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Historical Event on 6/1/1996
H.D. Deve Gowda's 21-member Central cabinet sworn in.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
6/5/1923 | Santosh Kumar Kisku Rev, great educationist and social worker, was born. |
8/4/2000 | Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and the last member of the British royal family to bear the title ''Empress of India'', celebrated her 100th birthday. |
2/23/1932 | The N. W. Frontier province is created. |
5/19/1980 | Dr. Ramashankar Shukla 'Rasal', famous writer, passed away. |
7/12/1999 | Rajendra Kumar (71), legendary actor who acted in over 150 Hindi films, died in Mumbai. |
9/1/1977 | M. L. Wadhawan was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 02-09-1979. |
2/7/1795 | Dutch Prince William V accepts British occupation of Dutch Indies. |
2/2/1930 | Vasudev Govind Apte, editor and dictrionay creator, passed away. |
5/7/1994 | Sunit Khatau, famous industrialist and textile magnet in Mumbai and owner of Khatau Group, was murdered. He was 55. |
12/24/1902 | Shashi Mukhi of Classic Theatre, Calcutta, was the first Indian to record on gramophone. This song was on 25 cms. one sided disc and the lyrics were ""Kanha Jeevan Dhan"" from the play Shri Krishna. The song was recorded by Gramophome and Typewriter Company. |
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