Washington DC, Virginia, Maryland Indian Community - washingtondcIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 2/20/1953

India opens $ 140 mil. power system modeled after TVA.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/17/1940Mahatma Gandhi called for Individual Satyagrah and Vinoba Bhave started it.
5/5/1966Jan Congress Party was established in Orissa.
3/3/1978Shaliwahan Shaka Hindu Calender started.
5/28/1930Bhagwaticharan Vohra, great revolutionary freedom fighter, died near the banks of Ravi river during a bomb testing.
6/30/1930George Fernandes, worker's leader and politician, was born.
7/27/1927Krishna Baldev Vaid, famous story writer and novelist, was born.
1/14/1995Ban on VHP re-imposed.
8/1/1927Dr. Rahi Masoom Raza, famous Hindi litterateur, was born.
8/15/1995P.V Narasimha Rao introduces the mid-day meal scheme for the primary school children under the Central Government Welfare Programme.
4/1/1976Television was separated from radio, and Doordarshan Corporation was established.