2005 Amrish Puri, Indian Actor
2004 Earthquake, greatest in over 40 years, strikes the Pacific Ocean near Sumatra, triggering a massive Indian Ocean tsunami, killing as many as 266,000 in coastal regions of Asia and Africa
2003 Kalpana Chawla, astronaut, ", first Asian Indian woman in space, payload specialist on the Columbia, STS-107,, ", dies at 41
1996 Janaki Ramachandran, Prime Minister of Indian state of Tamil Nadu (1988), dies
1996 Hiteshwar Saikia, Prime Minister of Indian state of Assam (1991-96), dies
1996 Idries Shah, Indian Author
1995 Cleveland Indian Albert Belle hits his 50th home run of season
1994 National Museum of American Indian opens (New York City)
1994 Experts from AL certify Indian's Jacobs Field is properly lit
1993 Test debut of Vinod Kambli, prolific Indian batsman
1993 Indian Airlines B737 crashes art Aurangabad, 61 die
1992 Satyajit Ray, Indian director (Distant Thunder/Agantuk), dies at 70
1991 Prior Jones, West Indian cricket pace bowler (9 Tests 1948-52), dies
1991 Rajiv Gandhi, Indian Prime Minster (1984-91), assassinated at 46
1990 Cleveland Indian Sandy Alomar, Jr. wins AL Rookie of Year, unanimously
1990 Lawrence Durrell, Indian/English author (Mount Olive), dies at 78
1990 Moelvi Mohammed Farouk, Indian spiritual leader, murdered
1990 Indian troops leave Sri Lanka
1990 Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, indian guru, dies at 58
1989 Cleveland Indian Joe Carter has his 4th 3 HR game
1988 ESA's Ariane-3 launches 2 communications satellites (1 Indian)
1988 Raj Kapoor, Indian Actor
1987 South African Airways Boeing 747 crashes into Indian Ocean, 159 die
1987 Philleo Nash, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs (1961-67), dies at 77
1986 Sikhs attempt to assassinate Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi
1986 Indian pitcher Phil Niekro wins his 307th game tying him with
1986 Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (Kingdom Happiness), dies at 90
1984 Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi claims victory in parlimetary elections
1984 Body of assassinated Indian PM Indira Gandhi cremated
1984 Balasaraswathi, Indian classical dancer, dies in Madras
1984 Ravindara Mhatrem, Indian diplomat, killed in England
1984 Ravindara Mhatrem, Indian diplomat, kidnapped in England (killed 0203)
1983 Gavaskar makes the highest Test Cricket score by an Indian, 236* vs. WI
1983 V N Swamy, Indian cricket pace bowler (without distinction), dies
1983 Russian radioactive satellite falls into Indian Ocean
1982 Indian PM Indira Gandhi 1st visit to U.S. in almost 11 years
1982 K R Meher-Homji, cricket wk (Test as Indian, catch no stumped), dies
1982 Vinoba Bhave, Indian Educator
1981 Kuda Bux, Indian mystic (I'd Like to See), dies at 75
1980 Rohini 1, 1st Indian satellite, launches into orbit
1980 Sanjay Gandhi, Indian politician, dies
1979 Israel performs nuclear test at Indian Ocean
1979 Amisha Patel, Indian Actress
1979 Bhaskara 1, Indian Earth resources/meteorology satellite, launched
1978 Chandrasekar takes 6-52 and 6-52 at MCG in Indian innings win
1977 Cleveland Indian Dennis Eckersley no-hits California Angels, 2-0
1977 World's largest crowd-12.7 million-for Indian religious festival
1975 Indian PM Indira Gandhi declares a state of emergency
1974 V V S Laxman, cricketer, Indian Test batsman vs. South Africa 1996-
