|
|
Historical Event on 6/8/1999
ATP announced Paes-Bhupathi as No. 1 ranked doubles team. In individual doubles ranking, Bhupathi and Paes were No. 1 and 2 respectively.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/14/1978 | Jagdishchandra Mathur, modern Hindi playwright, passed away. |
| 4/13/1796 | The first elephant was brought to America from Bengal, India. |
| 1/14/1773 | Amstored Lord William Piet, governor, was born. |
| 7/17/1997 | K.R. Narayanan,Vice President, wins in the Presidential election with a record margin to become the next head of state. |
| 3/10/2000 | Nirmal Verma, distinguished Hindi writer, and eminent Punjabi novelist Gurchal Singh selected jointly for the 35th Jnanpith Award for 1999. |
| 10/19/1920 | Prakashchandra Sethi, former central minister, was born. |
| 12/13/2000 | Vikram Sood is appointed new RAW Chief. |
| 1/5/1988 | India's first indigenously built 'Braille' script released short hand machine for the blind. |
| 1/27/1931 | Mahatma Gandhi was released from jail, ending eight months of imprisonment for his campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. To avoid demonstrations, Gandhi was released late in the evening from the Yerovda jail and put on a night train to Bombay. There was hope in British circles that the release of Gandhi would end the strife and lead to discussions of dominion status. Gandhi made clear, however, that he would persist in his civil disobedience campaign. |
| 3/12/1917 | Googie Withers, actress (1 of Our Aircraft is Missing), was born in Karachi, India. |
|
![]()
|
|
|
