|
|
Historical Event on 7/27/1998
B. B. Lyngdoh is sworn in Meghalaya Chief Minister.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/22/1940 | Erapalli Anantrao Srinivasarao Prasanna, cricketer (one of India's big four spinners, Right-arm Off-break Bowler), was born at Bangalore. He is also the receipent of Arjun Award (1968) and Padmashree (1970). |
| 11/1/1949 | Thomason Collage at Roorkee, Uttar Pradesh, was raised to the status of an Engineering University - the first of its kind in India. |
| 7/29/1980 | India won Gold Medal in Hockey at Moscow Olympics. |
| 6/29/1908 | Pratapsing Gaekwad, Prince of Baroda, was born. |
| 6/30/1823 | Sir Dinshaw Manokji Petit, famous industrialist, was born. |
| 12/13/1986 | Smita Patil, famous film actress, passed away. |
| 10/20/1954 | Surendra Vithal Nayak "Suru Nayak", cricketer (two Tests for India v England 1982), was born in Bom |
| 4/18/1917 | Gandhi saw one of his testing grounds of Satyagraha in Champaran. He defied section 144 of Criminal Act. |
| 6/16/1990 | Bombay gets 42 cm rainfall, the century's highest. The previous high of 41 cm was recorded on 18, 1986. |
| 4/8/1857 | Mangal Pandey, the first revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, was hanged till death at Barrackpore. He struck the first bullet during the time of mutiny against the British Empire. |
|
![]()
|
|
|
