Minneapolis, St. Paul, Rocheter, Duluth, Bloomington Indian Community - MinneapolisIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 5/21/1930

A raid of nationalists on salt works in Dharasana results in 630 casualties and the arrest of Mrs. Naidy, leader of the civil disobedience campaign.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/8/1988Salman Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses' awarded 1988 Whitbread Prize.
6/20/1972Paras Laxmikant Mhambrey, great Indian cricket pace bowler (Test v England 1996), was born in Bombay.
12/27/1985The Indian National Congress party, led by Rajiv Gandhi, begins its centenary celebrations in Bombay. .
10/12/2000A Special Court sentences former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and his Home Minister Buta Singh to undergo three years rigorous imprisonment and pay a fine of Rs. 2 lakhs each in the 'JMM MPs' bribery case'.
2/27/1987UN Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar recieved the Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding.
2/9/1931A set of six stamps were issued during the inauguration of New Delhi.
2/7/2000Kamaluddin Ahmed, former APCC(I) president and four times Congress MP, joins the BJP.
8/2/1922Gangaprasad Birla, great industrialist, was born.
10/30/1977Demonstrators and police clash in Madras as Indira Gandhi tours the country.
10/24/1995A total eclipse of the sun witnessed from India to Vietnam.