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Historical Event on 9/12/1998
India, Malaysia sign an agreement on cooperation in science and technology in Kuala Lumpur.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/15/1971 | Dinanath Damodar Dalal, great artist, passed away. |
| 7/1/1852 | For the first time in Asia, Postal Stamp for the general public was issued by Sindh Province in Karachi. |
| 2/24/1899 | Maheshchandra Burjorjee Bilimoria, film distributor, was born. |
| 11/6/1930 | First Round Table Conference held at London. |
| 7/21/1947 | Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three. |
| 8/12/1928 | The Olympic Games hosted by Amsterdam fully realized Pierre de Coubertin's vision: 'the nations of the world in friendly competition'. After a succession of Olympics dominated by North America and Western Europe, Amsterdam welcomed more than 3,000 competitors. |
| 6/20/1997 | Second round of Foreign Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan starts in Islamabad. |
| 3/31/1994 | Argentina President Carlos Menem visits India. |
| 6/9/1967 | Narayan Shripad Rajhans, alias Bal Gandharva, went into a coma in Bombay and never regained his consciousness. |
| 3/10/1873 | Maulana Shaukat Ali, freedom fighter, nationalist and Muslim politician, was born. |
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