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Historical Event on 11/20/1999
Melody queen Lata Mangeshkar, senior journalist `Cho' Ramaswamy, eminent jurist Fali S. Nariman and veteran RSS leader Nanaji Deshmukh nominated to the Rajya Sabha.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
11/14/1959 | Nehru rejects China's proposal for a mutual withdrawal of troops from a border buffer zone. |
1/14/1995 | The 5th Pay Commission suggests trimming of bureaucracy. |
2/23/1993 | India complete a 3-0 series drubbing of England. |
6/20/1869 | Laxmanrao Kirloskar, great industrialist, social reformer, patriot and founder of Kirloskar Industry, was born at Belgaum. |
6/9/1998 | The rupee plunges to an all-time low of Rs. 42.23/25 against the dollar. |
8/3/1994 | The first successful heart transplant operation was performed at the All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, by a team of doctors led by Prof. P. Venugopal (25-2-96). |
8/9/1999 | India's Manisha Malhotra won the $10,000 ITF women's circuit tournament at Harrisonburg, Virginia for her maiden tour title. |
4/17/1946 | Shri Valangaiman Sankaranarayana Srinivasa Shastri, greatest social reformer, freedom fighter, educationist, politician, master, scholar of Sanskrit and President of India, passed away. |
11/30/1994 | Mrinalini Desai, freedom fighter and famous litterateur, died. |
9/18/1972 | India becomes the top film producer of the world with 433 feature films made in 1971. |
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