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Historical Event on 12/11/1999
Gopalakrishna Gandhi, former High Commissioner to South Africa, is conferred the honorary doctorate by the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
11/18/2000 | Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, said there would be no cuts in Income Tax rates in the next budget, and signalled that the reforms process will continue. |
6/17/1933 | The civil disobedience campaign ended. |
8/30/1989 | Anti-government riots leave at least 11 dead. |
7/15/1967 | Narayan Shripad Rajhans (Balgandharv), famous singer and actor, passed away. |
8/2/1919 | Bharat Bhushan Agrawal, famous poet and winner of Sahitya Academy Award, was born. |
3/24/1944 | Manmohan Singh, famous economist and Finance Minister of India, was born. |
8/16/1991 | C. Achuta Menon, former CM of Kerala, passed away. |
1/1/1985 | United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the year as the ""International Youth Year""(IYY) with the theme ""Participation, Development and Peace"". |
4/7/1818 | British Government imposed 'State Prisoners Regulation III -1818' for detention and deportion of political prisoners and revolutionaries without any trial. This black act was in force till 1947 when India got independence. |
12/19/1966 | Rajesh Kumar Chauhan, cricketer (Indian off-spinner since 1993), was born in Ranchi. |
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