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Historical Event on 9/17/1937
Sitakant Mahapatra, 1933 Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Orria poet, was born.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
12/25/1994 | Giani Zail Singh, former President of India, died in Chandigarh at the age of 78. |
5/31/1921 | Suresh Hariprasad Joshi, modern Gujarati poet, story writer and critic, was born. |
7/9/1979 | Janardhan Gnanoba Navle, cricketer, 2 Tests for India as WK and 1 catch, passed away. |
3/5/1990 | Government announces an interim relief of Rs. 360 crore to 5 lakh victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy. |
12/3/1884 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad, first President of India, was born in Jeradei village of Bihar. |
9/20/1993 | First developmental launch of PSLV and Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1E) carried remote sensing payloads. Could not be placed in orbit. |
11/19/1975 | Sushmita Sen, former Miss Universe and film actress, was born. |
4/30/1888 | Hailsones kill 246 in Moradabad. |
5/5/1947 | Gandhiji denies in an interview that communal division of India is inevitable. |
11/7/1998 | The Kalidas Samman awards, instituted by the Madhya Pradesh Government, are presented to Tapas Sen, Akbar Padamsee, Shriram Lagoo, Pandit Jasraj and Kalyani Kutti Amma. |
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