|
|
Historical Event on 10/16/1968
Hargovind Khorana, Indian scientist, was awarded 1968 Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology on man-made synthetic gene.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/16/1930 | Rioting continues in India as British police fire on mob of 10,000. |
| 12/16/1997 | Mamata Banerjee, Congress(I) rebel, declares that she would seek recognition and separate symbol for her ""Trinamul Congress'' and contest elections on her own. |
| 12/31/1706 | Francois Martin, founder of Pondicherry and was its first Governor General, died. He founded Pondicherry, the future capital of French India in 1674. |
| 5/8/1996 | The governing Congress party is routed in Indian elections that have left no party with a clear mandate to govern. |
| 10/1/1928 | Shivaji Ganeshan, famous actor, was born. |
| 5/19/1990 | S. R. Bommai unanimously elected President of JD. |
| 3/31/1926 | Dattatray Balwant Parasnis, who made research in History, passed away. |
| 10/11/1927 | Sarojini Regani, great journalist, was born at Secunderabad. |
| 8/11/1954 | Madireddy Venkateshwar Narasimha Rao, cricketer (Indian leg-spin all-rounder 1978-79), was born in Secunderabad. |
| 11/7/1958 | Nehru said the role of Gen. Mohammed Ayub Khan in Pakistan had increased the 'risk and danger of war' between India and Pakistan. |
|
![]()
|
|
|
