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Historical Event on 06/22/1555
Humayun crossed the Indus and captured Lahore and ousted Sikandar Suri of Delhi throne.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/5/1955 | Kumari Mamata Promileswar Banerjee was born in Calcutta (West Bengal). |
6/8/1999 | ATP announced Paes-Bhupathi as No. 1 ranked doubles team. In individual doubles ranking, Bhupathi and Paes were No. 1 and 2 respectively. |
4/27/1906 | China, as suzerain of Tibet, has agreed to the terms of a treaty proposed by Britain. According to the treaty, foreign powers may not send representatives to Tibet, receive transportation or mining concessions, or occupy, buy or lease any territory in Tibet without British permission. The British want to prevent the Russians from establishing a protectorate over Tibet, which lies on India's northern border. Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, failed in attempts to communicate with Tibet's ruler, the Dalai Lama. A British military expedition fought its way to the capital at Lhasa and concluded the agreement. |
3/15/1996 | Kashmiri militants and Central govt. hold talks on ending violence and to initiate the democratic process in J&K. |
3/20/1994 | Pakistan closes down its consulate in Bombay. |
7/6/1935 | Dalai Lama, the 14th incarnate and religious leader of Tibet, was born. He was born to Tenzin Gyotso (His Holiness the VIVth Dalai Lama) in Taksten Village, Chhija Nangso, Tibet. He was awarded with Nobel Prize for Peace in 1989. |
12/26/1831 | Hennry Louis Vivian Derozio passed away. |
10/1/1909 | Gandhiji wrote to Tolstoy regarding Passive Resistance movement. |
3/4/1997 | Govt. not to print Re. 1 , Rs. 2 & Rs. 5 currency notes any more, as these three denominations have been coinised. |
6/12/1997 | Mihir Sen, long distance swimmer, died. |
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