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


 

Historical Event on 8/5/1969

Bapu Krishnarao Venkatesh Prasad, cricketer (consistent Indian Test pace bowler 1996-), was born in Bangalore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/26/1982Meera Behn (Medlin Slade) freedom fighter, and Gandhin by thought awarded 'Padma Vibhushan'.
1/18/1982Six thousand labor activists arrested in two days and national strike called in New Delhi.
1/5/1992Ravi Shastri scores 206 at SCG before being Warne's 1st cricket Test wkt.
7/26/1844Gooroodas Banerjee was born in Calcutta. He was a Judge of Calcutta High Court.
1/8/1872Hemchandra Goswami, ancient Asamia literature expert, historian, editor and poet, was born.
6/20/1916Sreemati Nathibai Damodher Thackersey (SNDT) Indian Women' s University, first women's and the fifth Indian University, was established in Pune by D.K. Karve.
4/30/1988Raj Kapoor gets Dada Saheb Phalke award for 1988.
6/13/1997At least 60 persons were feared killed and several injured in a fire in Uphaar Grand cinema in South Delhi.
3/11/1881Ashley Eden unveiled in Calcutta Town Hall the first statue of Indians Ram Nath Tagore and Dwarkanath Tagore.
3/25/1963Yagyawalk Bharadwaj, famous botany scientist, passed away.