1974 Cleveland Indian Dick Bosman no-hits Oakland A's, 4-0
1973 Aishwarya Rai, Indian Actress
1973 Lisa Raymond, born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, tennis star, 1995 Indian Wells doubles
1973 Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, cricketer, prodigy at 16, Indian capt at 23
1973 American Indian Movement occupy Wounded Knee in South Dakota
1973 Members of American Indian Movement begin occupation of Wounded Knee
1972 Paras Mhambrey, Indian cricket pace bowler, Test vs. England 1996
1972 Conchita Martinez, born in Monzon, Spain, tennis star, 1996 final Indian Wells
1972 Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura become separate states of Indian union
1972 Mizoram, formerly part of Assam, creates an Indian union territory
1972 Vinod Kambli, cricketer, prolific Indian batsman 1993-
1971 Adrian Griffith, cricketer, West Indian Test opening batsman 1997
1971 Natasha Zvereva, born in Minsk, Belarus, tennis ace, finals 1995 Indian Wells
1971 Aashish Kapoor, cricketer, Indian off-spin batsman 1994-
1971 Ajay Jadeja, cricketer, Indian opening batsman
1971 Himachal Pradesh becomes 18th Indian state
1970 Bhupinder Singh, Jr., cricketer, Punjab and Indian ODI batsman
1970 Anil Kumble, cricketer, great Indian leg-spinner since 1990
1969 Nayan Mongia, cricketer, Indian Test batsman-wicketkeeper 1994-
1969 Javagal Srinath, cricketer, Indian right-arm pace bowler since 1991
1969 Vivek Razdan, cricket pace bowler, Indian Test 1989-90
1969 Stuart Williams, cricketer, West Indian opening batsman 1994-
1969 Venkatesh Prasad, cricketer, consistent Indian Test pace bowler 1996-
1969 Venkatapathy Raju, cricketer, Indian slow left-armer
1969 Sunil Joshi, cricketer, Indian Test left-arm spinner 1996
1969 Vikram Rathour, cricketer, Indian Test opening batsman 1996-
1969 Subroto Banerjee, cricketer, Indian quickie and Dennis Lillee protege
1968 Laurie Williams, cricketer, West Indian ODI all-rounder vs. NZ 1996
1968 Maldives (in Indian Ocean) become a republic
1968 Praveen Amre, cricketer, Indian batsman, century on Test debut 1992
1968 Cleveland Indian Luis Tiant strikes out 19 Minnesota Twins
1968 Atul Wassan, cricketer, Indian pace bowler 1989-90
1968 Salil Ankola, cricketer, Indian pace bowler one Test 1989
1968 Jimmy Adams, cricketer, prolific West Indian lefty bat since 1992
1967 Roland Holder, cricketer, West Indian batsman in ODI's 1993-
1967 Ridley Jacobs, cricket wicket-keeper, West Indian ODI 1996
1967 Ian Bishop, cricketer, West Indian fast bowler
1967 Indian/Chinese border fights
1967 Akshay Kumar, Indian Actor
1967 Vijay Yadav, cricketer, Indian wicket-keeper between More and Mongia
1967 Frank Worrell, West indian cricketer, dies
1966 Rajesh Chauhan, cricketer, Indian off-spinner since 1993
1966 Indian Haryana state created from Punjab; Chandigarh terr created
1966 Atul Bedade, cricketer, Indian ODI batsman 1994-
1966 Cleveland Indian Sonny Siebert no-hits Washington Senator, 2-0
1966 Margashayam Venkataramana, cricketer, Indian off-spinner 1989
1966 Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian premier (1964-66), dies at 61
1965 British Indian Ocean Territory formed
1965 Sanjeev Sharma, cricketer, Indian pace bowler 1988-89
1965 Indian troops invade Pakistan
