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Historical Event on 10/15/1992
Talwinder Singh Parmar, the Babbar Khalsa founder who masterminded the Kanishka jumbo explosion of 1985, was shot by security forces in Punjab.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/11/1997 | NHRC recommends to Central Government measures to prevent government servants from employing children below 14 as domestic servants. |
| 9/17/1899 | First British troops leave Bombay for South Africa. |
| 11/17/1953 | Sadanand Swaminathan, famous journalist, passed away. |
| 3/17/1989 | Daily newspaper 'Sakal' published its edition in South Maharashtra. |
| 9/11/1995 | PM Narsimha Rao inaugurated the State Panchayat minister's meet for discussing panchayat election, devolution of administrative and financial power to the local bodies. |
| 1/11/1996 | Canadian PM Jean Chretien visits New Delhi. |
| 11/24/1941 | Attack on Pearl Harbour. |
| 1/27/1996 | 'Prithvi', surface-to-surface missile, test-fired successfully. |
| 11/9/1999 | Prof. Romila Thapar, historian, is elected to the highest British academic honour. |
| 4/27/1906 | China, as suzerain of Tibet, has agreed to the terms of a treaty proposed by Britain. According to the treaty, foreign powers may not send representatives to Tibet, receive transportation or mining concessions, or occupy, buy or lease any territory in Tibet without British permission. The British want to prevent the Russians from establishing a protectorate over Tibet, which lies on India's northern border. Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, failed in attempts to communicate with Tibet's ruler, the Dalai Lama. A British military expedition fought its way to the capital at Lhasa and concluded the agreement. |
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