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2001 Earthquake kills 20,000 in Bhuj, India
1999 Cyclone/tidal surge kills as many as 10,000 in eastern India 1998 Pakistan tests underground nuclear weapons, sparking fears of a nuclear conflict with India 1998 India resumes underground nuclear tests after more than a 20 year gap 1998 Gulzarilal Nanda, temporary Prime Minister of India (1964, 66), dies 1996 India all out for 66 at Durban after making 100 in cricket 1st inning 1996 Lance Klusener takes 8-64 in debut Test Cricket to trounce India 1996 1st one-day international in Canada, India vs. Pakistan at Toronto 1996 India defeat Pakistan in Under-15 World Challenge Final at Lord's 1996 Raaj Kumar, film star, actor in Bollywood movies, famous for film 'Mother India', dies at 68 1996 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, president of India, dies at 83 1996 Neela Sanjiva Reddy, president of India (1977-82), dies 1996 Sri Lanka beat India in World Cup semi as riots stop play 1996 Javed Miandad's last international in Pak's WC QF loss to India 1996 Mark Waugh scores 126 in World Cup against India 1996 1st full ODI for Kenya, Cricket World Cup vs. India 1996 Tendulkar scores 127* in India's Cricket World Cup win over Kenya 1996 N T Rama Rao, Prime Minister of Andhra Pradesh India 1983 - 1984, 1984 - 1989, 1994 - 1995, dies 1995 New Zealand score 8-348 in 49 overs vs. India in Nagpur ODI 1995 Beant Singh, Prime Minister of Punjab province of India, assassinated at 73 1995 India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah 1995 Morarji Desai, Prime Minister of India (1977-79), dies 1995 Congress party loses India national election 1995 Bomb attack on train in Assam India (27 soldiers killed) 1994 Zail Singh, president of India (1982-87), dies at 78 1994 Aishwarya Rai, 21, of India, crowned 44th Miss World 1994 India army kills 27 Moslem militants 1994 Bodo kills 37 Moslems in Bashbari NE India 1994 Sushmita Sen, 18, of India, crowned 43rd Miss Universe 1994 Miss India (Sushmita Sen) selected Miss Universe 1994 United Arab Emirates' 1st official ODI, losing to India 1994 Mine fire at Asansol India, kills 55 1993 India defeat West Indies in Bengal Jubilee Cricket Final, Kumble 6-12 1993 6.4 earthquake at Latur, India, 28,000 killed 1993 India complete a 3-0 series drubbing of England 1992 300,000 hindus destroy mosque of Babri India, 4 die 1992 David Houghton gets Zimbabwe's 1st Test ton (121 vs. India, debut) 1992 Start of Zimbabwe's 1st Test match, vs. India at Harare 1992 India leases Tin Bigha corridor to Bangladesh 1992 "Tin Bigha Day" protest in India of corridor opening to Bangladesh 1992 India launches its Agni rocket 1992 India launches its 1st satellite independently 1992 Mike Whitney career-best 7-27 at WACA in Test Cricket win vs. India 1992 David Boon's 13 Test Cricket century, 107 vs. India at Perth 1992 Boon completes twelfth Test century, 135 vs. India at Adelaide 1992 Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup 1992 Boon completes 11 Test Cricket century, 129* vs. India at Sydney 1992 Test debut of Shane Warne, vs. India at Sydney 1991 Militant Sikhs kill 55 and wound 70 in India 1991 South Africa's 1st cricket international since 1970 - one-day vs. India 1991 Aaqib Javed takes 7-37 in 10 overs vs. India in cric 1-dayer at Sharjah 1991 6.1-7.1 earthquake in Uttar Kashi, India, about 670 die 1991 Peggy Ashcroft, British actress (A passage to India), dies at 83 1991 Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India, killed by bomb at 46 1990 Hindu-Muslim rebellion in Hyderabad-Aligargh India, 140 die 1990 Graham Gooch scores 123 vs. India to follow up 1st innings 333 1990 Graham Gooch scores 333 vs. India at Lord's 1990 Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar India, 80 die 1990 Bus accidentally touches high voltage wire in Karagpur India; 21 die 1990 Ian Smith 173* New Zealand vs. India, 136 balls, world record for no 9 bat 1990 1st day India vs New Zealand cricket at Auckland New Zealand 5-78 at lunch, 9-387 stumps 1989 Vishwanath Pratap Singh sworn in as president of India 1989 India president Rajiv Gandhi, resigns 1989 Pakistan win Sharjah Trophy over India and WI on round-robin 1988 Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed 1988 6.5 earthquake strikes India/Nepal, 1,000s killed 1988 Test debut of Phil Simmons, WI vs. India, Madras 1987 76th Davis Cup: Sweden beats India in Gothenburg (5-0) 1987 Test debut of Carl Hooper, WI vs. India at Bombay 1987 India all out for 75 vs. West Indies at Delhi, Patterson 5-24 1987 1st of 3 massacres by Sikh extremists takes place in India 1986 India score 7-676 vs. Sri Lanka at Kanpur in Cricket 1986 Allan