Boston Indian Community - BostonIndian.net
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 3/8/1997

G. K. Moopanar unanimously elected first president of Tamil Maanila Congress.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/27/1803Great fire in Bombay.
9/11/1993Former Andhra CM Rama Rao, 71, weds 44-year-old college lecturer Lakshmi Sivaparvathi.
2/20/1999Mr. Vajpayee travels to Lahore on the inaugural run of the bus between New Delhi and Lahore.
7/4/1902Swami Vivekanand (Narendra Vishwanath Dutta), Indian religious leader and social reformer, died at Memorial Rock, KanyaKumari. His brilliant career came to a sudden end only at the age of 39.
3/22/1977Janata and its allies gain absolute majority in Lok Sabha.
12/16/1999Michael Johnson's 400m world record (43.18s) set up in the Seville World championship was ratified by IAAF. Other records also ratified were Kenyan Noah Ngeny's 1000m mark (2 11.96, Reiti, Italy) and Moroccan Hicham el Guerrouj's 2000m (4 44.79, Berlin).
7/12/1996Bail granted to Harshad Mehta, prime accused in the securities scam.
7/11/1980Ebbie Kodiat, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Kuwait.
9/4/1947Gandhiji breaks fast.
2/21/1991The President accepts the resignation of 5 cabinet members who were disqualified by the Speaker as per the anti-defection law.