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


 

Historical Event on 1/4/1964

The First Diesel Engine came out of the Varanasi Diesel Engine Carshed.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/21/1999The Janata Dal splits under Deve Gowda and Sharad Yadav. The latter group to support NDA.
1/27/1984First unit of Atomic Energy Production Centre started at Kalpakkam.
2/26/1874Sursingh Takhtsingh Gohil `Kalapi', famous Gujrati poet, was born.
1/4/1906Prince of Wales laid the foundation stone of Victoria Memorial Hall at Calcutta.
10/2/1939Budhisagar Krishnappa Kunderan, cricketer (Indian keeper-batsman of 60's), was born in Mangalore.
1/10/1993Atleast 15 people are killed in Bombay on the 5th day of riots between Hindus and Muslims.
11/20/1997Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat arrives in New Delhi. India and Palestinian national authority take stock of stalled West Asia peace process. Two sides sign first umbrella Memorandum of Understanding.
8/1/1958Ramon Magsaysay Award for community leadership given to Acharya Bhave.
9/2/1894Vinayak Mishra, famous Oriya litterateur, critic and historian, was born.
7/23/1990Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Indian Prime Minister and Gorbachev sign joint declaration committing their countries to building a nuclear-free and non-violent world in the first Indian-Soviet summit in the post-Gorbachev Soviet Union in Moscow.