Denver Indian Community - DenverIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 12/26/1989

Keshav Shankar Pillai, international fame cartoonist, painter, writer and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/11/1942All-India Congress party rejects British offer of dominion status at New Delhi.
10/21/1995L.K.Advani unanimously re-elected BJP president for the fourth time in New Delhi.
9/6/1965Full scale warfare broke out all along the international border between West Pakistan and India. Pakistani troops advanced towards the Indian town of Akhnur in Kashmir and Pakistani paratroopers raided Punjab.
9/25/1922Shri Nath Pai, freedom fighter, Barrister and Member of Parliament, was born in Konkan region of Maharashtra.
1/28/1853Jose Marti, great author and politician, was born at Cuba.
2/25/1976India announces plan to penalize parents who have more than two children.
12/14/1968Chaggan Baba (Chagganlal Karamshi Parekh), great social worker and founder of Mahila Griha Udyog and Lijjat Papad, died.
2/6/1998V. V. S. Laxman scores 301* for Hyderabad against Bihar.
6/22/198219 persons were killed and 25 injured when an Air India Boeing 707 from Singapore via Madras crashed at Bombay.
6/20/1985The Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian decoration, was presented to Mother Teresa by President Ronald Reagan.