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Historical Event on 12/5/1950
Sikkim becomes a protectorate of India.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
6/10/1900 | Jayantnath Chaudhary, former General of Indian Army General, was born. |
3/25/1983 | Chalpati Rao, great journalist, passed away. |
1/11/2000 | Mrs. Anju, wife of Shoaib Ilyasi of 'India's Most Wanted' famed serial, dies under mysterious circumstances. |
9/22/1979 | Maulana Abdul Ali Moudoodi aka Syed Abul A'la Maududi Chishti, founder leader of the Jamait- E- Islam, died in USA, he had taken pakistani citizenship. |
12/24/1999 | Indian Airlines Kathmandu-Delhi Airbus 300 with 186 people on board hijacked shortly after take-off. |
3/26/1977 | Morarji Desai, the new Prime Minister, forms his Cabinet. |
12/10/1761 | Maharani Tarabai of Pune died at Satara.(9 or 10). |
5/18/1966 | Panchanan Maheshwari, great Indian scientist of botany, passed away. He studied the morphology, anatomy and embryology of some angiosperms, the class of plants which produce flowers. He discovered species of plants like ""Panchanania Jaipuriensis and Isoeted Panchananil."" He wrote two authoritative books, 'An Introduction to the Embryology of Angiosperms' & 'Recent Advances in Embryology on Angiosperms'. In 1951, he founded the International Society of plant Morphologists. |
3/31/1997 | The Bombay Stock Exchange crashes by 300 points. |
11/22/1718 | Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, died on the banks of the Sipra at Ujjain. |
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