|
|
Historical Event on 1/8/1993
FERA restrictions removed, resident Indians allowed to keep as much as $500.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
3/27/1999 | World No. 2 Viswanathan Anand won the title with a round to spare in the rapid section of the Amber rapid and blindfold chess tournaments in Monte Carlo. |
6/3/1865 | George V, King of England (1910-36), was born. |
9/24/1914 | Janardan Swami was born. |
9/18/1917 | Sher Singh, educationist and politician, was born at Baghpur (Haryana). |
11/20/1930 | With all the pageantry of the British Empire, a conference of Indian and British leaders had been convened in London to discuss dominion status for India. Surrounded by Maharajahs in turbans, King George V convened the round table conference in the Royal Gallery of the House of Lords. Notably absent was Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the nationalist movement. The conference saw a breakdown of the Indian caste system as Brahmins dealt with spokesmen for ""untouchable |
12/17/1990 | N. Janardhan Reddy sworn in as CM of Andhra Pradesh. |
7/6/1998 | Salman Khursheed is appointed the new UPCC(I) chief. While Tindivanam K. Ramamurthy is the new TNCC(I) chief, Sat Mahajan has been appointed HPCC(I) president. |
8/11/1922 | Manmohan Krishna, famous actor, was born. |
1/11/1991 | Five JD ministers at the Centre disqualified by Speaker Rabi Ray on the basis of anti-defection law.Five disqualified ministers who tendered their resignation were asked to continue in office by the PM. |
10/5/1805 | Lord Charles Cornwallis, Governor General, died of ill health at Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh. |
|
|
|
|