San Francisco Bay Area Indian Community - SFIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 4/16/1930

Rioting continues in India as British police fire on mob of 10,000.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/1/1967Indian Tourist Development Corporation Limited established.
8/1/1995Vohra Panel submits report, highlights nexus between mafia and politicians.
1/30/1996Supreme Court directs CBI and other govt. agencies to speed up the Jain hawala probe.
1/1/1989Dinkar Sakrikar, editor of monthly magzine 'Purva' and socialist, passed away.
8/25/1965Indian troops cross the Kashmir ceasefire line pursuing Pakistani infiltrators.
9/8/1887Swami Sivananda, (1887-1963), religious leader, Hindu universalist renaissance guru, author of 200 books and founder of Divine Life Society with 400 branches worldwide, was born in the quiet village of Pattamadai, District Tirunelveli.
10/22/1937Gandhiji presided over the educational conference at Wardha and outlined his scheme of education through basic crafts.
6/30/1999The first ever direct bus service between India and Bangladesh gets delayed due to heavy rain.
2/18/1911World' s first official airmail flight service with 6,500 letters and post cards was made between Bamrauli to Naini (Allahabad) on February 18, 1911.
11/20/1969Gundappa Viswanath scores 137 on Test Cricket debut vs Australia in Kanpur.