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Historical Event on 7/1/1999
K. N. Singh (70), former Union Minister and senior Congress leader, died in Lucknow.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
9/19/1936 | Pandit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, expert in north Indian classical music, died. He was also a lawyer, professor and social reformer. |
1/18/1936 | Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), famous English writer and author, died in Burwash, England at 70. He was a young journalist in British India. He wrote in verses, stories, novels childen's stories some of these were ""The Jungle Book, Kim and Just-50 stories"" and was honoured with the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907 for 'Kim' (Indian based story). |
12/10/1886 | Ardeshir M. Irani, producer, director, exhibitor and founder of Star Films Ltd. Bombay, was born at Poona. His first film was 'Veer Abhimanyu'. |
1/1/1986 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Peace Year"". |
4/15/1984 | Extremist Sikhs plunder 40 stations in Punjab, India. |
8/11/1997 | Hundreds travelling by Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express from Guwahati have miraculous escape as improvised explosive device planted by suspected Bodo extremists explodes on track near Guwahati. |
6/4/1947 | Hindi daily 'Nai Duniya' started publication at Indore, Madhya Pradesh. |
11/7/1936 | Chandrakant Devtale, famous Hindi poet, was born. |
11/7/1990 | Lawrence Durrell, great Indian English and author (Mount Olive), passed away at the age of 78. |
10/6/1927 | The first independent film processing laboratory, Atmanand Laboratory, was set up by Narayanrao alias Dhanjibhai K. Desai at Bombay. |
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