |
6/1/1929 | V. Shantaram, S. Fattehlal (Sheikh Syed Fattehlal), Vishnupant Damle and Keshavrao B. Dhaiber, alongwith Sita Ram Kulkami, founded the 'Prabhat Film Company' at Kolhapur. |
3/19/1911 | Santosh Kumar Ganguly, cricket test empire and 10 test 1955-65, was born in Bengal. He also played Hockey and Football. He is the aurthor of ""Manual of Cricket Umpires"" and ""Technique of Umpiring Hockey"". |
8/8/1912 | Prabhulal Bhatnagar, mathematician and Padmabhushan awardee, was born. |
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