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Historical Event on 3/1/1818
Singhgad won by the Britishers after the end of Peshwa kingdom.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
12/12/1925 | Dattatreya Gajanan Phadkar alias ""Dattu"" Phadkar, cricketer (pace bowler all-rounder for India), Kolhapur, Maharastra, was born. |
6/30/1979 | R. D. Singh became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation. He was there in this office till 24 Jan. 1980. |
5/11/1895 | Jiddu Krishnamurti, great Indian profound philosopher of international repute, was born at Madanapalle, Andhra Predesh. His famous book ""Song of Life"" contains most of his philosophical thoughts and teachings. |
8/30/1659 | Aurangzeb plotted the death of his brother Dara Shikoh and beheaded him. He was buried in a vault under the dome of Humayun's tomb. |
10/9/1945 | British troops occupy Andaman in Gulf of Bengal. |
5/11/1993 | Toy factory fire kills over 200 people in Bangalore. |
6/22/1982 | 19 persons were killed and 25 injured when an Air India Boeing 707 from Singapore via Madras crashed at Bombay. |
5/3/1969 | Dr. Zakir Hussain(1897-1969), third President of India and the first Muslim President who occupied this office on 13 May, 1967, passed away. He is also remembered as an educationist. |
10/14/1998 | Prof. Amartya Sen (Indian Nobel Laureates), the economist-philosopher, awarded the Nobel Prize in economics for his contribution to welfare economics. |
8/6/1933 | Kripal Singh Govindsingh, Amritsar, India, 100* on debut v NZ 1959, was born at Madras. |
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