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


 

Historical Event on 10/12/1946

Ashok Vinoo Mankad, cricketer (son of Vinoo, batted for India 1969-78), was born in Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/7/1950Punjab Mail train crashed near Jasidh killing 81 persons.
8/2/198432 people died in a bomb explosion at Meenambakkam Airport.
1/3/1966Chetan Jagatram Manohar Sharma, cricketer (Indian Test pace bowler, World Cup hat-trick 1987), was born in Ludhiana.
10/9/1945British troops occupy Andaman in Gulf of Bengal.
1/21/1956Strikes and demonstrations held in Bihar and Orissa in protest of the government's intention to revise state boundaries.
3/25/1997Justice Jagdish Saran Verma sworn in Chief Justice of India.
4/10/1982Mahatma Gandhi Road Bridge at Patna started by Indira Gandhi.
1/22/1998Second Lieutenant Punit Datta is posthumously selected for the nation's highest peace time gallantry award, Ashok Chakra.
1/22/1998Muhammad of Bin Quasim (Kasim), Arabs, attacked on Sindh and captured it. Muhammad defeated and killed King Dahir, Hindu king, at Rawar.
6/21/1999Leander Paes was seeded number one in double's ranking. This was his highest double ranking.