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Historical Event on 7/26/1910
Unrest flares up in the Deccan region of India. Demand grows for self-determination.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
3/22/2000 | India's first third generation satellite 'Insat-3B' put in orbit by Europe's latest Ariane-5 rocket from Kourou in French Guyana. |
2/23/1768 | Nizam accepted British supremacy and Smith Col. signed peace treaty with the Nizam. |
10/12/1921 | Jayant Shridhar Tilak, great journalist, was born at Poona. |
8/11/1984 | A cloud of toxic chemicals escaped from a Union Carbide plant near Charleston, West Virginia, this morning, and at least 135 residents were treated for eye, throat, and lung irritation. Last December, methyl isocyanate gas escaped from a Union Carbide plant in India, killing 2,000 people. No MIC escaped today, plant officials said. Aldicarb oxime, a much less toxic gas, is declared as one constituent of the gas cloud. |
1/17/1989 | Colonel J. K. Bajaj was the first Indian to reach the geographic South Pole. |
5/5/1932 | Prabhatkumar Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali short story writer and novelist, passed away. |
8/12/1997 | Bar Council of India debars full-time law teachers from practising as lawyers. |
1/30/1903 | Lord Curzon opened the Imperial Library in in Metcalfe Hall at Calcutta. |
8/20/1979 | Indian premier Charan Singh resigns. |
3/15/1983 | Karnataka beat Bombay in 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy. |
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