Philadelphia Indian Community - PhiladelphiaIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 12/7/1782

Hyder Ali, warrior of Mysore, passed away in a camp near Chittur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/11/1931Mahendranath Yeshwant Gupte, cricket test umpire for 1 test in 1984-85, was born at Mumbai.
1/22/1971Judge Sarv Mittra Sikri became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 25/04/1973.
2/17/1670Shivaji won SinghGarh Fort from Mughals. This victory was on the shoulders of Tanaji who was martyred in this attack. Shivaji proclaimed ""Garh Aalaa Pan Singh Gela"" which means that Fort was won but the Lion was lost.
5/15/1998Pandit Ravi Shankar, Sitar maestro, receives the 1998 Polar music award.
11/19/1994Lt. Gen. Shankar Roy Choudhury appointed Army Chief following the death of Gen. B.C. Joshi.
12/24/1984Eigth General Elections of India began .
1/9/1916Ramkrishna Ramnarayan Ruia, great industrialist, was born.
4/29/1954India accepted Tibet as a part of China.
3/28/1941Netaji Subhashchandra Bose reached Berlin after his secret underground journey from Calcutta.
12/23/1998Jayaprakash Narayan posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna, the country's biggest honour.