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Historical Event on 6/25/1996
Sunderlal Bahuguna, noted environmentalist, ends 74-day repentance fast at Rajghat following assurance from PM Deve Gowda.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
7/24/1993 | Vajpayee elected leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha. |
4/11/1984 | Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth which carried 3 cosmonauts including the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma, to Salyut 7. |
6/27/1964 | Teen Murti Bhavan, official residence of the Prime Minister of India, became the Nehru Memorial Museum. |
12/21/1911 | Central Bank of India established. |
1/14/1998 | Prof. Amartya Kumar Sen, Economist, is sworn in new Master of the Trinity College. He is the first Asian to head a Cambridge College. |
10/12/1860 | Sir Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, passed away at the age of 73. |
6/17/1991 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (Posthumous) (1875-1950). |
7/26/1994 | Government rejects JPC report on securities scandal. |
7/26/1994 | Humayun reconquered Delhi after defeating Sher - Shar Alias Sikandar Suri in Machiwara and Sarhind battles. It is said that he won the crown but not the empire. |
6/17/1917 | Krishan Kumar Chopra, medical practitioner and social worker, was born at Lahore. |
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