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


 

Historical Event on 8/9/1788

Gulam Kadir removed the eyes of Shah Alam 2nd, King of Delhi with a knife.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/10/1981The first day and night cricket match of India was played at the flood-lit ground of the Wilson College Gymkhana (Bombay).
5/17/1873Hindi daily 'Bharat Mitra' started from Calcutta.
10/13/1998India, Mauritius sign an agreement on civil aviation in New Delhi in the presence of its two Prime Ministers.
5/23/1923Nirode Ranjan Chowdhury, Indian cricket pace bowler (1949-52), was born in Calcutta.
8/1/1957National Book Trust inaugurated.
11/5/1928R. V. S. Perishastri, former Chief Election Commissioner of India, was born.
4/2/1991Haryana Governor recommends President's rule.
3/26/1990Sangma Ministry quits in Meghalaya. B. B. Lyngdoh is new CM.
10/17/1998Nine women are buried alive as the roof of the 200-year-old Balaji temple in Varanasi's Ramghat area caves in.
11/28/1998The Congress(I) wins the Assembly elections in Delhi, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.