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Historical Event on 5/24/1999
Noted wrestling coach Dronacharya awardee Guru Hanuman passed away in a road accident near Meerut.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
6/1/1997 | Ghulam Rasool Wani, National Conference leader, kidnapped and shot dead by militants at Kaskot in Doda district, Jammu. |
7/27/1941 | Japanese forces land in Indo-China. |
11/3/1929 | Dr. Hemant Vishnu Inamdar, thesis writer and editor, was born. |
12/31/1956 | Pandit Ravishankar Shukla, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, lawyer, politician and social worker, died at the age of 80. |
12/31/1956 | |
6/18/1995 | The latest deaths in northern India's hottest weather this century bring the death toll to 525 as temperatures hit 113¦F (45¦C) in New Delhi. |
10/30/1924 | Word Saving Day. |
9/26/1931 | Vijay Laxman Manjrekar, cricketer (father of Sanjay, reliable Indian batsman), was born in Bombay. |
7/10/1994 | Ramrao Raghoba Rane, Paramveer Chakra awardee, died. |
5/7/1994 | Dr. S.P. Tripathy, Director-General of ICMR, retired after 32 years of distinguished service in the ICMR, and Dr. G.V. Satyavati took over as the new Director-General of ICMR in July 1994. She became the first woman scientist in the country to head not only ICMR but any Research agency in independent India. |
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