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


 

Historical Event on 5/27/1930

Jayaprakash Narayan, Labour Research Cell, arrested after Dandi March.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1972Indian states abolished the previous rulers of Privy purses and privileges.
9/29/1959Arati Saha successfully swam the English Channel. She was the first Asian lady to achieve the feat.
7/10/1992P.Chidambaram,Union Minister, resigns owning responsibility for investing in 'Fairgrowth'.
3/1/1998Bharat Ratna is awarded to Dr. A.J.P. Abdul Kalam, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, and Smt. M. S. Subbulakshmi, Carnatic musician. The award is also conferred posthumously on film director Satyajit Ray, freedom fighter Aruna Asaf Ali and former Prime Minister Gulzari Lal Nanda.
11/27/1998India retains the Asia Cup tennis championship in Delhi beating Uzbekistan 2-1 in the final.
3/1/1775Purandhar Treaty was singed between Nana Phadnavis and British Army.
4/14/1992The 79th Plenary session of the Indian National Congress opens in Tirupati.
1/18/1913Gandhiji refers in ''Indian Opinion'' the possibility of return home to India by mid-year.
12/16/1999Michael Johnson's 400m world record (43.18s) set up in the Seville World championship was ratified by IAAF. Other records also ratified were Kenyan Noah Ngeny's 1000m mark (2 11.96, Reiti, Italy) and Moroccan Hicham el Guerrouj's 2000m (4 44.79, Berlin).
8/5/1907Kashi Nath Pandey, politician and Trade Unionist, was born in Fursatpur Village.