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


 

Historical Event on 8/15/1999

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, says Agni-2 to be inducted in the defence arsenal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/3/1921Ahmed Gulsher, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Satna (M.P).
8/1/1916Mrs. Annie Besant in cooperation with Bal Gangadhar Tilak started the Home Rule League Movement with Dadabhai Naoroji as its President.
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.
9/3/1931Dr. Chandreshwarprasad Rachamohan Thakur was born in Dubaha, Distt. Muzaffarpur (Bihar).
2/3/1925First Electric Train started its journey from Bombay V. T. (presently known as C.S.T.) to Kurla. This train was on the Central Railway, Bombay.
8/10/1988Ramakrishna Hegde resigns as CM of Karnataka on moral grounds in connection with phone tapping issue.
8/8/1990Violent protests rock Bihar against Mandal Commission Report implementation.
3/4/1925Jyotirindranath Tagore, great Bengali litterateur and poet, passed away.
5/1/1966Marathi becomes the official language of Maharashtra.
12/17/1645Noorjahan Begum passed away.