1965 Sanjay Manjrekar, cricketer, son of Vijay Indian middle-order batsman
1965 Maninder Singh, cricketer, Indian leftarm spinner in 35 Tests 1982-93
1965 Woorkeri Venkat Raman, cricketer, Indian slow left-arm all-rounder
1965 Shahrukh Khan, Indian Actor
1964 Rashid Patel, cricketer, Indian pace bowler, Lamba incident
1964 Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian Leader
1964 Ajay Sharma, cricketer, Indian spin all-rounder played one Test 1988
1964 T. H. White, Indian Writer
1963 Nagaland becomes a state of Indian union
1963 Navjot Singh Sidhu, cricketer, Indian opening batsman
1963 Sivananda, Indian Scientist
1963 Phil Simmons, cricketer, West Indian opening batsman
1963 Manoj Prabhakar, cricketer, Indian opening batsman and opening bowler
1963 Gursharan Singh, cricketer, Indian batsman played one Test 1989-90
1963 Rajendra Prasad, Indian Statesman
1963 Mohammad Azharuddin, cricketer, elegant Indian batsman 1984-
1962 Bharat Arun, cricketer, Indian pace bowler late-80's
1962 Sadanand Viswanath, Indian cricket wicket-keeper, v Sri Lanka 1985-86
1962 Rajiv Kulkarni, cricketer, Indian Test pace bowler 1986-87
1962 Ravi Shastri, cricketer, Indian SLA all-rounder 1981-92
1962 Richie Richardson, cricketer, elegant West Indian batsman 1983-95
1961 Lalchand Rajput, cricketer, Indian Test opening batsman 1985-86
1961 Chandrakant Pandit, Indian cricket wicket-keeper, late 80's
1961 Riaz Poonawalla, cricketer, Indian 12th man/UAE bat 1994 ICC Trophy
1961 Arundhati Roy, Indian Novelist
1960 Gopal Sharma, Indian cricket off-spinner, 2 Tests 1984-85
1960 Chinese army kills 12 Indian soldiers
1960 Raman Lamba, cricketer, Indian opening batsman 1986-87
1959 Krishnammachari Srikkanth, cricketer, big-hitting Indian opener
1959 Sam Raimi, actor, Indian Summer, Thou Shalt Not Kill Except
1959 600 Indian Dutch emigrate to US
1959 Jim Rutledge, Victoria, Canadian Tour golfer, 1995 Indian Open
1959 Sanjay Dutt, Indian Actor
1959 Kirti Azad, cricketer, Indian off-spin all-rounder in 7 Tests 1981-83
1958 Arshad Ayub, cricketer, Indian off-spinner of the late 1980's
1958 Robert Greig, actor (Devil Doll, Indian Love Call), dies at 78
1958 Yograj Singh, cricketer, Indian pace bowler early 80's
1957 Aga Khan III, leader of ismailieten (Indian transition), dies
1957 Mukesh Ambani, Indian Businessman
1957 Pranab Roy, cricketer, son of Pankaj, Indian batsman 1982
1957 Ashok Malhotra, cricketer, Indian batsman in 7 Tests 1982-84
1957 Shivlal Yadav, cricketer, Indian off-spinner 102 Test wickets 1979-87
1957 Mira Nair, Indian Director
1957 Prem Rawat, Indian Celebrity
1956 Delhi becomes a territory of Indian union
1956 Indian state of Madhya Pradesh forms
1956 Indian states of Punjab, Patiala and PEPSU merge as Punjab protection
1956 Indian state of Tripura becomes a territory
1956 Sandeep Patil, cricketer, Indian batsman Great 174 vs. Adelaide 1981
1956 Dilip Vengsarkar, cricketer, prolific Indian batsman 1976-92
1956 T. A. Sekar, Indian cricket pace-bowler, 2 Tests 1982-83 little impact
1956 Sunny Deol, Indian Actor
1955 British transfer Cocos (Keeling) Is in Indian Ocean to Australia
1955 Ghulam Parkar, cricketer, Indian batsman vs. England 1982
1955 Arun Lal, cricketer, Indian batsman mid-80's
1955 Roger Binny, Indian cricket medium-pace all-rounder, early 80's
1955 Bill Paxton, actor, Brain Dead, Next of Kin, Indian Summer, True Lies