Border scores the 10,000th run in Tests (v India, Bombay) 1986 Failed assassination attempt on India premier Rajiv Gandhi 1986 India vs. Australia Test Cricket at Madras finishes in a tie 1986 Dean Jones scores 210 vs. India at Madras 1986 David Boon's 3rd Test cricket century, 122 vs. India at Madras 1986 Sikhs extremist kill 16 hindus in Muhktsar India 1986 Extremist Sikhs kill 13 hindus in Ludhiana India 1986 Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup 1986 Dalai Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India 1986 David Boon's second Test century, 131 vs. India at Adelaide 1985 Test Cricket debut of Steve Waugh, vs. India at the MCG 1985 David Boon's 1st Test century, 123 vs. India at Adelaide 1985 Test debut of Merv Hughes, Geoff Marsh and Bruce Reid (v India) 1985 Akali Dal wins Punjab State election in India 1985 Sri Lanka score their 1st Test Cricket victory, by 149 runs vs. India 1985 Rajiv Gandhi announces Punjab state elections in India 1985 Bomb destroys Air India Boeing 747 in air near Ireland, 329 die 1985 Booby trap bomb kills 86 people in India 1985 India files suit against Union Carbide over Bhopal disaster 1985 India beat Pakistan to win "World Championship of Cricket" 1985 Mike Gatting and Graeme Fowler both scores 200's vs. India 1984 Rajiv Gandhi takes office as India's 6th Prime Minister succeeds his mother, Indira Gandhi 1984 Rajiv Gandhi's Congress party wins election in India 1984 2,000 die from Union Carbide poison gas emission in Bhopal, India 1984 Percy Norris, deputy high commissioner of India, shot dead 1984 3,000 die in 3 day anti-Sikh riot in India 1984 Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, assassinated by 2 of her bodyguards at age 66 1984 1st floodlit ODI outside of Australia (India vs. Australia, New Delhi) 1984 Bomb attack on Madras India airport, 32 killed 1984 1,200 die in Sikh "Golden Temple" uprising India 1984 Extremist Sikhs plunder 40 stations in Punjab India 1984 India beat Pak by 58 runs to win 1st Asia Cricket Cup in Sharjah 1983 Desmond Haynes out handled the ball vs. India 1983 Test Cricket debut of Richie Richardson, WI vs. India Bombay 1983 Kapil Dev takes 9-83 vs. WI at Ahmedabad, but India still lose 1983 Test cricket debut of Shoaib Mohammad, son of Hanif, vs. India Jullundur 1983 India beat West Indies by 43 runs to win Cricket World Cup 1983 India entered space age launching SLV-3 rocket 1983 Hindus kill 3000 Moslems in Assam, India 1983 Javed Miandad and Mudassar Nazar make 451 stand vs. India 1982 Imran Khan 8-60 to bring innings victory vs. India at Karachi 1982 Zaheer Abbas gets his 100th 100 in Test Cricket vs. India, goes to 215 1982 Duleep Mendis completes twin cricket tons for Sri Lanka vs. India 1982 Botham scores 208 in 225 balls, England vs. India at The Oval 1982 J K Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), dies 1981 Phiroz Edulji Palia, cricket (2 Tests for India, 29 runs and 0-13), dies 1981 India performs nuclear Test 1981 India's APPLE satellite, 1st to be stabilized on 3 axes, launched 1981 Australia all out 83 vs. India at MCG chasing 143 to win 1981 Kim Hughes scores 213 vs. India at Adelaide 1981 India all out 63 in one-day international vs. Australia 1981 Greg Chappell scores 204 vs. India at the SCG 1980 Indira Gandhi's Congress Party wins elections in India 1979 Opening day of 4th Test Cricket, India 8-112 vs. Pakistan at Kanpur 1979 Mother Teresa of India, awarded Nobel Peace Prize 1979 India need 438 to win vs. England, game ends at 8-429 1979 India premier Charan Singh resigns 1979 David Gower 200* in England score of 5-633 vs. India at Edgbaston 1979 Morarji Desai resigns as premier of India 1979 Sri Lanka beat India by 47 runs in Cricket World Cup upset 1979 Faoud Bacchus scores 250 for WI vs. India at Kanpur 1979 Gavaskar gets twin tons for India for the third time (v WI) 1978 India's former Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, released from jail 1978 Indira Gandhi ambushed in India 1978 Test Cricket debut of Malcolm Marshall, vs. India at Bangalore 1978 Gavaskar gets twin cricket tons for India for 2nd time 1978 Test debut of Kapil Dev, India vs. Pakistan at Faisalabad 1978 Nafisa Joseph, Miss India Universe, 1997 1978 Australia beat India 3-2 on 6th day of final test 1978 India needing 493 to beat Australia at Adelaide, all out 445 1978 Air India B747 explodes near Bombay killing 213 1977 Bobby Simpson scores 176 Australia vs. India at the WACA, aged 41 1977 Morarji Desai forms government in India 1977 Indira Gandhi resigns as Prime Minister of India 1977 Premier Indira Gandhi loses election in India 1976 John Lever takes 7-46 in 1st Test Cricket innings, vs. India Delhi 1976 India