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Historical Event on 6/12/1894
Busushottam Vishwanath Bapat, internationally famed Pali language expert, translator and editor, was born.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
6/5/1981 | Gopal Saini at Tokyo sets record for 3000m ST. in 8,30.88. |
5/2/1954 | Ceylon Asian conference ends with plea for peace in Indo-China, end of atomic tests and condemnation of colonialism. |
5/19/1993 | S. W. Sohoni, 4 Tests for India, 83 runs @ 16.6, 2 wkts @ 101, passed away. |
1/1/1891 | Sampurnanand, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, was born. |
5/30/1826 | The first Hindi newspaper 'Udant Martand' was published from Calcutta under the Editorship of Pandit Shridhar Shukla. |
12/17/1933 | Lala Amarnath scores a century (118) in his Test Cricket debut. |
8/17/1761 | William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people. |
6/26/1955 | Poland and India affirm Panchsheel. |
2/20/2000 | India-born Mr. Ujjal Dosanjh (52), leader of New Democratic Party, sworn in Canada's first Indo-Canadian Premier of British Columbia. |
1/10/1693 | Job Charnock, founder of Calcutta, died in the same city and he was laid to rest. |
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