Seattle Indian Community - DesiEventsOnline.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 12/13/1978

Sayyed Avid Husain, litterateur and Padmabhushan awardee, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/16/1973Abasaheb Mujumdar, great musician, died.
10/24/1930Raj Bagri, Indies and British merchant in metal, was born.
3/23/1940All India Muslim League passed resolution for the formation of Muslim homeland i.e. Pakistan.
2/12/1794Alijabahadar Mahadaji Shinde passed away.
1/31/1996Asia's first Sports University inaugurated in Pune.
5/13/1994Telecom sector opened to private companies under the new national policy announced in Parliament.
11/3/1933Amartya Kumar Sen, economist, was born at Santiniketan (Bangal).
7/28/1946Sister Alphonsa, good teacher and social worker, died at Bharananganam.
7/13/1988Second developmental launch of ASLV. Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-2). This carried remote sensing payload of German space agency in addition to Gamma Ray astronomy payload. Could not be placed in orbit.
8/1/1947Partition of India into India and Pakistan. Power transferred. Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Muhammed Ali Jinnah, Governor General of Pakistan.