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


 

Historical Event on 1/1/1931

Gopi Chand Narang, great educationist and Urdu scholar, was born at Dukki.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/26/1993Indian Airlines' IC 491 crashes at Aurangabad, killing 55 passengers.
8/29/1880Madhav Shrihari Ane, greatest Freedom fighter, was born.
1/5/1953Andhra University celebrated its silver jubilee.
10/18/1927Ramesh Vithaldas Divecha, cricketer (11 wickets for India in early 50's), was born in Bombay.
5/16/1999Senior Congress leaders oppose Sonia Gandhi as Prime Minister.
10/20/1947First battle between India and Pakistan.
10/1/1997Gerhard Fischer, social worker, nominated for Gandhi peace prize. The 76-year-old German "Ambassador of Humanity'' was unanimously chosen for his contribution for social, economic and political transformation through non-violence
2/6/1994Ram Mahadik, Congress leader, passed away.
9/12/1922Chandradhar Sharma Guleri passed away.
12/8/1970Army Ordnance Corps was awarded the 'Colours' by the Vice President of India, Shri G S Pathak, at AOC Centre, Secunderabad. The Ordnance colour is a scarlet silken flag with the Ordnance crest in the center and surrounding it is a wreath of Ashoka Leaves and Lotus flowers.