Virginia Indian Community - VirginiaIndian.net
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 9/10/1872

Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji ""Ranji"", Maharaj Jamsaheb of Nawanagar and noted cricketer, was born in village Sarodar near Jamnagar, Kathiawad. He was referred as ""The prince of a little state, but the king of a great game"". He also played for Sussex.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/28/1914Komagata Maru sailed from Hong Kong to Vancouver with 351 Sikhs and 21 Punjabi Muslim youths under the captaincy of Sardar Gurjeet Singh as a part of 'Ghadar' Movement.
6/24/1966Bombay-New York Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switz), 117 die.
5/4/1989Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali litterateur, passed away.
12/3/1971India recognises Bangladesh. Indian army marches into Bangladesh and joins hands with Mukti Bahini. Pakistani Army in Bangladesh surrenders to the Indian Commander.
9/17/1999India and the United States begin high level consultations to find ways on countering terrorism.
12/6/1946Anglo-Indian talks end in failure after three days at London.
9/29/2000A special court convicted former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and his then cabinet colleague Buta Singh in the JMM MPs' bribery case. Nine others got benefit of doubt.
7/2/1941Muhammad Baqa Jilani, one Test for India, 0-55, died at the age of 29.
9/20/1993Narsimha Rao, Prime Minister, arrives in Teheran on a three-day visit.
3/3/1967India signed the International Space Treaty in Moscow.