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Historical Event on 11/17/1525
Babur came to India , and conquered it through Sindh in his fifth attempt.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/7/1900 | Raghukul Tilak, educationist and social worker, was born at Meerut, UP. |
8/8/1968 | Abey Kuruvila, cricketer (promising Bombay fast bowler), was born in Mannar. |
1/22/1858 | Veer Narayan Singh, freedom fighter, was sentenced to death. |
6/16/1950 | Mithun Chakravorty, famous Hindi film actor, was born. |
7/21/1962 | Passenger Train and Freight Train collided near Dumraon killing 69 persons. |
10/31/1984 | Indira Gandhi, India's four-time prime minister, was gunned down by two members of her personal security guard as she walked from her home to her office in New Delhi. She died after four hours of emergency surgery. The only daughter of former Prime Minister Nehru was 66. Both of her attackers were identified as members of the Sikh religion. One was shot dead. The other was captured. Sikh extremists had threatened to kill Ms. Gandhi since she ordered the raid on their shrine in Amritsar. She had told an interviewer that she was not intimidated by the threats. 'I am not afraid,' she said. 'I am frequently attacked.' |
10/31/1999 | Efforts to restore rail and telecom links on a war footing. |
1/19/1990 | Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh ""Osho"", Indian free love guru, modern mystic and controversial cult figure, died in Pune at the age of 58 years. He will be remembered as a great orator and for founding of Rajnishpuram in USA. |
8/22/1933 | Inhabitants of Partabgarh face starvation as Opium was now outlawed. They had been living from the sale of opium for the past 800 years. |
2/14/1881 | Rajendra Lal Dutta and M.M.Basu established the first Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital in Calcutta. |
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