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Historical Event on 9/19/1997
A Delhi court rules that interviewing of the child and parents by school authorities, for admission to primary classes, is illegal and improper.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/4/1946 | Dr. Satnarayan Nathulal Jatiya was born in Jawad, Distt. Mandsaur (Madhya Pradesh). |
| 1/30/1996 | Supreme Court directs CBI and other govt. agencies to speed up the Jain hawala probe. |
| 12/22/1992 | Lok Sabha adopts the constitution amendment bills regarding Panchayati Raj and Nagarapalika Bills, and decentralisation of power to the village level. |
| 10/22/1947 | There were bound to be difficulties in consolidating the loosely federated Indian provinces, princely states, etc. into one homogeneous whole state. Kashmir, after initial dithering, acceded to India voluntarily and by popular consent, then, was invaded by Pakistani tribesmen with the support of the Pakistani government. |
| 5/20/1850 | Vishnushastri Chiplunkar, father of modern story writing in Marathi, was born. |
| 10/5/1997 | Dr. Kalpana Chawla became the first Indian woman to become an astronaut. (year 1997 or Oct. 5, 1998) |
| 10/15/1931 | Avil Pakir Jalaluddin Abdul Kalam better known as "APJ", famous Indian scientist, was born in the temple town of Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu. He is the pioneer of India's missile programme and was awarded the country's highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna, in 1997, for his immense and valuable contribution to scientific research and modernisation of defence technol |
| 1/2/1757 | After the Battle of Plassey, Clive, Britisher, defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah, Mir Jafar, Nawab of Bengal and re-captured Calcutta, after it had been seized by the Nawab of Bengal who had used the ""Black Hole"" to imprison British captives. |
| 12/27/1911 | Jana Gana Mana.... ,' India ' s National Anthem, was first sung at the Indian National Congress session held at Calcutta. |
| 2/12/1997 | Standard Bank tri-series final between India and South Africa abandoned due to rain. |
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