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


 

Historical Event on 6/9/1998

The rupee plunges to an all-time low of Rs. 42.23/25 against the dollar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/1/1919Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar, famous Marathi poet and screenplay writer, was born.
5/6/1944Mahatma Gandhi was released unconditionally from his last imprisonment from Aga Khan Palace at Pune.
1/2/1757After the Battle of Plassey, Clive, Britisher, defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah, Mir Jafar, Nawab of Bengal and re-captured Calcutta, after it had been seized by the Nawab of Bengal who had used the ""Black Hole"" to imprison British captives.
12/14/1920Akali Dal established.
2/26/1858Diwan Maniram and Piali Barua were hanged. (Grandson of Purandara Simha, the last Ahom king of Assam).
1/1/1926Mohammad Abdul Hye, educationist, was born at Alitangani, (Nowgong).
4/2/1877Narottam Morarjee, great social reformer and the architect of the modern Indian Shipping, was born at Porbandar.
1/31/1985Under the 52nd Constitutional Amendment, Anti-Defector Bill was passed unanimously in Lok Sabha. This avoided the Representatives of People to switch over political parties.
2/18/1823Gopal Hari Deshmukh, lokhitwadi, was born.
2/16/1997Tribal militants kill 21 persons in Tripura.