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


 

Historical Event on 8/7/1871

Abanindranath Tagore, great modern artist and painter, was born at Jorasanko in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/10/1998Geet Sethi retains National billiards title in Calcutta.
11/16/1947Kamta Prasad ""Guru"" died at Jabalpur. He was renowned for his contribution in the field of Hindi Grammer. He was the editor of a monthly 'Saraswati' and 'Balasakha', children magaz
11/6/1997Chief Executives of public sector banks and Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, after a meeting in New Delhi, decide to grant greater administrative autonomy to select public sector banks.
6/20/1911Dattatray Purushottam Karmarkar, veteran freedom fighter and former cabinet minister, died.
8/19/1992K.R.Narayanan elected the ninth Vice President of India.
12/21/1788Sindhia arrested Gulam Qadir and killed him.
12/27/1926Imperial Airways announces the first scheduled air service to India from New Year in UK.
5/23/1975P. S. Bapat, victoria cross winner Lieutenant General, passed away.
1/29/1955'Bhartiya Kamgar Kisan Party' established.
2/11/1981Australia all out for 83 vs India at MCG. They were chasing 143 to win.