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Historical Event on 6/3/1977
K. Brahmananda Reddi elected President of the Indian National Congress.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
11/16/1947 | Kamta Prasad ""Guru"" died at Jabalpur. He was renowned for his contribution in the field of Hindi Grammer. He was the editor of a monthly 'Saraswati' and 'Balasakha', children magaz |
1/25/2000 | The Government awards Padma Vibhushan to R.K. Narayan, Dr.M.S. Gill; Padma Bhushan for Rajnikant and Padmashri for A.R. Rehman. |
11/2/1908 | 50 years after the start of direct rule, Edward VII talks of 'prudently extending' democracy. |
1/1/1999 | George Fernandes, Defence Minister, said the sacked Naval Chief, Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat, had been displaying ""disturbing tendencies"" for over a year and even threatened his successor, Admiral Sushil Kumar, with court martial. |
8/15/1918 | Hans Kumar Tiwari, famous poet and translater, was born. |
11/29/1961 | First cosmonaut of the world, Yuri Gagarin of Russia, came to India. |
11/14/1996 | Competition Post Card', a new category of postcard, priced Rs. 2 introduced. |
5/15/1997 | Yaseen Malik, All-Party Hurriyat Conference leader, was released from Tihar jail. |
6/16/1920 | Hemant Chaudhary, famous singer and music director, was born. |
12/25/1964 | Indian Ocean hurricane kills 4,000 in Ceylon, 3,000 in Indian province of Madras. |
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