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Historical Event on 2/4/1993
D. C. Kothari, famous scientist and educationalist, passed away.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
6/30/1930 | George Fernandes, worker's leader and politician, was born. |
9/17/1876 | Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay was born in Debanandpur village. |
9/14/1910 | Dennis Laurence Amo, merchant and industrialist in Maharashtra, was born. |
9/29/1992 | Andhra CM Janardhana Reddy resigned. |
7/7/1962 | 94 people died in an Italian DC-8 air crash near Bombay. |
5/24/1960 | Dr. Ida Sophie Schruder, founder of famous 'Vellore Hospital', passed away in Kodaikanal. |
6/18/1991 | Congress emerges as the largest party in Lok Sabha polls though short of an absolute majority. |
7/21/1977 | Bhudevchandra Basu, famous animal expert, passed away. |
8/15/1947 | On the the stroke of mid-night on 14th August 1947, India became independent and was partitioned. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru became the first prime minister and Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first president of free India. The mixed economy policy was taken on a five-year plan basis for economic development. On 26th January 1950, India became a democratic and is the biggest democracy of the world today. In 1956, on the basis of languages, India was divided into 14 states and 6 union territories. Today, there are 27 states and 7 union territories. |
3/19/1998 | BJP-led coalition government is sworn in. Atal Behari Vajpayee became the second time Prime Minister of India. |
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