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Historical Event on 9/17/1864
Anagrik Dharmapal, religious reformer, was born.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/11/1973 | Rahul Dravid, cricket batsman, was born in Indore. |
1/11/1973 | Akbar Abul-Fath Djalaluddin, third Mughal Emperor of India (1556-1605), was born at Amarkot in Sind under the protection of Rana Virsal. Humayun had also taken refuge at Amarkot. |
6/19/1877 | Pandurang Chimanaji Patil, famous agriculturist of Maharashtra, was born. |
6/19/1990 | NDC approves approach paper to the Eighth Plan. |
11/11/1979 | President N. Sanjiva Reddy declares the opening of the first International Trade Fair of India. |
9/1/1909 | Father Kamil Bulke was born. He produced a handy English to Hindi dictionary. He did his Ph.D. on 'Ramcharita Manas' and was Head of Hindi Department in Patna University. |
5/4/1854 | The first stamp was officially issued from Calcutta where the first modern post office was established. |
5/4/1854 | Mian Tansen, a prominent figure of North Indian (Hindustani) classical music and famous singer of Akbar's court, died at Gwalior. Tansen is remembered for his epic Dhrupad compositions, creating several new ragas, as well as for writing two classic books on music Sri Ganesh Stotra and Sangita Sara. |
12/13/1955 | India and the USSR affirm the Panchsheel. |
10/2/1997 | At least 50 Pakistan soldiers were killed and several injured in a retaliatory firing by Indian troops in Nowgam, Uri and Kupwara sectors. Firing had been intermittent along LoC. |
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