Houston Indian Community - HoustonIndian.net
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 3/5/1999

Geet Sethi won the 1999 World matchplay billiards championship in Midsomer Norton.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/28/1964A slow-moving funeral cortege containing the body of Jawaharlal Nehru inched through the streets of New Delhi today. A million and a half Indians lined the route to pay final respects to their beloved leader.
11/21/1947First postal stamp of indepedent India of three and half annas denomination was started. Major General Cariappa took over from Lieutenant General Sir Francies Tulker as the Army Commander, Eastern Command, in the rank of Lieutenant General.
12/21/1788Sindhia arrested Gulam Qadir and killed him.
4/15/1794Moropant Paradkar, great poet of Marathi in Peshwa kingdom, passed away.
10/16/1999A woman is elected as the Speaker of the Sikkim Assembly.
3/9/1989Yasser Arafat, PLO Chairman, arrives on a two-day state visit to India.
11/21/1971Rebellion in East Pakistan (formerly Bengal). Ten million Bengalis flee to India. Indo-Pak border clashes escalate to war. India defeats West Pakistan. E. Pakistan becomes independent Bangladesh.
4/8/1674Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj honoured Hansaji Mohite with the degree of 'Hambirrao' and appointed him as Chief General of his Army.
10/15/1990Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (b-1918), the South African black nationalist leader who arrived in India on a five-day visit. He is the first non-Asian to get this honour.
8/12/1991Parliament passes the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (prevention) amendment bill.