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Historical Event on 7/23/1990
Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Indian Prime Minister and Gorbachev sign joint declaration committing their countries to building a nuclear-free and non-violent world in the first Indian-Soviet summit in the post-Gorbachev Soviet Union in Moscow.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
9/27/1958 | Mihir Sen becomes the first Indian to cross the English Channel from Dover to Calais. |
9/14/1803 | Lord Lake was captured Delhi. |
5/2/1954 | Ceylon Asian conference ends with plea for peace in Indo-China, end of atomic tests and condemnation of colonialism. |
7/22/1925 | Homi Jehangir Teleyarkhan, social worker, was born. |
2/13/1713 | Farrukh Siyar becomes Emperor of India after capturing Red Fort. |
6/24/1869 | Hari Chapekar Damodar was born virtually. He was the first terrorist of India. |
1/9/1922 | Har Gobind Khurana, scientist of Biology, was born in India. He did his M.Sc from University of Punjab and, for higher education went to University of Liverpool. In 1959, he produced a chemical called ""Coenzymea"", which is essential for certain processes in the human body. He was awarded Nobel Prize for medicine in 1968 along with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Halley. |
3/11/1999 | Indian Davis Cup player and Asian Games gold medallist Gaurav Natekar announced in Mumbai his retirement from competitive tennis. |
5/17/1949 | India decided with only one dissent vote to remain within the Commonwealth of Nations. |
5/21/1923 | Keshavrao Kothavle `Lalit', editor of monthly magazine, was born. |
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