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Historical Event on 6/20/1939
Ramakant Bhikaji Desai, cricketer (effective pace bowler for India in the 60s), was born in Bombay.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
7/1/1997 | Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme `97 (VDIS) comes into effect. |
1/31/1949 | Maharajas of Baroda and Kolhapur decide to merge their states with Bombay. |
9/5/1997 | Mother Teresa, founder of Missionaries of Charity who was awarded with Nobel Prize (1979) and Bharat Ratna, died at the age of 87 due to heart attack late in the evening around 9:30 pm in Calcutta. |
9/5/1888 | Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975), panentheist, great renaissance philosopher, eminent writer, free India's first vice-president and second president, was born at Tiruttani near Madras. |
9/5/1888 | Shahaji Raje Bhosale, father of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, was born. |
2/8/1921 | Chamber prince of a Royal Proclamation was inaugurated. |
7/7/1943 | Rasbehari Bose handed over the command of 'Azad Hind Fauz' to Netaji Subhashchandra Bose at Singapore. |
6/16/1951 | Nehru opponents founded People's party at New Delhi. |
7/22/1998 | India's 4x100m quartet of Saraswati Dey, E.B. Shyla, P.T. Usha and Rachita Mistry win gold in the Asian Athletic championships at Fukuoka. |
8/1/1899 | Kamala Nehru, wife of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social worker, was born. |
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