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Historical Event on 12/29/1984
Rajiv Gandhi claims for Indian Prime Minister post after his landslide majority in 8th General Elections.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
2/1/1942 | Lt Col HT Hogan raised the Regiment at Malir Cantonment. |
7/22/1978 | Indira Gandhi charged with criminal misconduct during 1977 campaign. |
8/12/1952 | Social Welfare Board inaugurated in the Parliament. |
1/14/1882 | Maharshi Raghunath Dhondo Karve, father of Family Planning and Sex Education, was born. |
3/22/1977 | Indira Gandhi-led Indian National Congress party lost the 6th general election of India. She resigned as Pime Minister of India. |
12/1/1993 | Nirubhai Desai, freedom fighter, veteran journalist and socialist, passed away. |
5/18/1966 | Panchanan Maheshwari, great Indian scientist of botany, passed away. He studied the morphology, anatomy and embryology of some angiosperms, the class of plants which produce flowers. He discovered species of plants like ""Panchanania Jaipuriensis and Isoeted Panchananil."" He wrote two authoritative books, 'An Introduction to the Embryology of Angiosperms' & 'Recent Advances in Embryology on Angiosperms'. In 1951, he founded the International Society of plant Morphologists. |
3/18/1916 | Pratapsinh Mathuradas Vissanji, great industrialist, was born at Bombay. |
12/8/1897 | Balkrishna Sharma ""Navin"", famous Hindi poet, was born in Bhyana village of Shajapur district in Madhya Pradesh |
7/11/1980 | Ebbie Kodiat, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Kuwait. |
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