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Historical Event on 7/5/1994
Kiran Bedi, Delhi IG, wins Magsaysay Award.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
5/12/1998 | Yeltsin feels let down by the Indian nuclear tests but says that Indo-Russian ties will not be hit. |
12/27/1998 | Churches and missionary schools come under attack and many were injured in a fresh outbreak of communal violence in Surat and Dangs district of Gujarat even as the Bajrang Dal and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad announce the stepping up of their stir against the alleged conversion of Hindus. |
3/17/1943 | Indian troops retreat from Rathedaung to Buthidaung in the face of a renewed Japanese offensive on the Arakan front in Burma. |
1/2/1994 | Warden's in Arambaug, India lead about a fifty hungry and bruised elephants into a forest for temporary shelter. After a week, the herd strayed from a santuary, stampeding villagers and terrorising peasants. |
11/15/1982 | S. N. Katkar, famous poet and former editor of 'Yugvani', died. |
1/18/1972 | Vinod Ganpat Kambli, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1993-), was born in Bombay. |
10/21/1789 | Ramshastri Prabhune, justice of Peshwa kingdom, died. |
11/18/1925 | Madhukar Gopal Pathak, noted author and film director, was born. |
8/1/1993 | Jananayak Debeswar Sarmah, great freedom fighter, architect and nationalist, died at Jorhat, Assam. |
12/20/1957 | Kalinga Prize for 1957 awarded to Lord Bertrand Russell. |
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