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


 

Historical Event on 8/18/1956

Sandeep Madhusudan Patil, great Indian batsman, was born in Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/25/1999Dr. R. Chidambaram, nuclear scientist, among the 14 distinguished personalities chosen for Padma Vibhushan. Sachin Tendulkar and Ruskin Bond get Padma Shri.
8/20/1969Varahagiri Venkata Giri was elected President and G. S. Pathak as Vice President of India.
4/10/1997Bill Gates, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft, announces Rs. 2.5 crore aid to Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Gandhi Institute of Computer Education and Information Technology, Mumbai.
8/20/1991India's Ambassador to Romania J.F.Ribeiro shot by Sikh extremists in Bucharest.
12/27/1976The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members who laid down their lives to repulsed several waves of Japanese attacks. Advance Base Depot is shifted to Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 April 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
6/18/1978The Karakoram Highway, linking Gilgit in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir with Sinkiang in China, is opened.
9/15/1876Sarat Chandra Chatterji, famous Bengali novelist and writer, was born at Debanandapur in Hoogly district.
8/2/1942Gandhi says that the Japanese might be welcomed in India should they invade due to current Indian discontent.
4/30/1958Shiekh Abdulla taken into custody.
5/24/1999Noted wrestling coach Dronacharya awardee Guru Hanuman passed away in a road accident near Meerut.