all out for 97 vs. West Indies 1976 India set 403 to win by WI They get them, 6 wkts 7 overs spare 1976 New Zealand scores their 1st innings win in Test Cricket, vs. India 1976 Richard Hadlee takes 7-23 vs. India, his 1st match-winning spell 1975 Explosion at Chasnala Colliery collapses drowning 350 (Dhanbad India) 1975 Farm truck packed with wedding party struck by a train, killing 66 in truck, 40 miles south of Poona, India 1975 India annexes Principality of Sikkim 1975 India launches 1st satellite with help of U.S.S.R. 1975 W I win Fifth Test against India to take exciting series 3-2 1974 Viv Richards scores 1st Test Cricket ton 192 vs. India 20 fours 6 sixes 1974 Greenidge scores 107 in 2nd innings of Test Cricket debut vs. India 1974 63rd Davis Cup: South Africa beats India in (w/o) 1974 India's 1st one-day international (v England, Headingley) 1974 India all out for 42 in Lord's Test cricket in 77 minutes 1974 Mahesh Bhupathi, born in India, tennis pro 1974 U.S. ambassador to India Daniel Moynihan present $2,046,700,000 check 1973 India and Pakistan sign POW accord 1973 78 drown as flash flood sweeps a bus into a river, India 1973 Dodda Ganesh, cricketer, Karnataka and India pace bowler 1997 1973 Rahul Dravid, cricket batter, prolific Karnataka, Tests for India 96 1972 England beat India by six wickets in the 1st Test Cricket at Delhi 1972 Chandrasekhar takes 8-79 India vs. England at Delhi 1972 New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India and Pakistan 1972 Sunjith Somasunder, cricketer, Karnataka and India ODI opening bat 1996 1972 Laxmi Poruri, Guntur India, tennis star, 1994 Futures-College Park 1972 Herd of stampeding elephants kills 24, Chandka Forest India 1972 Saurav Ganguly, cricketer, centuries in 1st two Tests for India 1996 1972 India and Pakistan sign peace accord 1972 Edward VIII, King of Great Britian/Northern Ireland/emperor (India 1936), dies at 77 1972 India and Bangladesh sign friendship treaty 1971 Cease fire between India and Pakistan in Kashmir 1971 India's army occupies Dacca, West Pakistani troops surrenders 1971 India beat England by 4 wickets, their win against the Poms 1971 Soundarya, born in Gangigunte, India, film actress, played heroine in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam films 1971 J M Noreiga takes 9-95 WI vs. India at Port-of-Spain 1971 Brad Hogg, cricketer, WA chinaman all-rounder, Australia vs. India 1996 1970 Min Patel, cricketer, in Mumbai England left-arm spinner vs. India 1996 1970 Edward M Forster, British writer (Maurice, passage to India), dies at 91 1970 Meghalaya becomes autonomous state within India's Assam state 1969 India all out for 163 at Madras vs. Australia, Ashley Mallett 5-91 1969 Ted Hecht, actor (Time to Kill, Song of India, Gangster), dies 1968 Sanjeeva Weerasinghe, cricketer, Test for Sri Lanka vs. India at 17 1968 Beatles George Harrison and John Lennon and wives fly to India for transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi 1968 Bobby Simpson takes 5-59 vs. India in his last Test for ten years 1967 6.5 earthquake in West India, 170 killed 1967 6.5 earthquake of Kolya Dam India, kills 200 1967 Boycott scores 246* vs. India, Leeds, 573 minutes, 29 fours 1 six 1967 Zakir Hussain elected 1st Moslem president of India 1967 Richard Blakey, cricketer, England wicket-keeper in India 1993 1966 Test Cricket debut of Bishen Singh Bedi, India vs. WI Calcutta, 2-92 1966 Test debut of Clive Lloyd, vs. India Bombay, 82 and 78 1966 Bombay-New York Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switzerland), 117 die 1966 Mihir Sen swims Palk Strait between Sri Lanka and India 1966 Indira Gandhi elected India's 3rd prime minister 1966 India and Pakistan sign peace accord 1966 Shahid Saeed, cricketer, Pakistani batsman in Test vs. India 1989 1965 India and Pakistan ceases-fire goes into effect 1965 India invades West Pakistan 1965 India and Pakistan border fights 1965 2nd of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000, Ganges R India 1965 India Allen, Portsmouth, Virginia, playmate of the year, Dec, 1987 1965 Fire and explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad India kills 400 1965 India and Pakistan border fights 1965 1st of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (India) 1965 India and Pakistan engage in border fight 1965 Bruce Taylor hits 105 for New Zealand vs. India in 1st Test Cricket innings 1965 Star of India returned to American Museum of Natural History 1964 Anil Kaul, Amritsar India, Canadian badminton player 1996 Olympics 1964 India and Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed 1964 Star of India and other jewels are stolen in New York 1964 Rex Sellers bowls 5-1-17-0 