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Historical Event on 5/17/1993
Ravi Naik, Goa CM, resigns; Dy. CM Wilfred D'Souza elected to succeed.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
2/2/1967 | US President Johnson orders consignment of 2 mil. tons of food grains to be sent to India. |
1/18/1995 | Kumble takes 16-99 in a match for Karnataka vs Kerala. |
12/9/1942 | Dr. Dwarkanath Kotnis, doctor of international fame, died at Kokun village, China. |
5/26/1998 | Prof. Jagdish Bhagwati, economist, was awarded the 1998 Freedom Prize of the Max Schmidmeiny Foundation. |
5/25/1941 | Sagarmal Gopa, a devoted patriot and freedom fighter, was arrested in Jaisalmer. He wrote two books ""Jaisalmer Rajya ka Gunda Shasan"" and ""Raghunath Singh Ka Mukadma"" for which he was prohibited to enter in Jaisalmer. |
7/25/1986 | Sikh extremist kill 16 Hindus in Muhktsar India. |
8/3/1967 | Rasiklal Das, great revolutionary, died. |
3/16/1977 | Sixth General Election of India begins. |
11/22/1718 | Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, died on the banks of the Sipra at Ujjain. |
7/18/1993 | Girilal Jain, 71, The Times of India editor, died. |
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