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Historical Event on 1/26/2001
Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Ustad Bismillah Khan.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
8/16/1958 | Pather Panchali' won the top five awards, including feature length motion picture, and got a honorary mention at the Vancouver International Film Festival. |
8/14/1998 | Classical vocalist Shamshad Begum, who enthralled radio listeners in the 30s and 40s, died in Mumbai. |
10/19/1689 | Sambhaji's queen Yesubai and her child surrendered the Raigarh Fort to the Mughals. |
5/31/1973 | Mohan Kumaramangalam, Central Minister, died in an air crash near Delhi. |
10/23/1999 | The chargesheet in Bofors case is a legal triumph, said Mr. Advani. But Congress(I) calls it as a political vendetta. |
9/29/1990 | Central Government adopt a three-pronged strategy to create additional 30 lakh jobs outside the government sector over the next five years. |
12/26/1921 | Nurul. S. Hasan, educationist and statesman, was born at Lucknow (U.P). |
11/15/1995 | Qiao Shi, Chairman of the standing committee of the Chinese National Peoples' Congress, arrives in New Delhi to advance Sino-Indian relations. |
10/4/1997 | J & K Assembly passed the Ladakh Hill Council Bill. |
3/17/1995 | Congress-I in Arunachal Pradesh wins two-third majority. |
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