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Historical Event on 5/29/1947
Establishment of Indian Standard Institution.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
9/17/1950 | Govt. grants diplomatic recognition to Israel. |
7/16/1981 | India performs nuclear Test. |
8/29/1974 | Lokdal Party established under the presidency of Chaudhary Charansingh. |
11/11/2000 | Mohun Bagan wins the Durand Cup in New Delhi. |
11/29/1953 | Bahuriya Ramswarup Devi, better known as Laxmibai of Bihar, passed away. She will be always remembered for Chapra District Revolt, whereby she tied seven British men and threw them in Narayani River. |
9/11/1999 | India's Sachin Ratti won the men's singles title in the New Zealand International Badminton championship, defeating top seed and world No. 23 Rio Suryana of Australia in the final. |
6/15/1966 | U.S. resumes full economic aid to India and Pakistan. |
9/20/1881 | Pandit Kashinath Babaji (Chandrakant Bhringa), famous Marathi writer, was born at Munjawad in Nasik. |
12/12/1971 | The first aerial victory was when MiG-21FLs of No. 47 Squadron shot down a PAF F-104 over the Gulf of Kutch and this was followed by three more victories in quick succession on 17 December, when MiG-21FLs of No. 29 Squadron escorting HF-24 Maruts, shot down intercepting F-104s near Uttarlai in the Rajasthan desert in gun-missile encounters, while a third F-104, on an intruding mission, was shot down by another MiG 21FL of No.29 Squadron. |
1/27/1904 | R. P. Kanitkar, veteran writer, nationalist, journalist and editor, was born. |
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