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


 

Historical Event on 6/7/1955

Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian Prime Minister, visited U.S.S.R.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/19/1999Sonia Gandhi will be the leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, says the Congress(I).
3/4/1951Eleven countries and 489 male and female athletes participated in the first Asian Games started at National Stadium in New Delhi.
12/9/1994Gorprasad Ghosh, famous Orriya film actor, director and producer, passed away.
3/5/1995India and China agree to open two new border points including Nathu La (Sikkim) to facilitate meetings between their military personnel.
8/26/1984An Indian Airlines Boeing with 68 passengers and a crew of six hijacked to Lahore. The 12 Sikh hijackers then surrendered to the authorities in the U.A.E and released all the passengers.
3/16/1946India calls Attlee's independence offer contradictory, 'a propaganda move'.
4/7/1929England's Imperial Airways had extended its flight to London-Karachi instead of London-Kahira. It was the first commercial air service in undivided India.
4/13/1889Balkrishna A. Pillai, litterateur and journalist, was born.
1/31/2000All seven accused in the Jain hawala case discharged.
12/10/1932The Indian Military Academy (IMA) was formally inaugurated by Field Marshal Sir Philip W Chetwode, Bt, GOB, KCMG, GCSI, DSO and was christened as ""The Pioneers"". The crowning event was delivered in the hall, now named after him, and in the address to the trainees, he enunciated three principles: 'the safety, honour, and welfare of your country comes first, always and everytime', which were to guide the future officers of the Indian Army . A passage from this address has come to acquire immortality and has been adopted as the credo of the Acad