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 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, PM of Andhra Pradesh India (1983-84, 84-89, 94-95), dies
1995 New Zealand score 8-348 in 49 overs vs. India in Nagpur ODI
1995 Beant Singh, PM 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* NZ vs. India, 136 balls, world record for no 9 bat
1990 1st day India vs NZ cricket at Auckland NZ 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 PM succeeds his mom, Indira
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 66
1984 Indira Gandhi, India PM, killed by her bodyguards
1984 1st floodlit ODI outside of Australia (India vs. Aust, 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 PM, 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 NZ 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 mins
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 Gr Brit/N Ireld/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 David Johnson, cricketer, Karnataka fast bowler, India 1996-
1971 India beat England by 4 wickets, their win against the Poms
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. Aust, 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 NZ 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 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. NZ
1955 Polly Umrigar scores India's 1st Test Cricket double century, 223 vs. NZ
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 Aust 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 mins 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 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 Aust Services lose 3rd Victory Test Cricket to India by 6 wkts
1945 Aust Services draw second Victory Test Cricket vs. India at Calcutta
1945 Australian Services draw 1st Victory Test against India
1945 Tony Mann, Aust cricket leggie, 1977 century as nightwatchman vs. India
1945 Ajit Manohar Pai, cricketer, one Test India vs. NZ 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 NZ 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 NZ 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. NZ 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, Eng vs. India at Bombay
1933 A G Kripal Singh, cricketer, India, 100* on debut vs. NZ 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. NZ 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. NZ 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, NZ cricket wicketkeeper, v India and Pak 1955-56
1929 Balbir Singh, India, field hockey player, Olympics gold 1948-56
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, Olympics gold 1952, 56, 64
1928 Rajindranath, cricketer, 4 stumpings in his only Test for India
1927 Ramesh Divecha, cricketer, eleven wickets for India in early 50's
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, Olympics gold 1948, 52, 56
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 capt, prev played for India
1925 Ralph Legall, cricket wicket-keeper, WI vs. India 1954
1924 V N Swamy, cricketer, one Test India vs. NZ 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 Aust 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 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, Olympics gold 1948, 52, 56
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, Allahabad India, Indian PM, 1966-77, 1980-84
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
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 capt
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 Brit/N-Ireland/emperor 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
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, [Alamgir], 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 Calcutta India
1497 Vasco da Gama departs for trip to India
1483 Babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30
1459 Sun City India founded by Rao Jodhpur
1351 Mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies
1311 Gen Malik Kafur returns to Delhi after campaign in South India
78 Origin of Saka Era (India)
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