Washington DC, Virginia, Maryland Indian Community - washingtondcIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 6/6/1909

Morappakam Joysam Gopalan, cricketer (1 Test India v England 1933-34), was born in Maduranthakam, Madras.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/24/1991Pranab Mukherjee appointed Dy. Chairman of the Planning Commission.
5/1/1958Bell, 47 G3, the flight was upgraded to a helicopter unit with a Sqn Ldr as its Commanding Officer.
1/3/1966Chetan Jagatram Manohar Sharma, cricketer (Indian Test pace bowler, World Cup hat-trick 1987), was born in Ludhiana.
1/3/1966Father Francis Xavier, Spanish founder of the Jesuits, 35, and three friends set sail from Lisbon, Portugal for Goa. They became the first Roman Catholic missionaries to travel to India.
6/7/1955Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian Prime Minister, visited U.S.S.R.
4/17/1996Sheila Kaul, H.P. Governor, indicted in house allotment scandal, should be removed from her post, says Supreme Court.
9/6/1995Meenatai Thackrey, social worker and Matoshree of Shivsainik's, passed away.
5/11/1995In central Kashmir, militants burnt the Charar-e-Sherif shrine (the tomb of Sufi saint Sheikh Noorudin Noorani) built in 1460 by Zain-ul- Abidin.
3/17/1798Rani Shiromani anounced to attack the British Army.
10/17/1999Chiranjeev Milkha Singh won the Lexus International Golf tournament in Bangkok.