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Historical Event on 12/10/1992
The Central Government bans RSS, VHP, ISS, Bajrang Dal and Jamait-e-Islami.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
12/28/1896 | In the Indian National Congress, Vande Mataram was first sung in Calcutta. |
1/23/1915 | Kamal Nayan Bajaj, famous industrialist, was born. |
5/2/1954 | Ceylon Asian conference ends with plea for peace in Indo-China, end of atomic tests and condemnation of colonialism. |
3/2/1996 | Malabar University (Kerala) comes into being. |
3/2/1996 | The first ship of the Dutch East India Company returned from Far East. |
12/4/1982 | Asian Games at Delhi concluded. |
6/3/1844 | Balkrishna Bhatt, essay writer, critic and journalist in Hindi, was born. |
6/6/1867 | Baba Kharak Singh, freedom fighter, was born at Sialkot. |
12/10/1969 | Norman Borlaug, the Iowa-born crop expert, whose research on new strains of high-yielding rice and wheat has led to a Green Revolution in developing countries, was awarded the Nobel peace prize today. Working at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center of Mexico since 1944, Borlaug, 56, has directed a team of agronomists working on the development of new crop plant strains that have allowed Third World farmers to multiply yields dramatically. His organization has trained farm technicians from 29 countries, including India, Pakistan and Turkey, enabling them to move steadily toward the goal of self-sufficiency in food production. |
5/19/1953 | State to control production and distribution of minerals involved in atomic energy development. |
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