Portland Indian Community - PortlandIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 8/7/1947

BEST services were started by Mumbai Mahanagarpalika.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/20/1859Elfinstone, Governor of Bombay Province and historian, passed away.
8/20/1969Varahagiri Venkata Giri was elected President and G. S. Pathak as Vice President of India.
6/23/1757The Battle of Plassey started between Robert Clive, incharge of British army, and Nawab of Bengal, Siraj -Ud -Daula. In this battle Robert Clive won control of Bengal.
2/26/1996Sahib Singh Verma sworn in as Delhi's second CM.
10/21/2000Seema Antil becomes the first Indian ever to win a global title by bagging a gold medal in disc throw in the World Junior Athletic championship in Santiago.
4/14/1990L. P. Poarbosa sworn in as CM of Goa.
11/27/1999BJP recaptures the Jaipur Civic body posts by winning 49 out of 70 seats.
6/11/1996Narasimha Rao's name figures in fresh FIR on bribing JMM MPs case.
8/18/1872Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar Gadgil, who provided new heights to North Indian classical music, was born at Kundanwadi at Kolhapur distrist in Maharashtra.
10/6/1954Nehru declared the National Health Scheme for the entire country.