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


 

Historical Event on 08/11/1347

Allau'd-din Hasan Gangu alias Jafar Khan. The Muslim kingdom of Bahmani dynasty in the south as Sultan Allau'd-din Khalji. He renamed Gulbarga, his capital as 'Hasanabad'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/9/1992Rajesh Khanna (Congress-I) defeats Shatrughan Sinha to wrest the New Delhi Lok Sabha seat from the BJP.
3/31/1996Karnataka defeat Tamil Nadu in first innings to win Ranji Trophy.
12/10/1998Prof. Amartya Sen receives the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics.
4/30/1843Ramchandra Bhikaji Gunjikar, marathi novelist and editor, was born.
3/4/1990Congress (I) gains absolute majority in Arunachal Pradesh; Gegong Apang CM.
5/21/1991Rajiv Gandhi, Indian Prime Minster (1984-91), assassinated by human bomb explosion plotted by LTTE at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu, 40 km from Madras, at 10.20 P.M.
10/30/1991Bansilal Ladda, veteran freedom fighter and law expert, passed away.
10/18/1928Roshan Harshadlal "Deepak" Shodhan, cricketer (century on Test debut for India), was born in Ahmedabad.
1/1/1879Edward M Forster, English novelist (Howards End, Passage to India), was born.
5/25/1996Kathapurushan' wins best film national award.