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Historical Event on 4/7/1993
Narsimha Rao,PM, arrives in Bangkok on a three-day visit to Thailand.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/11/1996 | Canadian PM Jean Chretien visits New Delhi. |
2/18/1905 | Indian Home Rule Society was founded at London by Shyamji Krishna Varma. |
12/10/1969 | Norman Borlaug, the Iowa-born crop expert, whose research on new strains of high-yielding rice and wheat has led to a Green Revolution in developing countries, was awarded the Nobel peace prize today. Working at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center of Mexico since 1944, Borlaug, 56, has directed a team of agronomists working on the development of new crop plant strains that have allowed Third World farmers to multiply yields dramatically. His organization has trained farm technicians from 29 countries, including India, Pakistan and Turkey, enabling them to move steadily toward the goal of self-sufficiency in food production. |
4/1/1963 | D.P. Kohli held office as the founder director of Central Bureau of Investigation (C.B.I.) from 1st April, 1963 (to 31st May, 1968). Earlier, he was Inspector-General of Police of the Special Police Establishment. |
1/1/1900 | Sathya Sai Baba was born |
5/4/1959 | Nehru rejects proposals that India and Pakistan resolve their differences and set up a common alliance against Communist China. |
7/4/1995 | Rajan Pillai, business tycoon and biscuit king of India, who was convicted by a Singapore court for multi-million dollar fraud, was arrested in New Delhi. |
9/28/1993 | Gas pipe below Karakas National Highway exploded claiming 58 lives. |
1/8/1992 | Luggage rate of railway passengers hiked by 30 per cent. |
8/13/1951 | Acharya Kishoridas Vajpayee passed away. |
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