1954 Sylvester Clarke, cricketer, West Indian fast bowler and brick-thrower
1954 India takes over administration of 4 French Indian settlements
1954 M V Narasimha Rao, cricketer, Indian leg-spin all-rounder 1978-79
1954 Yashpal Sharma, cricketer, Indian right-handed batsman early 80'
1954 Sheik Faoud Ahamul Bacchus, cricketer, West Indian bat late 70's
1953 Indian state of Andhra Pradesh partitioned from Madras
1953 Colin Croft, cricketer, West Indian fast bowler 1977-82
1952 Joel Garner, cricketer, two-metre West Indian pace bowler 1977-87
1952 Brijesh Patel, cricketer, Indian batsman 1974-77
1952 Yajurvindra Singh, cricketer, Indian batsman late 70's
1952 Herbert Chang, West Indian cricket batsman, 1979
1952 Greatest 24-hr rainfall begins: 187 cm at La Reunion, Indian Ocean
1952 Vivian Richards, West Indian master blaster
1951 Cleveland Indian Bob Feller, 3rd no-hitter beats Det Tigers, 2-1
1951 Cleveland Indian Bobby Avila hits 3 HRs, double and single vs Red Sox
1951 Gordon Greenidge, cricketer, great West Indian opener 1974-91
1951 Madan Lal, cricketer, Indian medium pacer in the 70's
1951 Karsan Ghavri, cricketer, Indian lefty medium pacer early 80s
1950 T E Srinivasan, cricketer, Indian opening batsman 1981
1950 Mohinder Amarnath, cricketer, son of Lala Indian batsman of 70's/80's
1950 Indian Bob Feller, wins his 200th game, 5-3 over Detroit
1950 Ramana Maharshi, Indian Philosopher
1950 Sri Aurobindo, Indian Philosopher
1949 Syed Kirmani, cricketer, Indian keeper after Engineer
1949 Administration of territory of Manipur taken over by Indian government
1949 Tripura accedes to Indian union
1949 Indian owner Bill Veeck holds funeral services to bury 1948 pennant
1949 Sunil Gavaskar, Indian cricket player, opener, 10122 Test runs
1949 Gundappa Viswanath, cricketer, prolific Indian batsman of 70s
1949 Black/Indian race rebellion in Durban, South Africa; 142 die
1948 Cleveland Indian Bob Lemon no-hits Detroit Tigers, 2-0
1948 Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh created
1948 Mohandas Gandhi, Indian Leader
1948 Parthasarathy Sharma, cricketer, Indian batsman of the mid-70's
1947 British transfer Heard and McDonald Is (Indian Ocean) to Australia
1947 Dhiraj Parsana, cricket pace bowler, Indian vs. WI 1978-79
1947 Chetan Chauhan, Indian cricket opener, Gavaskar's partner for a while
1947 King George VI signs Indian Independence Bill
1947 Pollamani Krishnamurthy, Indian cricket wicket-keeper, 1971 WI tour
1947 Cleveland Indian Don Black no-hits Philadelphia A's, 3-0
1947 Lalu Prasad Yadav, Indian Politician
1946 Right foot of Cleveland Indian's owner Bill Veeck is amputated
1946 Ramnath Parkar, cricket batsman, Indian in 2 Tests vs. England 1972-73
1946 Bishan Bedi, cricketer, mighty Indian slow left-armer 1966-79
1946 Steve Bucknor, cricketer, West Indian Test umpire, FIFA referee
1946 Cleveland Indian Bob Feller's 2nd no-hitter beats New York Yankees, 1-0
1946 S Venkataraghavan, cricket, Indian off-spinner, Test ump, ICC referee
1946 Naveen Patnaik, Indian Politician
1945 Vanburn Holder, cricketer, West Indian pace bowler of 70's
1945 Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, cricketer, brilliant Indian leggie 1964-79
1945 V K Ramaswamy, cricketer, Indian Test umpire stood in 1996 World Cup
