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Historical Event on 10/20/1991
6.1-7.1 earthquake in uttar Kashi and three northern districts of UP in the Himalayan foothills kills more than 1,600 people.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
11/15/1992 | 37 die in a landslide at Meghamalai near Chinnamanur. |
9/10/1858 | Manilal Nathubhai Dwivedi, great author and father of modern Gujarati poems, was born. |
12/5/1991 | 56 JD MLA's belonging to V.P. Singh faction elect a new leader in UP. |
3/31/1986 | Bombay Telephone Nigam renamed as Mahanagar Telephone Nigam. |
7/6/1960 | The President promulgates the ESMA, 1960. |
7/17/1947 | Ramdas Coastal Steamer sank off Bombay claiming 550 lives. |
12/28/1688 | Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb demolishes all temples (around 1,000) in Mathura. (During their reign, Muslim rulers had destroyed roughly 60,000 Hindu temples throughout India, constructing mosques on 3,000 sites). |
8/2/1977 | Jaswinder ""Jas"" Jutla, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Glasgow, Scotland. |
4/15/1998 | Punjab men and Railways women emerge champions in the National Volleyball League in Patna. |
12/1/1894 | Bhim Sen Sachar, freedom fighter, leader and Chief Minister of Punjab, was born. |
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