New York Indian Community - NewYorkindian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 11/7/1995

Lukose Leelamma at Pune sets record for 10,000m (Women) in 34.33.50.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/29/1975D.K. Barooah elected Congress President.
10/10/1899Shripad Amrit Dange, socialist and Trade Union Leader, was born.
12/24/1993Khanprabha Bhaduri, famous Bengali poet and writer, died.
9/19/2000India remains committed to a unilateral moratorium on nuclear tests, but we will not allow this stand to stand in the way of our protecting India's supreme natural interest,'' said Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on his return from the US.
10/10/1964Ravi Shankar performs at Town Hall in New York.
3/15/1992Dr. Rahi Masum Raza, film screenplay, story and dialogue writer, passed away at the age of 64 years.
1/27/1931Mahatma Gandhi was released from jail, ending eight months of imprisonment for his campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. To avoid demonstrations, Gandhi was released late in the evening from the Yerovda jail and put on a night train to Bombay. There was hope in British circles that the release of Gandhi would end the strife and lead to discussions of dominion status. Gandhi made clear, however, that he would persist in his civil disobedience campaign.
9/20/1878Hindu"", an English weekly in Madras with G. S. Aiyer as its Editor, was first published with only 80 copies.
1/5/1952John Hope Victor Alexander, Viceroy of India (1936-43), died at the age of 64.
2/21/1672A French squadron under De la Haye encountered a fleet of the Dutch, who were in hostility with the French, near Cape Comorin.