vs. India in only Test Cricket innings 1964 Lal Bahadur Sjastri elected premier of India 1964 Jawaharial Nehru, Independent India's 1st PM, dies at 74 1964 Nadeem Abbasi, cricketer, three Tests for Pakistan vs. India 1989 1964 John Morris, cricketer, England right-hand batsman vs. India 1990 1964 Hanumant Singh scores 105 India vs. England on debut at Delhi 1964 Remi Bouchard, Lasalle Que, Canadian Tour golfer, 1989 India Open 1963 Estimated 22,000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India) 1962 Chinese army lands in India 1962 69 killed in bus crash (Ahmedabad India) 1962 Devastating 8 for 6 spell by Gibbs gives WI cricket victory over India 1962 Nawab of Pataudi captains India cricket vs. WI age 21 years 77 days 1962 India Congress Party wins elections 1961 India annexes Portuguese colonies of Goa, Damao and Diu 1961 India seizes Goa and 2 other Portuguese colonies 1961 India's premier Nehru arrives in New York 1961 Sunny Deol, born in New Delhi, India, actor, action movie star, director, producer, winner, two National Film Awards, hit film 'Gadar: Ek Prem Katha' 1961 Kalpana Chawla, Karnal, India, astronaut, STS-87 1961 Ramesh Krishnan, born in India, tennis star 1961 Kevan James, cricketer, all-rounder 4 wkts/4 balls and ton vs. India 1996 1960 India's Bombay state split into Gujarat and Maharashtra states 1959 Edward FLW Halifax, English viscount/viceroy of India, dies at 78 1959 Jasu Patel takes 9-69, India vs. Australia at Kanpur 1959 Chinese troops move into India, 17 die 1959 England complete 5-0 series drubbing of India 1959 Abbas Ali Baig scores 112 for India vs. England on debut 1959 Dalai Lama fled China and was granted political asylum in India 1959 Dalai Lama flees Tibet for India 1959 Kapil Dev, cricketer, India's finest all-rounder 1978-94, Cup-1982 1959 Kapil Dev, India's cricket player 1959 Rohan Kanhai completes 256 vs. India at Calcutta 1958 Test Cricket debut for Wes Hall, vs. India at Bombay 1958 Mark Benson, cricketer, played Test England vs. India 1986, 30 and 21 1957 Republic of India adopts Saka calendar along with Gregorian 1957 India annexes Kashmir 1956 Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India) 1955 Kripal Singh scores 100 on Test Cricket debut, India vs. New Zealand 1955 Polly Umrigar scores India's 1st Test Cricket double century, 223 vs. New Zealand 1955 Leopold C M S Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), dies at 81 1955 India premier Nehru visit U.S.S.R. 1955 India poses discrimination "onaanraakbaren" punishable 1955 Ian Callen, cricketer, one Test Australia vs. India 1978, six wickets 1955 Imperial Bank of India nationalized 1955 Pakistan vs. India 5 Test Cricket series ends in a 0-0 draw 1954 Bharat Reddy, cricket wicket-keeper, India 1979 1954 India takes over administration of 4 French Indian settlements 1954 Suru Nayak, cricketer, two Tests for India vs. England 1982 1954 Imtiaz Ali, cricketer, brother of Inshan One Test WI vs. India 1976 1954 Alan Butcher, cricketer, one Test England vs. India, scored 14 and 20 1953 Vijay Amritraj, India, tennis player/actor, Octopussy 1953 Walcott Worrell and Weekes all make centuries in innings vs. India 1952 Pakistan's 1st Test Cricket win Fazal Mahmood 12 wkts vs. India 1952 Nazar Mohammad scores Pakistan's 1st Test century 124* vs. India 1952 Pakistan's 1st Test starts, vs. India at Delhi 1952 Paul Hibbert, cricketer, one Test Australia vs. India 1977, scored 13 and 2 1952 Freddie Trueman takes 8-31, India all out 58 at Old Trafford 1952 India all out 82 in 2nd innings after making 52 earlier in the day 1952 Test Cricket debut of Freddie Trueman vs. India at Headingley 1952 Pandit Nehru becomes premier of India 1952 Anand Armitraj, born in India, tennis player, Brother of ViJay 1952 Nehru's Congress party wins general election in India 1952 Victor Alexander John Hope, viceroy of India (1936-43), dies at 64 1950 Sikkim becomes a protectorate of India 1950 King Tribhuvana of Nepal flees to India 1950 Mother Teresa found her Mission of Charity in Calcutta, India 1950 Persis Khambatta, Bombay India, actress, Star Trek, Megaforce 1950 8.6 earthquake in India kills 20,000 to 30,000 1950 India becomes a republic ceaseing to be a British dominion 1949 India recognizes People's Republic of China 1949 Joni Flynn, Assam India, actress, Octopussy 1949 India adopts a constitution as a British Commonwealth Republic 1949 1st foreign woman ambassador received in U.S. (S V L Pandit India) 1949 Mass arrests of communists in India 1949 Rakesh Sharma, India, cosmonaut, Soyuz T-11 1948 Ashok Gandotra, cricketer, in Rio de Janiero Two Tests for India 1969 1948 Lord Mountbatten resigns as Governor-General of India 1948 Eknath