|
|
Historical Event on 6/20/1897
Ratnakant Barkakti, famous Assamia poet, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/16/2000 | Kalyan Banerjee becomes the first Indian to head the Rotary Foundation, one of the richest bodies of the Rotary International. |
| 5/22/1772 | Raja Ram Mohan Roy, great social reformer, lawyer and politician and founder of Brahmo Samaj, was born at Radhanagar in Hooghly district, Bengal. |
| 5/22/1772 | Father Francis Xavier, Spanish founder of the Jesuits, 35, and three friends set sail from Lisbon, Portugal for Goa. They became the first Roman Catholic missionaries to travel to India. |
| 1/26/1957 | Ashok Omprakash Malhotra, cricketer (Indian batsman in 7 Tests 1982-84), was born in Amritsar. |
| 1/6/1979 | Rohini-200, first monsoon experimental rocket, launched from Thumba. |
| 6/18/1996 | CBI arrests Sanjeeva Rao, relative of Narasimha Rao, and Prakash Yadav, son of former Union Minister, in the urea scam. |
| 12/5/1935 | Bipinchandra Joshi, chief of Indian Army general, was born. |
| 2/24/1950 | G.J.M.Gazdar, computational linguist, was born. |
| 12/10/1936 | England replaces King Edward VIII stamp series with King George VI. |
| 5/13/1905 | Fakruddin Ali Ahmed, the fifth President of India, was born at Delhi. |
|
![]()
|
|
|
