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Historical Event on 8/22/1988
Gorkha National Liberation Front signs an accord with the Centre and West Bengal on formation of an elective hill Council for Darjeeling.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
10/16/1990 | Dr. Nelson Mandela, conferred with 'Bharat Ratna', the highest civilian honour. |
3/21/1916 | Ustad Bismilla Khan, clarionett Master, was born at Dumraon in Bihar. |
12/22/1999 | The Government says there is no hidden agenda behind the US lifting of curbs. |
9/1/1999 | Ace athlete Jyotirmoyee Sikdar is awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna; coaches Bahadur Singh, Hargobind Singh (athletics) and Gurbax Singh Sandhu (boxing) the Dronacharya awards during the Arjuna awards function at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Delhi. |
1/18/2000 | India and the US resume talks to narrow their differences on the CTBT. |
5/27/1930 | Jayaprakash Narayan, Labour Research Cell, arrested after Dandi March. |
1/7/1993 | C. Subramaniam, Maharashtra Governor, resigns. |
2/16/1933 | Surya Sen Masterda, revolutionary freedom fighter, who attacked the Armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army and was underground on Jalalabad Hills, was arrested. |
1/28/1984 | Dozen's of Sikh Militants arrested in India's troubled Punjab State after terrorists killed 3 people and injured 31 in grenade attack. |
3/30/1908 | Devika Rani, famous film actress, was born. |
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