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Historical Event on 9/21/1857
Bahadurshah Jafar - II surrendered against the British troops.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
2/12/2000 | 17 persons, including 12 police personnel, die as naxalites strike terror during the first phase of polling for the Bihar Assembly. |
3/20/1965 | Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 vs New Zealand at Delhi. |
10/10/1756 | Clive sailed from Madras, to capture Calcutta, with a large naval fleet consisting of 900 European and 1500 Indian soldiers along with 5 battle ships, and 5 other vessels. |
7/17/2000 | 55 persons die as a Boeing 737 of Alliance Air from Calcutta to Delhi via Patna and Lucknow crashes at Gardanibagh, one km from the runway at the Patna airport. |
12/3/1971 | During the ensuing melee, three of the Sabres were shot down while all Gnats returning to base were unscathed. The first blood of a new Indo-Pakistan air war had been drawn. Other encounters were to follow over the next 10 days within both Indian and Pakistani airspace, before a full-scale war began. |
9/25/1990 | Prafull Chandra Sen, former Chief Minister of West Bengal and Gandhian leader, died in Calcutta. He was 94 years old. |
9/25/1990 | Saint Chokhoba passed away. |
2/22/1948 | Jayalalitha, chief minister of Tamil Nadu, was born. |
8/10/1905 | Sundarji Gokuldas Betard, modern Gujrathi poet, was born. |
8/30/1992 | The first Indian-built ALH (Advanced Light Helicopter) successfully flown in Bangalore. |
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