|
|
Historical Event on 11/27/2000
After three decades, English was again made compulsory in Gujarat schools from Standard V from the next academic year.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/11/1980 | Romesh Chandra Majumdar, great Bengali historian, passed away. |
| 6/2/1756 | Fort William, the English stronghold in Bengal, was surrendered to Siraj-ud-Daulah. |
| 3/16/1999 | The Shiromani Akali Dal creates a record by unanimously electing Bibi Jagir Kaur Begowal as the first woman president of the SGPC. |
| 10/6/1999 | Suraj Bhan sworn in Governor of Bihar. |
| 11/19/1985 | Lall Singh, cricketer (one Test for India 1932), passed away. |
| 1/26/1950 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) became the first President of India. He remained President from Jan. 26,1950 to May 13, 1962. |
| 10/29/1958 | Dhondo Keshav Karve, first social and educational reformer of Maharashtra, honoured by Bharat Ratna Award. |
| 8/9/1970 | Trailokyanath Chakravarty died in Delhi. |
| 9/26/1820 | Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Banerji), great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur, father of Bengali prose and who gave the Bengalees their first Primer in 1855, was born in the village of Birsingha in Midnapore district of Bengal. |
| 7/8/1999 | The bodies of 12 soldiers, who martyred in Kargil battle, were brought to New Delhi. So far 321 soldiers were killed and 476 wounded in operation Vijay. |
|
![]()
|
|
|
