Pittsburgh Indian Community - PittsburghIndian.net
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 9/16/1955

Leopold C. M. S. Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), died at the age of 81.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/29/1911Mohan Bagan became the first Indian football team to win the I.F.A. Shield.
8/15/2000Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, says in his Independence Day address, ""Borders cannot be redrawn either in the name of religion or on the strength of the sword"".
10/26/1928R.S.Das, a law member of the Viceroy's council, died in Calcutta.
2/14/1881Rajendra Lal Dutta and M.M.Basu established the first Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital in Calcutta.
2/8/1921Chamber prince of a Royal Proclamation was inaugurated.
1/16/1999Ritwick Bhattacharya (Delhi) and Mekhala Subedar (Maharashtra) won the men's and women's titles in the National squash championship in Calcutta.
4/22/1993Air India engineers call off their 56-day-old strike.
5/6/2000Saurav Ganguly wins the Ceat International Cricketer of the Year award 1999-2000.
3/14/1990Akash' missile tested successfully.
12/27/1931150 are arrested following 'red shirt' riots in the N.W. Frontier province.