|
|
Historical Event on 6/27/2000
Maneka Gandhi, Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, launches National Initiative for child protection of which childline is an integral part.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/9/1997 | Poonam Chibber, Miss Canada, crowned seventh Miss India Worldwide. |
| 10/5/1890 | Kishorlal Ghanshyamlal Mashruwala, great thinker and philosopher of Gandhi era, was born. |
| 12/31/1984 | Rajiv Gandhi was sworn is as the 6th Prime Minister of India. He succeeded his mother Indira Gandhi. He became the Prime Minister of India for a second time and first time after elections. |
| 11/18/1937 | Rajinder Pal, cricketer (pace bowler in one Test India v Eng, 0-22), was born in Delhi. |
| 9/3/1995 | Ram Jethmalani (lawyer and MP) launches a new party, Bharatiya Lok Panchayat, to rid the country of its evils. |
| 9/20/1911 | Sri Ram Sharma Acharya, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, was born at Auvalkhera, Agra. |
| 1/1/1914 | Dhirendra Nath Mukherji, social worker, was born at Bankura, West Bengal. |
| 5/23/1947 | The U.K. Cabinet today took the historic step of agreeing to Lord Mountbatten's proposal for the partition of India into two states, one Muslim and the other Hindu. The Viceroy is to have a series of talks with Lord Listowel, the Secretary for India. |
| 6/18/1858 | Rani Laxmi Bai of Jhansi died while fighting with the British troops in the battlefield near Gwalior. |
| 10/23/1919 | Lord Curzon, ex-Viceroy of India, takes over as Former Secretary from Tory leader Arthur Balfour in London |
|
![]()
|
|
|
