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


 

Historical Event on 1/26/1997

Mizoram becomes a dry state, the fourth, after Gujarat, AP and Haryana.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/20/1997Sheri Bamboat and Hamshad Bamboat win National sea-bird sailing title.
12/31/1706Francois Martin, founder of Pondicherry and was its first Governor General, died. He founded Pondicherry, the future capital of French India in 1674.
3/23/1967Pandey Bechain Sharma (Ugra) passed away.
6/2/1992The government accepts all the 15 recommendations of the Janakiraman Committee which unearthed massive collusion of banks in the security scam.
2/4/1909Narayan Dattatreya Sane, two test cricket umpire 1959-60, left-hand opening batsman and fast bowler, was born at Vidarbha.
4/29/1947Abolition of ""untouchability"".
3/12/1972Vote gives Indira Gandhi 70 \% of regional seats.
12/3/1993Bahadur Prasad wins silver in 1500 m in Asian Track and Field meet in Manila.
1/1/1995Raman Lamba & Ravi Sehgal score 464 for 1st wicket for Delhi.
8/19/1887S. Satyamurti, freedom fighter and social worker, was born at Thirumeyyam in the former Pudukottah State.