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


 

Historical Event on 10/5/1676

East India company got authority from the King of England to mint Indian currencies 'Rupee and Paise' coins in Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/15/1904Annada Shankar Rai, modern Oria and Bengali poet, was born.
1/10/1839Tea from India first arrives in UK.
10/11/1894Sudhirranjan Das, former Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born.
1/1/1891Sampurnanand, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, was born.
1/17/1999Madhya Pradesh won its maiden Wills Trophy championship, defeating Bengal in the final of the limited overs cricket championship in Calcutta.
12/26/1986Consumer Rights Act was passed.
7/11/2000Amrita Pritam, noted litterateur, honoured with the highest award for Punjabi literature for the century:""Shatabdi Samman"".
7/21/1999The Janata Dal splits under Deve Gowda and Sharad Yadav. The latter group to support NDA.
4/15/1956A combined army and police action against well armed Naga rebels.
10/17/19037th Madras Infantry was re-established as 67th Punjabi Infantary.