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Historical Event on 9/7/1995

Mohammed Yousef Jameel, BBC stringer and special correspondent of The Asian Age, died in a parcel bomb explosion in Srinagar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/25/1992Veerappa Moily, Karnataka minister, stripped of Education portfolio.
3/30/1945Dr. J. J. Rawal, joint director of Nehru Planetarium of Mumbai, was born.
7/19/1949Raja of Tehri Garhwal announces merger with Indian Union.
4/25/1955Syed Mohammad Zamin Ali, great educationist, poet, editor, writer, professor and founder-member of the Hindustani Academy, passed away.
1/16/1990All Governors asked to resign.
3/24/1944Manmohan Singh, famous economist and Finance Minister of India, was born.
9/25/1984Indian Army withdraws from the Golden Temple; repair of Akal Takht complete.
7/2/1997Screening for Hepatitis C made mandatory all over India.
3/23/1931Bhagat Singh, Shivram Rajguru and Sukhdev, great freedom fighters and revolutionaries, were hanged for assasination of Saunders, Assistant Superintendent of Police in the Central Jail at Lahore. Bhagat Singh and his associates showed no signs of any fear as they kissed the noose, chanting ""Inquilab Zindabad"" (long live the revolution).
10/23/1883Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, a pioneer in Indian Geology, was born at Surat in Gujarat.