|
|
Historical Event on 10/15/1949
Process of the integration of the Indian State was completed when the last three states - Tripura, Manipur and Banaras were merged.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/16/1952 | Sri Ramalu Potiu sacrificed his life for the demand of seperate Andhra Pradesh state for the Telugu- speaking people. |
| 12/3/1971 | Hostilities broke out between India and Pakistan. On the very night that hostilities commenced, with Pakistan bombing several air fields, IN Ships 'Rajput' and 'Akshay' were leaving Vishakapatnam harbour when they obtained a sonar contact. They fired several depth charges and proceeded on their mission when there was no further evidence of a submarine's presence. Thereafter, a loud explosion of rattling windows panes off the Vishakapatnam beach was heard . The Pakistani submarine 'Ghazi' (a Tench class submarine obtained from the USA in 1964) had come to grief. |
| 10/31/1895 | Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu, cricketer (India's 1st Test capt), born at Nagpur. |
| 6/7/1984 | Indian Army troops, sent to Punjab to quell Sikh violence, stormed the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the holiest of Sikh shrines. More than 400 persons were reported killed in the assault at the shrine, including Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. |
| 3/30/1908 | Devika Rani, famous film actress, was born. |
| 9/27/2000 | Gurucharan Singh goes down fighting to Andri Fedtchouk of Ukraine in the 81 Kg bout of the Olympics boxing. |
| 7/1/1928 | Fifteen people were killed in Calcutta as Hindus attacked Muslims. |
| 7/25/1813 | First boat race started at Calcutta on the Hooghly river where seven sailing boats had competed. |
| 3/4/1924 | Shyam Lal Gupt 'Parshad' wrote the song 'Jhanda Ooncha Rahe Hamara'. |
| 8/10/1904 | Japanese troups were defeated by the Russian Amry at Port Aurther. |
|
![]()
|
|
|
