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


 

Historical Event on 8/29/1975

Adinath Lahiri, leading geologist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/2/1991Thiruvananthapuram airport declared India's fifth International Airport.
5/4/1849Jyotirindranath Tagore, Bengali litterateur and poet, was born.
10/15/1961Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', famous Hindi poet, writer, editor, social worker and litterateur, died in Allahabad.
8/23/1872Tanguturi Prakasam, great lawyer, journalist, nationalist, politician, leader, social reformer and former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, was born at Kanuparthi village in Ongole district in Andhra Pradesh.
2/11/1996Wills World Cup Cricket inaugurated at Calcutta.
9/5/1998University and college teachers affiliated to the All-India Federation of University and College Teachers Organisations call off their nation-wide strike.
7/22/1981India's first experimental geo-stationary communication satellite 'Apple' started working which was launched on June 19, 1981.
12/15/1997Orissa Janata Dal unit splits with 29 of 43 Legislature Party members forming 'Biju Janata Dal'.
6/10/1891Gandhiji called to the Bar.
11/17/1994North Eastern Council decides to include Sikkim in the Council.