Detroit Indian Community - DetroitIndian.net
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 6/20/1985

The Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian decoration, was presented to Mother Teresa by President Ronald Reagan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/1/1999Dr. S. Srinivasan (58), Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in Thiruvananthapuram, died.
11/23/1999Vinod Chandra Pandey takes over as the Governor of Bihar.
3/28/1998The BJP-led alliance survived its first test of trust with the support of Chandrababu Naidu's Telgu Desam Party. Jayalalitha continues to call the shots.
5/22/1993Congress (I) suffers reverses in the by-elections.
2/3/1929The ""Times of India Illustrated Weekly"" was renamed as ""The Illustrated Weekly of India"".
5/2/1908Police in Calcutta discover a cache of explosives for use in alleged anarchist plot.
12/28/1883Under the leadership of Surendra Nath Banerji, the political group of Bengal organised National Conference as ""Bharat Sabha"".
5/16/1946Gandhiji's Cabinet Mission announces Plan.
2/3/1992Kapil Dev becomes the second highest wicket-taker in Test Cricket when he took his 400th wicket, that of Mark Taylor, in the Perth Test (New Zealand's Richard Hadlee with 431 wickets being the first).
3/28/1990Bengal beat Delhi in rained-out cricket Ranji Trophy final on quotient.