Solkar, cricketer, India 1969-77, brilliant short-leg fielder 1948 Rakesh Shukla, cricket leg-spinner, 1 Test India vs. Sri Lanka 1982 1948 Mahatma Ghandi, murdered by Hindu extremists in India 1948 Australia all out 674 vs. India (Bradman 201, Hassett 198*) 1948 Bradman scores 201 in 272 minutes vs. India, 21 fours 1 six 1948 Test debut of Neil Harvey, vs. India at Adelaide 1948 Mahatma Gandhi, India's pacifist, assassinated 1948 Kenia Jayantilal, cricketer, 5 at Kingston 71 his only inns for India 1948 Bradman completes dual Test tons (132 and 127*) vs. India MCG 1948 Bradman scores 132 in the 1st innings of the 3rd Test vs. India 1948 Orissa province accedes to India 1947 Dilip Doshi, cricketer, India's main slow lefty post-Bedi 1947 Bradman scores 185 in the 1st Cricket Test vs. India at the Gabba 1947 India cricket all out for 58 vs. Australia at the Gabba, Toshack 5-2 1947 Maharajah of Jammu and Kashmir accedes to India 1947 India declares independence from UK, Islamic part becomes Pakistan 1947 India granted independence within British Commonwealth 1947 British viceroy of India lord Mountbatten visits Pakistan 1947 David Lloyd, cricketer, England opener, 214 vs. India 1974 1947 Lord Mountbatten appointed as last viceroy of India 1947 Sam Gannon, cricketer, Austr lefty quick, 3 Tests vs. India 1977-78 1946 Australia compile 645 vs. India at the Gabba (Bradman 187) 1946 Deepak Chopra, born in Punjab, British India, author, speaker, physician, co-founded the Chopra Center, made cameo appearance in movie, 'The Love Guru', 2008 1946 Victor Banerjee, Calcutta India, actor, A Passage to India 1946 Ashok Mankad, cricketer, son of Vinoo, batted for India 1969-78 1946 Nehru forms government in India 1946 India agrees to give Bhutan 32 miles 1946 Alec Bedser takes 7-49 vs. India on 1st day of his 1st Test cricket 1946 Joanna Lumley, Kashmir India, actress, Abs Fab, OHM's Secret Service 1946 British premier Attlee agrees with India's right to independence 1946 Subroto Guha, cricketer, right arm swing bowler for India 1967-69 1945 Australia Services lose 3rd Victory Test Cricket to India by 6 wkts 1945 Australia Services draw second Victory Test Cricket vs. India at Calcutta 1945 Australian Services draw 1st Victory Test against India 1945 Tony Mann, Australia cricket leggie, 1977 century as nightwatchman vs. India 1945 Khaleda Zia, born in Dinajpur District, India, first female Prime Minister of Bangladesh 1991 - 1996, listed in Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women in the World 2006 1945 Ajit Manohar Pai, cricketer, one Test India vs. New Zealand 1969 1944 U C Joshi, cricketer, Sussex off-spinner 1970-74 from India 1944 Bob Cottam, cricketer, England fast-medium on 2 India/Pakistan tours 1944 Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, 1984-89 1944 Last Japanese troops driven out of India 1944 Freighter "Fort Stikene" explodes in Bombay India, killing 1,376 1943 Ravish Malhotra, India cosmonaut, Soyuz T-11 backup 1942 Hemant Kanitkar, cricketer, batted in two Tests India vs. WI 1974 1942 Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills some 40,000 south of Calcutta India 1942 Rajinder Goel, cricketer, slow lefty who didn't play for India 1942 Mahatma Gandhi and 50 others arrested in Bombay after passing of a "quit India" campaign by the All-India Congress 1941 Milkha Singh, cricketer, bro of Kripal Singh India batsman in 4 Tests 1941 5,000 drown in a storm at Ganges Delta region in India 1941 Julie Christie, born in Assam, India, actress, Dr. Zhivago 1941 Paddy Ashton, New Delhi India, British MP, Soc/Lib Democrat 1941 Keith Thomson, cricketer, batted in 2 Tests New Zealand vs. India 1968 1940 Cliff Richards, Harry Webb, Lucknow India, rock voclist, Suddenly 1940 Erapalli Prasanna, cricketer, one of India's big four spinners 1939 A K Sen Gupta, cricketer, Test India vs. WI 1959 without distinction 1939 Man Mohan Sood, cricketer, scored 0 and 3 in his only Test for India 1939 R B Desai, cricketer, effective pace bowler for India in 60s 1939 17 villages damaged by hailstones in Hyderabad India 1938 Shashi Kapoor, born in Calcutta, India, actor, Shalimar, Heat and Dust 1937 Rajinder Pal, cricketer, pace bowler in one Test India vs. Eng, 0-22 1937 Graeme Dowling, cricketer, New Zealand, 239 vs. India 1968 1936 Ismail Merchant, Bombay India, producer, Householder 1936 Juliet Prowse, Bombay India, actress/dancer, Who Killed Teddy Bear 1936 Roy Harford, cricketer, brother of Noel New Zealand wicketkeeper vs. India 1968 1936 Engelbert Humperdinck, Arnolde Dorsey, India, singer, EH Show 1936 Zubin Mehta, born in Bombay, India, conductor, New York Philharmonic 1936 Jack Noreiga, cricketer, 9-95 WI vs. India 1971 1936 