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Historical Event on 8/5/1604
John Eliot, ""Apostle to Indians,"" Bible translator, baptized.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
4/2/1948 | Communist leader S.A. Dange arrested in Bombay. |
5/25/1936 | Rusi Framroz Surti, cricketer (Indian slow lefty, hat-trick for Qld 1969), was born in Surat, Gujarat. |
4/5/1987 | The centenary of Bombay Fire Brigade was celebrated. (CIVIC). |
1/10/1888 | Marathas were defeated in the third and last war against the British at Rampura. |
12/6/2000 | A.B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, said, ""The Ayodhya agitation was an 'expression of nationalist feelings' and the ""task has remained unfinished |
7/4/1912 | Pandit Nivrittibuwa Sarnaik, singer of 'Jaypur Gharana', was born. |
1/6/1947 | All India Congress Commitee accepted the division of country. |
2/10/1946 | Gandhiji revives 'Harijan' and allied group of weekly journals. |
1/29/1999 | Alok Kumar of Punjab defeated Devendra Joshi of Maharashtra at the IIT complex at New Delhi. |
8/13/1988 | Gajanan Jagirdar, great actor and director in Indian film industry, died. |
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