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Historical Event on 7/15/1969
Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh, Padma Vibhushan, DFC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. After retirement he was appointed as the Ambassador in Switzerland.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
10/11/1927 | Sarojini Regani, great journalist, was born at Secunderabad. |
3/25/1609 | Henry Hudson embarks on an exploration for Dutch East India Co. at Pulicat. |
10/18/1996 | Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi to be the venue for the trial of former PM Rao. |
7/27/1991 | Army called out in Srinagar valley after an attack on security forces in which 17 persons were killed. |
1/3/1975 | Lalit Narayan Mishra, great freedom fighter, politician, leader, member of the Lok Sabha and Minister of Railways, died at a Railway Hospital in Danapur due to a bomb blast at Samastipur Railway Station a day earlier. |
12/1/1963 | Nagaland becomes the 16th state of Indian union. |
5/13/1962 | Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) became the second President of India. He held this office till May 13, 1967. |
4/26/1924 | Ramabai Ranade, social reformer, passed away. She played a major role in the upliftment of women in India and founded Sevasadan in Bombay, a hostel for the ladies. |
7/28/1921 | The All-India Congress Party votes to boycott a forthcoming visit by the Prince of Wales and urges a boycott of imported cloth. |
11/1/1966 | Haryana state was created from Punjab, and Chandigarh was declared as the Union Territory and capital of both Punjab and Haryana. |
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