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Historical Event on 7/15/1993
Maninderjit Singh Bitta,Punjab Minister of State for Irrigation, appointed new Youth Cong (I) President.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
6/10/1955 | Prakash Padukone, internationally famous Badminton player, was born. |
2/21/1894 | Dr. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, famous scientist, was born at Bhera, Punjab. |
1/21/1996 | Lakshmi Parvati elected president of Telugu Desam NTR faction. |
5/23/1931 | Sharad Joshi, famous Hindi poet, playwright and journalist, was born. |
10/12/1995 | Inderjit Gupta re-elected General Secretary of CPI. |
2/24/1922 | Kanwar Rai Singh, cricketer (batted at MCG Test for India 1948), was born in Darkati, Punjab. |
11/8/1992 | Mother Teresa, nobel prize winner, was presented 'Bharat Ki Mahan Suputri' award. |
12/28/1995 | Third Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1C), carring advanced remote sensing cameras was launched by Russian Molniya launch vehicle. It is still in service. |
10/1/1958 | Metric System of weights was introduced in India. |
10/1/1958 | Mian Tansen, a prominent figure of North Indian (Hindustani) classical music and famous singer of Akbar's court, died at Gwalior. Tansen is remembered for his epic Dhrupad compositions, creating several new ragas, as well as for writing two classic books on music Sri Ganesh Stotra and Sangita Sara. |
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