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Historical Event on 10/16/1990
Dr. Nelson Mandela, conferred with 'Bharat Ratna', the highest civilian honour.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
9/22/1891 | Gangopadhyay Taraknath, famous novelist in Bengal, passed away. |
7/15/1904 | Mogubai Kurdikar, veteran singer of 'Jaypur Gharana', was born. |
3/25/1989 | India's first super-computer X-MP-14 of US make was dedicated to the nation. |
4/24/1993 | Congress dissidents K. N. Singh, Natwar Singh, K. L. Fotedar and Shiela Dikshit suspended. |
12/25/1954 | Manvendranath Roy, great patriot, died. |
9/29/1992 | Ramesh Krishnan and Leander Paes put India into the World round of 16 nations in the Davis Cup tennis by defeating Britain (4-1) |
10/11/1988 | Janata Dal, a new national centrist opposition party, launched. V. P. Singh elected President. |
7/23/1906 | Chandrashekhar Azad, great freedom revolutionery and leader, was born at Jhabra, Madhya Pradesh. |
4/24/1888 | Bishnu Ram Medhi, chief minister of Assam and Governor of Madras, was born at Hajo. |
1/25/1983 | Telugu Desam swept to power in Andhra Pradesh. |
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