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Historical Event on 2/14/1985
Dr. Nagendra Singh elected World Court Chief.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
5/13/1883 | Henk JFM Sneevliet, leader RSAP/editor Spartacus (Dutch-Indies), was born. |
10/2/1969 | Gandhi's birth centenary celebrated all over the country. |
11/29/1959 | Govind Sakharam Serdesai, Jagirdar Raobahadur, passed away. |
8/30/1773 | Narayan Rao Peshwa was murdered by his uncle Raghunath Rao, also called Raghoba, who then proclaimed himself the Peshwa. |
4/16/1959 | Raurkela Iron Project's first furnace started functioning. |
6/20/1939 | Ramakant Bhikaji Desai, cricketer - pace bowler for India in the 60s, was born in Bombay |
12/28/1688 | Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb demolishes all temples (around 1,000) in Mathura. (During their reign, Muslim rulers had destroyed roughly 60,000 Hindu temples throughout India, constructing mosques on 3,000 sites). |
1/9/1998 | Three RJD ministers in the Gujral Cabinet - Mr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, Capt. Jai Narayan Nishad and Mrs. Kanti Singh - resign. |
2/13/1719 | Jahandar Shah was strangled to death and the Sayyid brothers were killed soon after. |
3/9/1989 | Yasser Arafat, PLO Chairman, arrives on a two-day state visit to India. |
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