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Historical Event on 3/29/1989
Central Institute of Fisheries Education gets the distinction of becoming the first Fisheries University in India.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
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. |
9/24/1859 | Nana Saheb, alias Dhundu Pant, one of the top leaders of Sepoy Mutiny, passed away in Nepal. |
9/22/1952 | Bapiraju Adiv, famous Telgu novelist, poet and author, died. |
12/22/1999 | The Government says there is no hidden agenda behind the US lifting of curbs. |
5/25/1941 | 5,000 drown in a storm at Ganges Delta region in India. |
10/14/1997 | Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visit Amritsar and spend time at the Jallianwala Bagh and Golden Temple complex. |
3/11/1824 | US War Dept creates the Bureau of Indian Affair. |
11/7/1893 | Constantly Lievens, Flemish missionaries in India, passed away at the age of 37. |
2/27/1993 | Rupee made fully convertible in Man Mohan Singh's third successive budget. |
12/28/1688 | Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb demolishes all temples (around 1,000) in Mathura. (During their reign, Muslim rulers had destroyed roughly 60,000 Hindu temples throughout India, constructing mosques on 3,000 sites). |
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