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Historical Event on 7/8/1996
U.N. says India is leading in HIV infections.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
8/21/1987 | Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma elected the Vice President of India (1987 - 1992). |
3/9/1996 | Chaudhary Randhir Singh appointed Governor of Sikkim. |
10/17/1906 | Swami Ramtirtha, great social reformer and poet, died at the age of 33. |
10/17/1906 | Ruknud-din Firuz Shah, son of Emperor Iltutmish, was assassinated. |
6/9/1967 | Narayan Shripad Rajhans, alias Bal Gandharva, went into a coma in Bombay and never regained his consciousness. |
3/25/1954 | The first helicopter S-55 arrived ferried to Delhi. The Indian Air Force experience with rotary wing aircraft. It was indeed a 'red letter day' in the history of IAF a befitting gift on its coming of age ' when the first helicopter wearing IAF markings appeared at Palam in the form of a Sikorsky, S-55. Such a swift action, complete involvement and dedication on the part of the crew and technicians was the clear indication of the standards with which One-O-Four set about its tasks for others to emulate. |
9/21/1945 | British promise India independence. |
3/29/1914 | Sudhir Gupta, famous Hindi poet and educationist, was born in Kalasgram, Bangladesh. |
3/9/1897 | Fans start calling the team 'Indians' (in 1915 it became official). |
3/28/1998 | The BJP-led alliance survived its first test of trust with the support of Chandrababu Naidu's Telgu Desam Party. Jayalalitha continues to call the shots. |
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