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Historical Event on 10/20/1990
Kona Prabhakar Rao, former Governor of Maharashtra, died.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
10/21/1762 | Herman W Daendels, Brig-General and Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1807-11), was born. |
6/30/1930 | George Fernandes, worker's leader and politician, was born. |
6/30/1930 | Acharya Surdasji, famous poet in Hindi and great devotee of Lord Krishna, was born. |
10/18/1925 | Narayandatt Tiwar, former Central minister and Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, was born. |
4/27/1906 | China, as suzerain of Tibet, has agreed to the terms of a treaty proposed by Britain. According to the treaty, foreign powers may not send representatives to Tibet, receive transportation or mining concessions, or occupy, buy or lease any territory in Tibet without British permission. The British want to prevent the Russians from establishing a protectorate over Tibet, which lies on India's northern border. Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, failed in attempts to communicate with Tibet's ruler, the Dalai Lama. A British military expedition fought its way to the capital at Lhasa and concluded the agreement. |
10/1/1992 | Broadcasting of Zee TV started. |
12/4/1989 | Hardeo Joshi replaces Shiv Charan Mathur as CM of Rajasthan. |
12/14/1812 | Lord Charles Caning, Governor General and Viceroy of India (1856-1862), was born. |
1/31/1961 | Dr. Sri Krishna Sinha, first Chief Minister of Bihar, passed away. |
6/23/1997 | Acharya Tulsi, the founder of Terapanthi sector in Jainism, died. (20-10-98). |
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