1945 Sudhir Naik, cricketer, Indian Test batsman in 2 Tests 1974
1943 Deryck Murray, cricket wicket-keeper, West Indian 1963-80
1942 Amitabh Bachchan, Indian Actor
1942 Japanese forces occupy Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean
1942 U. N. Kulkarni, cricketer, Indian pace bowler in four Tests 1967-68
1941 Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar
1941 Radindranath Tagore, Indian philosopher/poet/writer, dies at 80
1941 Rabindranath Tagore, Indian Poet
1941 German Q-ship Pinguin sinks in Indian Ocean
1941 Ajit Wadekar, cricketer, stalwart Indian batsman and capt
1941 Mansur Ali Khan, cricketer, Nawab of Pataudi, Indian batsman and capt
1940 Dilip Sardesai, cricketer, high scoring Indian batsman of 60's
1940 Cleveland Indian Bob Feller hurls an opening day no-hitter vs Chic, 1-0
1939 B K Kunderan, cricketer, Indian keeper-batsman of 60's
1939 Abbas Ali Baig, cricketer, Indian bat 112 on debut vs. England 1959
1939 M. L. Jaisimha, cricketer, Indian batsman of the sixties
1939 Edward Sapir, U.S. linguist/cultural antropologist (indian), dies at 55
1939 Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, Indian astronomer
1938 Indian Bob Feller strikes out record 18 Tigers (Chester Laabs 5 times)
1938 Chester Watson, West Indian cricket fast bowler, early 60s
1938 Muhammed Iqbal, Indian Poet
1938 Vijay Mehra, cricketer, Indian Test batsman from age 17
1938 Farokh Engineer, Indian cricket wicket-keeper, 1961-75
1937 Wesley Hall, West indian/British politician
1937 V B Ranjane, Indian cricket fast bowler, early 1960's
1937 Anita Desai, Indian Novelist
1937 Kumar Shri Indrajitsinhji, cricketer, Indian keeper in 60's
1937 David Allan, cricketer, West Indian wicketkeeper 1962-66
1937 R Surendranath, cricketer, Indian pace bowler in 11 Tests early 60s
1936 V Subramanya, cricketer, Indian batsman in nine Tests mid-60's
1936 Rusi Surti, cricketer, Indian slow lefty, hat-trick for Qld 1969
1936 Munshi Premchand, Indian Writer
1935 Harry Crews, U.S. writer and actor, Indian Runner
1934 Salim Durani, cricketer, successful Indian batsman of 60's
1934 Lance Gibbs, cricketer, prolific West Indian off-spinner, 309 wickets
1934 B P "Baloo" Gupte, cricketer, brother of Fergie, Indian leggie
1934 William Franks twirls an indian club overhead 17,280 times in 1 hour
1934 Nari Contractor, cricketer, Indian batsman and captain
1933 Jackie Hendriks, cricketer, West Indian wicket-keeper of 60's
1932 Manmohan Singh, Indian Statesman
1932 V. S. Naipaul, Indian Novelist
1932 Elsa Martinelli, Grosseto Italy, actress, Indian Fighter
1932 Amrish Puri, Indian Actor
1932 Conrad Hunte, cricketer, great West Indian opener 1958-66
1932 Bapu Nadkarni, cricketer, economical Indian slow left-armer 1956-68
1931 Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer, father of Sanjay, reliable Indian batsman
1931 Sri Chinmoy, Indian Philosopher
1931 Narendra Tamhane, dependable Indian cricket wicketkeeper, 1950's
1931 Ashmore and Cartier Is in Indian Ocean transferred to Australia
1931 Cleveland Indian Wes Ferrell no-hits St. Louis Browns, 9-0
1931 Swraj Paul, Indian/British industrial/multi-millionaire, Caparo
1931 Abdul Kalam, Indian Statesman
1930 Alf Valentine, cricketer, great West Indian lefty spinner
1929 S P "Fergie" Gupte, cricketer, brilliant Indian leg-spinner
