Tampa Bay Indian Community - tampabayIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 5/11/1995

In central Kashmir, militants burnt the Charar-e-Sherif shrine (the tomb of Sufi saint Sheikh Noorudin Noorani) built in 1460 by Zain-ul- Abidin.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/26/1947K.M. Munshi is appointed Govt. of India's agent in Hyderabad State.
5/18/1999R. B. Sapre, India's first national chess champion, died in Mumbai.
2/15/1924Shankarrao Bajirao Patil, great leader of Maharashtra, was born.
6/22/1993JPC draft report raps B. Shankaranand and censures Manmohan Singh.
10/28/1997Cabinet permits RBI to issue rupee notes of 1000 denomination.
6/30/2000The Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council adopts a resolution seeking separation from J&K.
1/1/1909Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar, cricketer (Indian batsman & wicket-keeper 1936-46), was born in Bombay.
3/10/1940Banwarilal Bhagwandas Purohit, famous leader of Vidarbha, was born.
3/10/1940Queen Elizabeth I granted its Royal Charter to the 218 Knights and merchants of the City of London who formed the East India Company. The venture failed to achieve its stated objectives -- it made little impression on the Dutch control of the spice trade and could not establish a lasting outpost in the East Indies.
10/2/1998Santanu Deb Barma of Tripura was chosen for Kabir Puraskar for her role in preventing violence and riots in some areas of the state in 1997.