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Historical Event on 6/5/1997
Brahmapuram diesel power project, KSEB's first thermal power project, situated 25 km from Kochi, Kerala commissioned.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
4/29/1957 | The National Civil Defence College was founded at Nagpur as the Central Emergency Relief Training Institute (CERTI). It functions as the training wing of the Emergency Relief Organisation of the Government of India. |
3/1/1961 | The first AN-12B arrived in India. This was added in the force because of the increasing frequency of clashes with Chinese forces on the Sino-lndian Himalayan border and the need that these revealed for yet further increase in airlift capability, together with a requirement for medium helicopters suitable for high-altitude operation, orders were placed in the Soviet Union for eight Antonov An- 12B and 24IL-yushin 11- 14 transport aircraft plus 10 Mi-4 helicopters. |
9/1/1989 | Yasser Arafat chosen for the 1988 Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding. |
12/23/1990 | All India BMAC and VHP hand over theĀ historicalĀ and archaeological documents to support their claim to Home Ministry officials. |
7/6/1927 | Vyankatesh Dingambar Madgulkar, great Marathi story writer and novelist, was born. |
10/27/1987 | Vijay Merchant, cricketer (Test average 47.72, 1st-class avg 71), died. |
2/19/1994 | Chambal dacoit Phoolan Devi, the Bandit Queen, was freed on parole after 11 years of incarceration. |
12/7/1979 | First International Children's Films Festival was held in Bombay. |
5/9/1998 | Playback singer Talat Mehmood, 75, passed away in Mumbai. |
4/18/1914 | Jamshedji R. Patel, cricket Test Umpire for 9 tests from 1948-59, was born in Mumbai. |
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