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Historical Event on 7/3/1992

Avinash Ganesh Mohadikar, journalist and former editor of magzine `Vyapar Udyog', passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/14/1994RBI announces tight monetary policy.
1/16/1990Dr. R.R. Diwakar, Gandhian and former Union Minister, passed away.
10/1/1847Annie Besant, famous philosopher and thesophist, was born in London.
1/31/1996Asia's first Sports University inaugurated in Pune.
1/1/1903A vast crowd thronged the great plain outside Delhi today, waiting to hear the declaration that King Edward VII was Emperor of India. The crowd, clothed in brilliantly colored garments, was largely composed of common people who had come to the durbar to see India's princes pledge their fealty to the Emperor . The Duke of Connaught, representing King Edward, sat on the left of the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon of Kedleston, who sat on a throne surrounded by giant silver footstools. Lord Curzon spoke briefly, then read a message from the King, who expressed regret at not being present at the durbar and his wishes for ""the increasing prosperity of my Indian Empire."" Among the dignitaries in the amphi-theater were 600 veterans of the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857-58.
10/27/1989The XIV-World Congress of Neurology was held in New Delhi under the auspices of the World Federation of Neurology and Neurology Society of India. (21-10-89).
2/2/1978The Indian National Congress (I) recognized as a national party and allotted the election symbol 'hand' (Palm).
10/14/1953Raghunath Dhondo Karve, Family Planning and Sex Education preacher, died.
4/14/1914Takli Shivshankar, famous Malyalam novelist and short story writer, was born.
4/20/1888246 reported killed by an hail storm in Moradabad, India.