Orissa constituted a province of British India 1936 Clive Swift, Liverpool, actor, Frenzy, Passage to India 1936 Pandit Jawaharlal follows Gandhi as chairman of India Congress Party 1936 Manohar Hardikar, cricketer, batted in 2 Tests India vs. WI 1958-59 1935 Prakash Bhandari, cricketer, 3 Tests for India in mid-50's, 77 runs 1935 Jimmy Binks, cricket wicket-keeper, England twice vs. India 1964 1934 Sadashiv Patil, cricketer, pace bowler in Test India vs. New Zealand 1955-56 1934 David Smith, cricketer, England opening bowler vs. India 1961-62 1934 Chandu Borde, cricket batsman, 55 Tests for India 1959-67 1934 In India, Mahatma Gandhi suspended his campaign of civil disobedience 1934 8.4 earthquake in India/Nepal, 10,700 die 1933 B H Valentine scores 133 on Test Cricket debut, England vs. India at Bombay 1933 A G Kripal Singh, cricketer, India, 100* on debut vs. New Zealand 1959 1932 Colin Cowdrey, cricketer, in India England batsman, 1st to 100 Tests 1932 Chinadorai Deshmutu, India, field hockey player, 1952 1932 Madhav Apte, cricketer, bro of Arvind 7 Tests for India, 1 century 1932 Commencement of India's 1st Test cricket, vs. England at Lord's 1932 Gavin Stevens, cricket, Australian bat on 59-60 India/Pakistan tour 1931 June Thorburn, born in Kashmir, India, actress, Touch and Go, Children Galore 1931 New Delhi becomes capital of India 1930 C T Patankar, cricketer, kept wicket in one Test India vs. New Zealand 1955-56 1930 J M Ghorpade, cricketer, 8 Tests for India 1952-59 with little impact 1930 Ramnath Kenny, cricketer, batted in 5 Tests for India in 1950's 1930 G R Sunderam, cricket pace bowler, 2 Tests India vs. New Zealand 1955-56 1930 Mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India 1930 C. D. Gopinath, cricketer, batted in 8 Tests for India in the 1950's 1929 Trevor McMahon, New Zealand cricket wicketkeeper, v India and Pak 1955-56 1929 Balbir Singh, India, field hockey player, Gold Medal Gold Medals 1948, 1956 Olympics 1929 Leslie Wight, cricketer, one Test WI vs. India 1953, scored 21 1929 1st non-stop England to India flight lands 1929 1st non-stop England to India flight takes-off 1929 Indian National Congress proclaims goal for India's independence 1928 R H "Deepak" Shodhan, cricketer, century on Test debut for India 1928 Jawaharlal Nehru requests independence of India 1928 Udham Singh, born in India, field hockey player, Gold Medals 1952, 1956, 1964 Olympics 1928 Rajindranath, cricketer, 4 stumpings in his only Test for India 1927 Ramesh Divecha, cricketer, eleven wickets for India in early 50's 1927 Raaj Kumar, born in Balochistan, Pakistan, film star, actor in Bollywood movies, famous for film 'Mother India', starred in more than 70 Bollywood films, had an iconic, gravelly voice 1927 G S Ramchand, cricketer, valuable all-rounder in 33 Tests for India 1927 Henry CK "Clan" Petty-Fitzmaurice, Governor of India (1888-94), dies at 82 1927 Leslie Claudius, born in India, field hockey, Gold Medals 1948, 1952, 1956 Olympics 1927 Michael Craig, Poona India, actor, Escape 2000, Vault of Horror 1926 Probir Sen, cricket wicketkeeper, India in late 40's/early 50's 1925 D G "Dattu" Phadkar, cricketer, pace bowling all-rounder for India 1925 Ghulam Guard, cricketer, lefty pace bowler in 2 Tests for India 1959 1925 H G Kischenchand, cricketer, 5 Tests for India 1947-52 1925 A H Kardar, cricketer, Pak 1st Test captain, prev played for India 1925 Ralph Legall, cricket wicket-keeper, WI vs. India 1954 1924 V N Swamy, cricketer, one Test India vs. New Zealand 1955, DNB, 0-45 1924 Madhussudan Rege, cricketer, 15 runs in only Test India vs. WI 1948-49 1924 Sabu, Dastagir, India, actor, Elephant Boy, Drum 1923 Hirulal Gaekwad, cricket all-rounder, Test for India 1952-53 1923 Jahangir Khan Irani, cricket wicketkeeper for India, 1947-8 Australia tour 1923 Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, India, film star, Patala Bhairavi 1923 Lindsay Anderson, born in Bangalore, India, director, Thursday's Children 1922 Ghulam Ahmed, cricketer, off-spinner in 22 Tests for India in 1950's 1922 British magistrates in India sentence Mohandas K. Gandhi to 6 years in prison for disobedience 1922 Kanwar Rai Singh, cricketer, batted at MCG in Test for India 1948 1922 Har G Khorana, India/Canada bio-chemist, Nobel 1968 1921 P V Narasimha Rao, premier of India, 1991- 1921 Satyajit Ray, Calcutta India, director, Goddess, Adversary 1921 Cyril Poole, cricketer, England batsman against India 1951-52 1920 Roy Park makes 1st-ball duck in only Test Cricket India, vs. England at MCG 1920 Michael Bates, Jhansi India, actor, Clockwork Orange, Patton 1920 Anwar Hussain, cricketer, four Tests for Pakistan vs. India 1952-53 1920 Chandrasekhar