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Historical Event on 3/12/1988
After 58 years in the commemoration of Dandi March, Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi performed the 32 kms Dandi March from Sabarmati Ashram.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
7/13/1930 | Swarup Kishan Reu, cricket test umpire for 17 tests from 1978-85, was born in Delhi and was honoured by Padmashree in 1986. He joins the record of umpiring most Tests for India. |
3/21/1997 | Jockey Vasant Shinde retires. |
12/10/1948 | Human Rights Day. |
2/20/1950 | Sarat Chandra Bose, freedom fighter, journalist, leader and elder brother of Subhashchandra Bose, passed away. |
12/19/1952 | Nehru announces the Government's decision for establishing an Andhra State, constituting Telugu speaking areas of the State of Madras, excluding the city. |
9/15/1953 | S. Vijayalakshmi Pandit was elected as the first lady President of the eighth session of the United Nations Organisation's (UNO) General Assembly. |
3/2/1997 | Bangalore's Dr. B. V. Ravi Kumar develops India's first indigenously made HIV detection kit. |
3/4/1919 | Jagtindar Nath Beri, physics expert, was born. |
8/10/1979 | Rohini Technology Payload (RTP) intended for measuring in-flight performance of first experimental flight of SLV-3, the first Indian Space launch vehicle, failed to be placed in orbit. |
11/8/1932 | Sankhla Badluram, great industrialist, was born in Delhi. |
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