1929 Lata Mangeshkar, Indian Musician
1929 Alfred Binns, West Indian cricket wicketkeeper, 1953-56
1929 Ventappa Muddiah, cricketer, Indian off-spinner in 2 Tests 1959-61
1929 Andre Carolus Cirino, Suriname/Indian poet
1929 Cleveland Indian Earl Averill, becomes 1st AL to hit a HR on 1st at bat
1929 Indian National Congress proclaims goal for India's independence
1928 Pankaj Roy, cricketer, Indian opener, 413 partnership w/Vinoo Mankad
1928 C V Gadkari, cricketer, Indian batsman in 6 Tests 1953-55
1926 P G "Nana" Joshi, cricket wicketkeeper, Indian during 1950's
1926 Indian Emil Levsen pitches complete doubleheader victory (Red Sox)
1926 Cleveland Indian Tris Speaker hits his 700th double
1926 Polly Umrigar, cricketer, Indian batsman and captain
1925 Cleveland Indian Tris Speaker gets his 3,000th hit
1925 Everton Weekes, West Indian cricket player
1924 Jasu Patel, cricketer, Indian off-spinner, 9-69 vs. Aust 1959
1924 Rusi Modi, cricketer, strong Indian batsman in post-War years
1924 Idries Shah, Indian Author
1924 Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Indian Statesman
1924 Raj Kapoor, Indian Actor
1923 Sadu Shinde, cricketer, Indian leg-spinner late 1940's/early 1950's
1923 Fred Ridgway, England cricket pace bowler, 1951-52 Indian tour
1923 Nirode Chowdhury, Indian cricket pace bowler, 1949-52
1922 Nyron Sultan Asgarali, cricketer, West Indian opening bat 1957
1922 Ali Akbar Khan, Indian Musician
1922 Ebrahim Maka, Indian cricket wicketkeeper, 2 Tests 1952
1921 Gul Mahomed, cricketer, Indian and Pakistani batsman
1920 Indian Bill Wambsganns makes 1st unassisted World Series triple play
1920 Indian's Elmer Smith hits 1st World Series grand slam
1920 Red Sox-Indians game postponed in Boston to allow Indian players to attend Ray Chapman's funeral in Cleveland
1920 Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian math genius (Notebooks), dies at 32
1919 Indian's Ray Caldwell no-hits Yankees 3-0
1919 Hemu Ramchandra Adhikari, cricketer, Indian righty batsman 1947-59
1919 John Goddard, cricketer, West Indian all-rounder 1948-57
1919 British forces kill 100s of Indian Nationalists (Amritsar Massacre)
1918 Bob Feller, pitcher, Cleve Indian, 3 no-hitters
1918 Netherlands Indian Volksraad installed in Batavia
1918 C B Bertie Clarke, cricketer, Barbados and West Indian leg-spinner
1918 Ranga Sohoni, Indian cricketer, pace bowler of late 40's avg 101
1917 Wilf Ferguson, cricket leg-spinner, West Indian of post-WWII years
1917 Indira Gandhi, Allahabad India, Indian PM, 1966-77, 1980-84
1917 Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran, MGR, Indian film star, politician
1917 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian Philosopher
1917 Buffalo Bill Cody, army scout and Indian fighter, dies
1916 1st observance of Indian (Native American) Day
1915 Vijay Hazare, cricketer, prolific Indian batsman 1946-54
1914 Mushtaq Ali, cricketer, prolific Indian batsman of 30's and 40's
1914 Mahatma Gandhi's 1st arrest, campaigning for Indian rights in South Africa
1913 Mohandas K. Gandhi arrested for leading Indian miners march in South Africa
1912 Lawrence Durrell, Indian/British writer, Private Country
1911 Vijay Merchant, cricketer, all-time great Indian batsman
1911 Khurshed Meher-Homji, cricketer, Indian wicket-keeper 1936
1911 Baqa Jilani, Indian cricket fast bowler, Test 1936
