2008 |
Renowned historian Romila Thapar was chosen for the Cluj honor. |
1888 |
Birth of historian Ramesh Chandra Majumdar. |
1860 |
Agustino Lawrenceo of Margao, Goa, received a doctorate in chemistry from the University of Paris. He became the first Indian to pursue a doctorate from a foreign university. |
1899 |
For the first time, the vaccine of typhoid was used to protect humans from this disease. |
1919 |
The twelfth Prime Minister of India, Indra Kumar Gujral was born. |
1984 |
Hezbollah militants hijacked a Kuwait airline plane and killed four passengers. |
1984 |
Hezbollah bombers hijack a Kuwait Airlines plane and kill 4 passengers. |
1910 |
Ramaswamy Venkataraman, the eighth president of India, was born. |
1971 |
The Indian Navy attacked the Pakistani Navy and Karachi. |