Sarwate, cricketer, batted in 9 Tests for India 1946-52 1920 Ravi Shankar, born in Benares, India, sitar player, Sounds of India 1920 Perserikatan Communist of India (PKI) political party forms 1920 Ranganandhan Francis, born in India, field hockey, Gold Medals 1948, 1952, 1956 Olympics 1919 British troops fire on Amritsar India demonstrators; killing 350 1919 Amritsar Massacre-British Army fires on nationalist rioters in India 1919 K C Ibrahim, cricketer, batted in 4 Tests India vs. WI 1948-49 1919 Dharam Singh, India, field hockey player 1964 Olympic gold 1918 Spike Milligan, born in India, actor/comedian, Digby, 3 Musketeers 1917 Indira Gandhi, born in Allahabad, India, Indian PM, 1966 - 1977, 1980 - 1984 1917 K M Rangnekar, cricketer, batted in 3 Tests India vs. Australia 1947-48 1917 Vinoo Mankad, cricketer, India's greatest all-rounder to his time 1917 Googie Withers, born in Karachi, India, actress, 1 of Our Aircraft is Missing 1917 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, born in British India, brought Transcendental Meditation to Indian schools, universities 1916 Margaret Lockwood, Karachi India, actress, Lady Vanishes 1916 Commandur Rajagopalachari Rangachari, cricketer, India 1947-48 1915 Gopal Krishna Gokhale, India's social reformer/politician, dies 1913 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, president of India 1913 Sanjiva Reddy, president, India 1913 Yuvraj of Patiala, cricketer, scored 24 and 60 in only Test India vs. Eng 1912 Lawrence Durrell, Darjeeling India, writer, Alexandria Quartet 1911 Merle Oberon, Calcutta India, actress, Assignment Foreign Legion 1910 Keki Khursedji Tarapore, cricketer, 0-72 in his only Test for India 1910 Ramaswamy Venkataraman, president of India, 1987-92 1910 Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, India, astrophysicist, Nobel 1983 1910 P E Palia, cricketer, appeared in India's 1st Test-Lord's 1932 1910 Iftikhar Ali Khan, cricketer, Nawab of Pataudi, England and India 1909 Lall Singh, cricketer, scored 15 and 29 in India's 1st Test match 1909 M J Gopalan, cricketer, 1 Test India vs. England 1933-34 1908 John Sutton, Rawalpindi India, actor, Tower of London, Return of Fly 1906 S Nazir Ali, cricketer, bro of Wazir Ali, India's 1st Test 1932 1906 Terence Hanbury White, Bombay India, novelist, England Have My Bones 1906 Ursula Jeans, Simla India. actress, I Lived With You, Over the Moon 1905 Earthquake in Kangra India, kills 20,000 1904 Shi Lal Bahadur Shastri, India premier, 1964-66 1902 J G Navle, cricketer, India's 1st Test wicket-keeper 1902 Richard Allen, India, field hockey goal tender 1928 Olympics gold 1902 L P Jai, cricketer, one Test India vs. England 1934, scored 19 and 0 1899 Carlos Chavez, born in Mexico City, conductor and composer, Sinfonia India 1897 Possibly most severe quake in history strikes Assam India, shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll) 1897 V K Krishna Menon, India, minister of defense 1896 Cota Ramaswami, cricketer, Davis Cup for India 1922, Test 1936 1896 Ranchhodji Morarji Desai, premier of India, 1977-79 1895 C K Nayudu, cricketer, brother of C S, India's 1st Test captain 1895 Kavalam Madhava Panikkar, born in India, diplomat, Asia and Western Dominance 1895 Jiddu Krishnamurti, India, philosopher, Songs of Life 1895 Jiddu Krishnamurti, India, philosopher, Songs of Life 1894 Edward VIII, King of Great Britian/Northern Ireland/empero of India, 1936 1893 Constantly Lievens, Flemish missionaries in India, dies at 37 1890 Ludolf AJW Sloet van de Beele, Governor-General (Net India 1861-66), dies at 84 1888 Maulana Azad, 1st minister of education in independent India 1888 Chandrasekhara Raman, India, physicist, Nobel 1930 1888 Sarvepalli Radhakrishan, president, India, philosopher 1888 246 reported killed by hail in Moradabad, India 1887 Benegal Narsing Rau, India, President of United Nations Security Council, 1950 1886 Philip Merivale, Rehutia India, actor, Nothing But Trouble 1882 Cyclone in Arabian Sea, Bombay, India, drowns 100,000 1879 Edward M Forster, England, novelist, Howards End, Passage to India 1877 England's Queen Victoria proclaimed empress of India 1873 Leopold CMS Amery, British minister of Colonies, India 1872 Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji, India, cricketer/politician 1869 Mahatma Karamchand Ghandi, Porbandar Kathiawad India, pacifist 1863 Swami Vivekananda, born in Calcutta, India, founder of Ramakrishna Mission, chief disciple of Ramakrishna, responsible for bringing Vedanta and Yoga to Europe, America, introduced Hinduism at Parliament of World Religions at Chicago, 1893 1858 Ramabai Dongre' Medhavi, India, social reformer 1858 Government of India transferred