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Historical Event on 8/14/1987
A soldier in a guard of honor attacks Indian Prime Minister Gandhi with his rifle butt at Sri Lanka.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
10/13/1991 | PM Rao leaves for Harare to attend the Commonwealth heads of government meeting. |
8/4/1845 | Pherozeshah Mehta, who published the first Hindi newspaper and one of the founders of Indian National Congress, was born in Bombay. |
1/23/1915 | Kamal Nayan Bajaj, famous industrialist, was born. |
5/22/1963 | Rohini, Glider, became the first to successfully fly at Kanpur. |
6/19/1990 | 13 Sri Lankan Tamils, including EPRLF Secretary General Padmanabha, were shot dead in Madras reportedly by LTTE men. |
1/9/1916 | Ramkrishna Ramnarayan Ruia, great industrialist, was born. |
3/12/1988 | After 58 years in the commemoration of Dandi March, Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi performed the 32 kms Dandi March from Sabarmati Ashram. |
10/17/1997 | Prime Minister lays foundation stone of the Science City being set up at Jalandhar, Punjab. |
9/18/1996 | Suresh Mehta ministry wins the confidence vote in Gujarat . |
3/1/1960 | National Aeronautical Research Laboratory moves to Bangalore with offices at Palace Road and Jayamahal Road. It soon becomes National Aeronautical Laboratory. Dr Nilakantan invites Dr D M Rao to lead the 4 ft tunnel project. |
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