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Historical Event on 8/19/1916
Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President of India, was born.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
11/21/1914 | Ujwala Mazumdar, freedom fighter and member of Bengal Valunteers, was born at Dhaka. |
7/25/1987 | Ramaswamy Venkataraman became the eighth President of India. He held this office till July 25, 1992. |
3/23/1910 | Dr. Ram Manohar Hiralal Lohia also known as ""Dauntless Dr. Lohia"", freedom fighter and socialist leader, was born at Akbarpur, district Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh. He had founded Praja Socialist Party in 1952. |
10/26/1932 | Chinadorai Deshmutu, Indian field hockey player (Olympics-1952), was born. |
7/9/1996 | A Delhi court summoned former Prime Minister Narsimha Rao to face trial as an accused in the Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case in which godman Chandraswami was already facing trial. |
4/5/1984 | Rakesh Sharma,Squadron leader, becomes India's first spaceman when he is launched aboard Soyuz T-11 of Soviet Union. |
5/26/1946 | Gandhiji considers 'Plan' the best document produced by British Government under the circumstances. |
11/24/1941 | Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar. |
9/24/1932 | Preetilata Waddedara, the first armed woman revolutionary, was hanged for ""Chatgaon Ammunitions Plot"". |
11/20/1990 | Union Government asks Supreme Court to repeal the $470 million Bhopal Gas settlement order. |
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