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


 

Historical Event on 10/9/1978

Asian Games begin in Bangkok.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/3/1991Ganpatrao Tapase, former Governor of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, died.
6/1/1938Continental Publication' started.
3/17/1905Narsinghcharya Purohit Tirunarayan Iyyangar, famous Kannad poet, music director and critic, was born.
4/19/1981Indira Gandhi,Prime Minister, inaugurated `Maharashtra Vidhanbhavan'.
1/1/1879Edward M Forster, English novelist (Howards End, Passage to India), was born.
2/17/1986Jiddu Krishnamurti, famous Indian philosopher (Kingdom Happiness), passed away at the age of 90 yrs at Ojai, California, USA.
12/10/1932The Indian Military Academy (IMA) was formally inaugurated by Field Marshal Sir Philip W Chetwode, Bt, GOB, KCMG, GCSI, DSO and was christened as ""The Pioneers"". The crowning event was delivered in the hall, now named after him, and in the address to the trainees, he enunciated three principles: 'the safety, honour, and welfare of your country comes first, always and everytime', which were to guide the future officers of the Indian Army . A passage from this address has come to acquire immortality and has been adopted as the credo of the Acad
3/10/1904Raghunath Gopal Kokaje, great Hindi writer, was born at Bhoka, district Ratnagiri.
9/16/1996J & K second phase poll for 34 seats.
7/27/1949Agreement reached on the ceasefire line in Kashmir.