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Historical Event on 11/5/1977
Indira Gandhi arrested and released unconditionally. The External Affairs Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee addresses the United Nations General Assembly in Hindi.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/12/1953 | Patel Chest Institute opened by Rajkumari Amrit Kaur. All India Khadi Board constituted with centre at Bombay. |
1/22/1683 | Shri Samarth Ramdas passed away. |
9/7/1995 | Chandrababu Naidu, Andhra Pradesh CM, wins the vote of confidence. He received 227 votes. 31 were neutral. |
2/21/1997 | J. M. Lyngdoh appointed Election Commissioner. |
4/11/2000 | Ms. Jhumpa Lahiri, an author of Indian origin, wins the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her debut collection of short stories 'Interpreter of Maladies'. |
2/25/1938 | Farokh Manekshaw Engineer, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1961-75), was born in Bombay. |
2/17/1670 | Shivaji won SinghGarh Fort from Mughals. This victory was on the shoulders of Tanaji who was martyred in this attack. Shivaji proclaimed ""Garh Aalaa Pan Singh Gela"" which means that Fort was won but the Lion was lost. |
4/22/1991 | Arun Nehru and Arif Mohammed Khan expelled from Janata Dal. |
2/22/1997 | Jockey Mark Gallagher shot at and injured in Bangalore. |
2/18/1974 | Daniel Moynihan, US ambassador to India, presents $2,046,700,000 cheque. |
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