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Historical Event on 7/23/1856
Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak was born on July 23rd, 1856
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Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/15/1973 | Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, DFC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. |
7/30/1622 | Tulsidas, devotee of God Rama Saint, great poet and writer of Ramayana, Hanuman chalisa and many many more, died. There are difference in dates 30/7 or 23/10/1623. |
10/20/1962 | China mounted a massive attacked in N.E.E.F.A. and Ladakh borders. Chinese army pushed Indians back. The real test of IAF airlift capability came when open warfare erupted on the Sino-lndian border, while operating to the tricky helipads in the mountains, including the operation of C-119Gs from airstrips 17,000 ft (5180m) above sea level in the Karakoram Himalayas, and the air-lifting by An-12Bs of two troops of AMX-13 light tanks to Chushul in Ladakh, where the small airstrip was 15,000 ft (4570m) above sea level. |
3/21/1997 | Foreign currency reserves of RBI stand at $16 billions, which was a record of sorts. |
6/9/1998 | Gujarat was hit by a cyclone killing 1,000 people in six days. |
9/16/2000 | In an important pronouncement, the Rajasthan High Court declares Jains as a religious minority community and allows teaching institutions set up by them to enjoy minority status under Articles 29 and 30 of the Constitution. |
9/24/1815 | John Sevier, Indian fighter (Gov/Rep-Tn), died at the age of 70. |
1/17/1601 | Akbar, after eight month's siege, entered Asirgarh one of the strongest forts in India. |
6/1/1972 | Space Commission and Department of Space was set up. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) brought under Department of Space (DOS). |
4/11/1999 | Tamil Nadu men, Railways women emerged National Volleyball League champions in Triprayar. |
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