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


 

Historical Event on 1/7/1885

Madhav Narayan Joshi, comedy drama writer, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/22/1999Former Test all-rounder Chandu Borde was re-appointed chairman of National Selection Committee on Day two of the BCCI AGM in Jaipur.
4/15/2000Baichung Bhutia became the first Asian-player to score a goal in the professional English game.
6/14/1990Veerendra Verma sworn in as the new Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh.
2/15/1865Kishorilal Goswami, Hindi novelist, was born.
12/23/1944U C Joshi, cricketer (Sussex off-spinner 1970-74 from India), was born.
7/18/1980Second Experimental launch of Space Launch Vehicle -3 (SLV-3) by Indian made 35 kilogram Rohini satellite (RS-1) successfully placed in orbit. It was used for measuring in-flight performance of second experimental launch of SLV-3. The launch took from Sriharikota and India became the sixth nation to put a satellite into orbit.
6/15/1990Punjab Government returned gold and other valuables seized from Golden Temple during the 1984 Blue Star operation to SGPC.
10/12/1991Sonia Gandhi declineed to contest from Amethi.
1/9/1972In 1971, 433 feature films produced in the world with a record and a top position in film production.
7/12/1932The 16,000-foot Shyok ice dam in the Himalayas bursts flooding the Indus Valley at Kashmir.