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Historical Event on 9/6/1774
British Government supported Peshwa Raghunath Rao to re-conqure Pune.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
12/20/1990 | Supreme Court stays Delhi High Court judge Justice Chawla's orders on the Bofors issue. |
5/8/1901 | British commission claims famine has taken 1.25 million lives since 1899; blames over population. |
7/23/1927 | Daily radio transmission broadcasting in India started by Bombay Radio Station. This was the first Commercial Radio Station. |
11/9/1877 | Muhammad Iqbal, Urdu poet, was born in Sialkot (now in Pakistan). |
10/3/1994 | Bhushan Tiwari, famous Hindi film actor of yesteryears, died. |
2/13/1998 | India signs two agreements with the U.N. Development Fund for a $13.75-million grant for food security and environment support. |
6/16/1920 | Hemant Chaudhary, famous singer and music director, was born. |
9/5/1909 | Phiroze Edulji Palia, left-hand batsman and slow spin bowler, was born in Mumbai. He played in India's first Test at Lord's in 1932. |
9/26/1996 | Deve Gowda, PM, takes oath as Rajya Sabha member. He was the first PM to enter parliament through RS. Indira Gandhi was already a RS member when elected leader in 1966. |
12/10/1999 | Dara Singh, the prime accused in the killing of Australian missionary, again gives a slip to police. |
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