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


 

Historical Event on 7/29/1994

Opposition stalls parliament proceedings over the 'Action Taken Report' on JPC finding.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/15/1997INS Delhi' commissioned.
4/4/1996Supreme Court rules that political parties without audited accounts cannot take advantage of an election law that exempts tax expenditure on candidates.
9/6/1990Prasar Bharti' bill passed in Parliament.
4/5/1957The first Communist ministry in a state was installed in Kerala.
6/15/1907Narayan Ganesh Goray, freedom fighter and socialist, was born at Hindala (Maharashtra).
6/18/1966California's hippie subculture converged into a mass of long hair, flowers, and rock music this weekend, as 50,000 flowed into the fairgrounds of the Monterey International Pop Festival. The event featured the largest collection of major rock acts ever assembled; thousands of fans had to be turned away from the sold-out concert. Established artists such as the Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Otis Redding, and the Mamas and the Papas received the expected ovations from the huge audience. But the response was equally enthusiastic for performances by Indian sitar master Ravi Shankar and new talents Janis Joplin, the Who, and Jimi Hendrix, a young man who played the electric guitar like nobody else.
10/28/1929Narotam Puna, cricketer (Bombay NZ off-spinner v England 1966), was born.
4/11/1887Jamini Roy, famous artist, was born.
9/18/1927Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce was established.
3/19/1995Vinaychandra Maudgal, founder of Gandharva Mahavidyalay of Delhi and music expert, passed away.