from East India Company to Crown 1858 William Herschel of the Indian Civil Service in India 1856 Henry, 1st viscount Hardinge of Lahore, Governor-General of India, dies 1856 Constantly Lievens, Flemish missionary in India 1850 Harishchandra, India, poet/dramatist/father of modern Hindi 1849 Britain formally annexs Punjab after defeat of Sikhs in India 1846 Battle of Sobraon ends 1st Sikh War in India 1846 British defeat Sikhs in battle of Sobraon, India 1846 Battle of Allwal, Brits beat Sikhs in Punjab (India) 1842 4,500 British and Indian troops leave Kabul, massacred before India 1839 Aden conquered by British East India Company 1839 Tea from India 1st arrives in UK 1832 Edwin Arnold, English writer, Light of India 1831 Edward R L Bulwer-Lytton, English under king of India 1829 Britain abolished "suttee" in India, widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre 1818 Warren Hastings, 1st governor-general of India (1773-84), dies at 85 1818 Maratha Wars between British and Maratha Confederacy in India ends 1803 Great fire in Bombay, India 1798 England signs treaty with nizam of Hyderabad, India 1796 1st elephant arrives in U.S. from India 1795 Battle at Kurdla India: Mahratten beat Mogols 1786 Charles Cornwallis appointed governor-general of India 1784 English parliament accept India Act 1783 Tippu Sahib drives out English from Bednore India 1773 Robert Clive, English occupier (India), dies at about 48 1773 James Mill, born in Scotland, philosopher and historian, History of British India 1772 Yves de Kerguelen of France discovers Kerguelen Archipelago, India 1767 Gentlemen 17 forbid private slave transport India to Cape of Good Hope 1761 Battle at Panipat India: Afghan army beats Mahratten 1760 Battle at Wandewash India: British troops beat French 1759 British troops chase French out of Masulipatam India 1757 British troops occupy Calcutta India 1756 British troops under Robert Clive occupy Fulta India 1756 India rebels defeat Calcutta on British army 1752 French army surrenders to the English in Trichinopoly India 1751 English troops under sir Robert Clive occupy Arcot India 1737 Earthquake kills 300,000 and destroys of Calcutta India 1737 40 foot waves sink 20,000 small craft and kill 300,000 (Bengal, India) 1732 Warren Hastings, England, 1st governor-General of India, 1773-84 1725 Robert Clive, English explorer/founder, British empire in India 1725 Robert Clive, founder, British empire in India 1707 Aurangzeb, Emperor of India (1658-1707), dies at 88 1707 Aurangzeb, Mogul emperor of India (1658-1707), dies 1690 Job Charnock founds Calcutta India 1685 Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company 1668 English king Charles II gives Bombay to East India Company 1668 England takes control of Bombay India 1666 Sjihab al-Din Sultan C Shah Djahan, mogol of India (Taj-Mahal), dies 1658 Dutch troops occupy harbor city Quilon (Coilan) India 1641 West India Company conquerors Sao Paulo de Loanda, Angola 1631 Mumtax Mahal, wife of Shah Jahan of India, her tomb (Taj Mahal) 1627 Djehangir/Jahangir, great mogol of India, dies 1621 Dutch West India Company receives charter for "New Netherlands" (NY) 1618 Aurangzeb, Emperor of India, 1658 - 1707 1612 Battle at Surat India: English fleet beats Portuguese 1609 Henry Hudson embarks on an exploration for Dutch East India Co. 1608 1st English convoy lands at Surat India 1605 Abul-Fath Djalal-ud-Din, Mogol keizer of India (1556-1605), dies at 63 1601 John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London 1600 British East India Company chartered 1597 1st Dutch East India Company ships returned from Far East 1592 Sjihab al-Din Sultan Choerram Sjah Djahan, leader of India 1592 Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India, 1628-58, built Taj Mahal 1569 Djehangir/Jahangir, great mogol of India 1565 Battle at Talikota India: Moslems destroy Vijayanagar's army 1556 Origin of Fasli Era (India) 1542 Djalalud-Din Mohammed Akbar, emperor of India, 1556-1605 1542 Abul-Fath Djalal-ud-Din, 3rd Mogol emperor of India, 1556-1605 1510 Francisco d'Almeida, viceroy of India, dies in battle at about 59 1506 Francis Xavier, saint and Jesuit missionary to India, Malaya, and Japan 1500 Pedro Cabral departs with 13 ships to India 1498 Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Calicut, India 1497 Vasco da Gama departs for trip to India 1483 Babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India 1526 - 1530 1459 Sun City India founded by Rao Jodhpur 1351 Mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies 1311 General Malik Kafur returns to Delhi after campaign in South India 78 Origin of Saka Era (India) |
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