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Historical Event on 11/19/1961
World Council of Churches convened their third assembly at New Delhi during which the International Missionary Council and its work was integrated into the larger ecumenical group.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
7/31/1996 | Supreme Court exempts Rao from appearing in CMM court personally. |
6/20/1869 | Laxmanrao Kirloskar, great industrialist, social reformer, patriot and founder of Kirloskar Industry, was born at Belgaum. |
8/16/1994 | Government agrees to present the revised ATR on JPC report on Scam; Parliament crisis defused. |
4/26/1999 | India's Atanu Lahiri and Bhagyashree Thipsay won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Commonwealth chess championship in Bikaner. |
3/17/1882 | Vishnushastri Chiplunkar, father of modern Marathi language, passed away. |
8/15/1997 | Freedom fighter's pension to be doubled from the existing Rs. 1,500. |
9/2/1993 | Vice Admiral V.S. Shekhawat appointed new naval chief. |
3/24/1987 | First developmental launch of new generation rocket ASLV 'Stretched Rohini Satellite Series' (SROSS-1). This carried payload for launch vehicle performance monitoring and for gamma ray astronomy. This plunged within two minutes and 40 seconds of its launching. |
6/22/1897 | The Chafekar brothers, Damodar and Balkrishna, shot British Officer Rand in Pune. This event played a very important role in the revolutionary freedom fighter. |
1/14/1882 | Maharshi Raghunath Dhondo Karve, father of Family Planning and Sex Education, was born. |
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