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


 

Historical Event on 8/10/2000

Arjuna Ranatunga, former Sri Lankan cricket captain, retires from international cricket.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/15/1991Satyajit Ray, film maestro, awarded Special Oscar for his lifetime achievement.
7/8/1988More than 100 people were killed and several injured as Bangalore-Trivandrum Island Express fell into Ashtamudi lake at Perumon in Quilon district of Kerala.
9/13/1965Pakistanis bomb Bombay.
2/1/194217 Indian Division's were withdrawn over vast stretches and the British evacuation in Burma was the longest in British military history. The Division was to subsequently extract terrible retribution from the Japanese Army during World War II and to destabilise the Indian Economy with forged notes of 5, 10 and 100 Rupees.
11/11/1921Gandhi urges Hindus to remove statue of ex-Viceroy Lord Lawrence.
11/27/2000After three decades, English was again made compulsory in Gujarat schools from Standard V from the next academic year.
11/13/1998Tendulkar blazes as India wins the Coca Cola Cup at Sharjah beating Zimbabwe in the final.
4/17/1946Bellary Raghava, famous actor, social worker, lawyer and dramatist, passed away.
10/31/1920Inaugural session of the All India Trade Union Congress was conducted in Bombay.
5/1/199560 killed as Madras-Kanyakumari Express collides with a goods train at Danishpet.