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Historical Event on 3/19/1935
British fire on 20,000 Muslims, killing 23.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
9/13/1990 | An attempt to hijack a Coimbatore-Bangalore-Madras Indian Airlines flight IC 534 to Sri Lanka. |
1/15/1966 | The Indian Air Force achieved equal status with the Army and possessed in excess of 70,000 personnel and was nearing its 45-squadron goal. Its composition in the autumn of 1968 included 23 fighter category squadrons, three tactical bomber squadrons, a maritime patrol squadron (with ex-Air India L. 1049G Super Constellations), 11 transport squadrons, four AOP squadrons, a number of helicopter units and a few SAM squadrons. |
6/30/1834 | Congress creates Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). |
11/13/1901 | War Secretary Brodrick claimed that Boers were killing natives in large numbers. He intended to withdraw troops from India to fight in S. Africa at London. |
4/8/1997 | Delhi High Court quashes charges of corruption and criminal conspiracy against L.K. Advani (BJP President), and former Union Minister V.C. Shukla in the Jain hawala case. |
3/25/1958 | Yograjsingh Bhagsingh Bhundel, cricketer (Indian pace bowler early 80's), was born in Chandigarh. |
9/20/1989 | IPKF suspends its operations against LTTE in Sri Lanka. LTTE, in turn, ceases all operations against the Indian armed forces. |
3/12/1995 | Congress party loses India national election. |
2/16/1980 | The first visible Total Solar Eclipse of the 20th Century was seen. This succeeded the total solar eclipse after 22 June 1898. |
4/14/1952 | Three integrated Railway Zones, Northern, North Eastern and Eastern inaugurated. |
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