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Historical Event on 3/29/1982
Delhi (707) beat Karnataka (705) on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
4/2/1679 | Aurangzeb reimposed Jizya Tax to finance the spread of Islam on the Hindus.This Jeziya tax was abolished by Akbar. |
11/5/1996 | Madhavrao Scindia rejoins Congress. |
10/24/1930 | Raj Bagri, Indies and British merchant in metal, was born. |
2/4/1991 | An abortive bid to hijack a Calcutta-Agartala flight by a 24-year old youth. |
11/8/1893 | Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu, great musician and professor, was born in Bangalore. |
11/5/2000 | The Interpol issues a ""look-out'' notice for the five persons and two of their accomplices, who hijacked an Indian Airlines plane in December 1999 |
10/26/1961 | Heavy fighting flared up between India and Communist China in their three-year-old dispute over border lines in the Himalayas. Each side accused the other of initiating the fighting that began along the Tibetan border early in October. |
10/20/1992 | Nirad C. Chauduri, 94, the Indian writer living in Oxford, made honorary Commander of the British Empire. |
7/16/1981 | India performs nuclear Test. |
8/17/1761 | William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people. |
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