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Historical Event on 5/17/1865
Raobahadur Govind Sakharam Sardesai `Riyasatkar' was born.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
3/22/2000 | INSAT-3B launched. |
3/11/1993 | Gen. K.V. Krishna Rao returns to Jammu & Kashmir as Governor. |
1/24/1966 | Gulzarilal Nanda stepped down from the position of acting Prime Minister of India. He held his position till January 11, 1966 (Acting). |
10/6/1893 | Meghnad N. Saha, astrophysicist, was born. In 1920, he developed the 'Thermal Ionization Equation', which has remained fundamental in all works on stellar atmospheres. This equation has been widely applied to the interpretation of stellar spectra, which are characteristic of the chemical composition of the light source. |
8/2/1935 | The British pass Govt. of India Act, separating Burma, Aden from India. |
9/18/1990 | Devkumar, famous Hindi film actor, died. |
10/1/1919 | Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar, famous Marathi poet and screenplay writer, was born. |
6/17/1756 | Nawab Sira-ud-Daulah attacked on Calcutta with 50,000 soldiers and captured it on June 21. |
3/19/1944 | Azad Hind Fauj hoisted the National Flag for the first time in North East India. On this event Bimal Roy produced the film 'Pehla Aadmi'. |
2/16/1998 | Delhi-Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy super-league encounter in Chennai comes to an abrupt halt with Delhi skipper and batsman Ajay Sharma sighting boot marks short of the good length area. |
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