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Historical Event on 1/5/1671
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj captured the 'Salher' fort from Mughals.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
12/3/1971 | Hostilities broke out between India and Pakistan. On the very night that hostilities commenced, with Pakistan bombing several air fields, IN Ships 'Rajput' and 'Akshay' were leaving Vishakapatnam harbour when they obtained a sonar contact. They fired several depth charges and proceeded on their mission when there was no further evidence of a submarine's presence. Thereafter, a loud explosion of rattling windows panes off the Vishakapatnam beach was heard . The Pakistani submarine 'Ghazi' (a Tench class submarine obtained from the USA in 1964) had come to grief. |
4/2/1993 | MP High Court quashes dismissal of BJP Government under article 356; the Centre decides to move the Supreme Court. |
2/1/1994 | ONGC becomes a Public Limited Company. |
4/29/1882 | Raja Ali Sayyed, leader of Muslim League, was born. |
11/8/2000 | Queen Ingrid (90), Denmark's Swedish born queen mother and great-grand daughter of Britain's Queen Victoria, died in Copenhagen. |
7/27/1991 | Army called out in Srinagar valley after an attack on security forces in which 17 persons were killed. |
10/19/1910 | Subrahamanyam Chandrasekhar was born in Lahore. He was one of the world's leading astrophysicists. For his contributions to the study of stars, Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science, the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983. |
10/19/1910 | Firuz Shah Bahmani died. |
4/15/1976 | India announces it will send an envoy to Peking, first time in 15 years. |
3/6/1947 | Churchill opposes troop withdrawal from India at London. |
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