October7

Guru Govind Singh, tenth and the last Sikh Guru, was assassinated.

Indian peace-keeping troops in Sri Lanka ordered to shoot at sight after the massacre of 179 people by Tamil rebels.

Mahatma Gandhij started publication of 'Navjeevan' newspaper.

40 feet waves sink 20,000 small craft & kill 300,000 (Bengal, India).

Indo-Russian programme of military-technical cooperation (1994-2000) to be extended till 2010, said Yeltsin.

K. Kelappan, freedom fighter, social reformer, revolutionary, educationist and journalist, died.

The Mughal army entered Srinagar where 'Khutbah' was being recited in the name of the emperor.

Chandigarh became the capital of Punjab.

Chandigarh was inaugurated as capital of Punjab.

Central government women employees to get 135 days' maternity leave and men to get 15 days' paternity leave.

British High Commissioner in India Sir David Gore-Booth makes it clear that Queen Elizabeth II, during her Amritsar visit, would not 'apologise' for the 1919 Jallianwalla Bagh massacre, but as a gesture would lay the wreath.

WWF-India bags the first Rajiv Gandhi Wildlife Conservation Award.

The Supreme Court rejected private management's plea for 50\% quota in private professional colleges.

Vijay Agrawal, Soccer(Football) player, was born in College Station, Texas, United States.

Lalram Sanga and Purnima Mohato emerge men's and women's individual champions in National Archery.

Long jumper Sanjay Kumar Rai became the first Indian man to go over the eight-metre twice when he leapt to a personal best of 8.02m at the National Athletic Circuit meet in Mumbai and sound a fresh threat to T. C. Yohannan's two-decade old national record of 8.07m.

Heavy floods in India and Pakistan caused 1,700 lives in India alone.

Telugu Desam decides not to oppose PM Narasimha Rao in Nandyal.

Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy, Union Law Minister, selected to become the new Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.

Keshubhai Patel ministry in Gujarat won the vote of confidence in the state assembly following a compromise reached between the party leadership and dissidents.

Final phase of UP election.

Comfortable majority for NDA. Prime Minister Vajpayee starts work on Government formation.

Sonia Gandhi won in Amethi by a margin of over three lakh votes.

Laloo Prasad Yadav, former Bihar Chief Minister and RJD president, loses in Madhepura.

Mother Teresa, started Missionaries of Charity, in Calcutta.