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Historical Event on 3/4/1951
Eleven countries and 489 male and female athletes participated in the first Asian Games started at National Stadium in New Delhi.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
11/27/1984 | Percy Norris, British Deputy High Commissioner in Bombay, assassinated in Bombay. |
4/5/1663 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj attacked Shahistekhan at Pune. |
1/21/2000 | The Samata Party National Executive elects Mrs. Jaya Jaitley as its president. |
9/9/1949 | Hindi was accepted as the national language of India. |
11/26/1949 | Constitution of India was adopted |
3/24/1924 | Virendrakumar Bhattacharya, Gyanpeeth award winner and Assamia novelist, was born. |
3/13/1997 | H. D. Deve Gowda, Prime Minister, presented the G. K. Reddy Memorial Award to Shekhar Gupta, Chief Editor of The Indian Express. |
11/17/1925 | Jemini Ganesh, film actor, was born. |
12/29/1996 | Trishul', surface-to-air missile successfully tested. |
5/27/1952 | United Nationalist Party and the Indian Democratic Party combined to form one opposition party - National Democratic Party with Dr. S. P. Mukherjee as leader. |
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