|
|
Historical Event on 11/16/1998
Kiran More, former Indian stumper, calls it a day from first class cricket at Baroda.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/29/2000 | The Election Commission derecognises seven regional parties in some states -- Samata Party in Haryana, Shiv Sena in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and the RJD in Manipur, NTR-Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh, the Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) in Chandigarh, the United Minority Front in Assam and the Haryana Vikas Party in Haryana-- These will remain registered but unrecognised parties. |
| 7/9/1995 | 17 Indian mountaineers peaked Jogambha in the Garhwal Himalayas. |
| 2/1/1930 | A bomb, believed to be planted by Indian nationalists, is found at the British Museum at London. |
| 7/10/2000 | Pete Sampras wins his 7th singles Wimbledon title and his 13th Grand Slam title overtaking Roy Emerson's 12 titles. |
| 9/16/1977 | Kesarbai Kerkar, famous classical singer, died in Bombay. |
| 12/28/1971 | Nanak Singh, famous novelist and poet, died at Preet Nagar. |
| 2/15/1920 | Kanti Mehta, trade unionist, was born at Calcutta. |
| 1/16/1966 | Sadhu Thanwardas Lilaram Vaswani, noted thinker and saint poet, great orator, professor and prolific writer, died at Pune. |
| 4/6/1993 | Divya Bharati, famous Hindi film actress (Deewana), died at the age of 19. |
| 4/13/1796 | The first elephant was brought to America from Bengal, India. |
|
![]()
|
|
|
