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Historical Event on 1/30/1996
Maharashtra govt. decides to make school education free up to 10th standard.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
12/22/1986 | India cricket team score 7-676 vs Sri Lanka at Kanpur. |
1/1/1980 | This decade was announced to be observed as the ""International Decade of Water & Sanitation"". |
4/14/1990 | Over 90 persons killed in an Airbus crash in Bangalore. |
2/14/1996 | President dedicates 55,000-seated Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium at Kochi to the nation. |
4/27/1906 | China, as suzerain of Tibet, has agreed to the terms of a treaty proposed by Britain. According to the treaty, foreign powers may not send representatives to Tibet, receive transportation or mining concessions, or occupy, buy or lease any territory in Tibet without British permission. The British want to prevent the Russians from establishing a protectorate over Tibet, which lies on India's northern border. Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, failed in attempts to communicate with Tibet's ruler, the Dalai Lama. A British military expedition fought its way to the capital at Lhasa and concluded the agreement. |
2/1/1881 | Cambridge Missionaries founded St. Stephen's College in Delhi. |
2/1/1881 | Guru Ramdas, Sikh Guru, established Amritsar city. |
7/18/1990 | Following the end of six months Governor's rule, President's rule imposed in J&K. |
2/28/1997 | The samadhi of Morarji Desai - Abhay Ghat - near Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad to be converted to a national monument, this was decided on Feburary 11. |
11/18/1997 | School bus plunges into the Yamuna killing 28 Delhi children. |
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