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


 

Historical Event on 9/1/1668

Mumbai was handed over to East India Company by King of England.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/17/1925Jemini Ganesh, film actor, was born.
1/15/1929Dr. Martin Luther King, civil rights leader of the United States of America, freedom fighter and Nobel Prize awardee, was born at America.
2/7/1922Britain threatens crackdown in India to combat Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign.
5/18/1998India talks with the US on the nuclear tests.
4/7/1929England's Imperial Airways had extended its flight to London-Karachi instead of London-Kahira. It was the first commercial air service in undivided India.
2/15/1998Tennis duo Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupati were ranked No. 2 when they won Dubai Open.
12/6/1907Revolutionaries looted Chingaripota station.
9/11/1888Henry Heras, famous artist and an active member of the Indian Historical Records Commission, was born in Barcelona, Spain.
8/6/1996Dr. Raj Kumar was conferred Dada Saheb Phalke award.
4/26/1813Swati Tirunal Ramavarma, outstanding composer of Carnatic music in Kerala, was born in a royal family of Travancore.