1911 L D Swamikannu publishes "Manual of Indian Chronology" in Bombay
1910 Amar Singh, cricketer, dashing Indian all-rounder of thirties
1910 Mahomed Nissar, cricketer, pioneer Indian opening bowler in Tests
1910 Eric Franklin, Indian civil servant
1910 Cleveland Indian Cy Young gets his 500th win, beats Washington 5-4 in 11 innings
1910 Cleveland Indian Addie Joss wins 2nd no-hitter beating White Sox
1910 Jahangir Khan, cricketer, father of Majid, Indian player 1932-36
1909 Red Cloud, Sioux indian chief, dies
1909 Philleo Nash, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1961-67
1909 D. D. Hindlekar, cricketer, Indian batsman and wicket-keeper 1936-46
1908 Cleveland Indian Bob "Dusty" Rhoades no-hits Boston, 2-1
1908 Edward Alexander MacDowell, U.S. composer (Indian Suite), dies at 47
1907 Indian Mine Laws passes (concessions from Neth-Indies)
1906 T. H. White, Indian Writer
1904 Chief Joseph, U.S. indian chief (Nez Perces), dies
1904 Naoomal Jeoomal, cricketer, pioneer Indian Test opening batsman
1904 Ellis Achong, cricketer, West Indian SLA, 8 wickets in 6 Tests
1901 Cincinnati Enquirer reports Balt mgr John McGraw signed Cherokee Indian Tokohoma, who is really black 2nd baseman Charlie Grant
1897 Indian, fans start calling the team Indians (in 1915 becomes official)
1897 Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian politician
1896 Teddy Hoad, cricketer, pioneering West Indian Test batsman
1895 Vinoba Bhave, Indian Educator
1894 Indian chiefs from the Sioux and Onondaga tribes met to urge their people to renounce Christianity and return to their old Indian faith
1893 Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian Leader
1891 Sarah Winnemucca, indian scout, dies
1891 Harriet Maxwell Converse is 1st white woman to become an Indian chief
1891 Chief Nipo T Strongheart, Yakima, Washington, U.S. indian actor, Pony Soldier
1890 Big Foot, Sioux indian chief, dies at Wounded Knee
1889 Stanley's expedition reaches Bagamoyo in Indian Ocean
1889 Jawaharlal Nehru, 1st Indian PM, 1947-64
1888 1st beauty contest (Spa, Belgium), 18 yr old West Indian wins
1888 George Challenor, cricketer, pioneering West Indian batsman
1887 Sivananda, Indian Scientist
1887 William Walraven, Dutch journalist and writer, Indian Daily
1885 Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of fed government)
1884 Eli S Jones, U.S., evangelist, Christ of Indian road
1884 Rajendra Prasad, Indian Statesman
1883 Charles Bender, only American Indian in baseball's Hall of Fame
1881 Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull, surrenders to federal troops
1880 Munshi Premchand, Indian Writer
1879 Will Rogers, Oologah Indian Territory, Okla, humorist
1879 Ramana Maharshi, Indian Philosopher
1877 Muhammed Iqbal, Indian Poet
1876 Gen Crook destroy Cheyennes and Oglala-Sioux indian camps
1872 Sri Aurobindo, Indian Philosopher
1871 Satank, Kiowa indian chief, shot to death
1871 Augustus de Morgan, Indian Mathematician
1871 Congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent
1870 Clark Wissler, anthropologist, American Indian
1869 Mohandas Gandhi, Indian Leader
1868 Roman Nose (Wiquini), Cheyenne indian leader, dies
1865 Rene E de Russy, West Indian/US brig-general, dies at about 75
1863 Battle of Honey Springs - largest battle in Indian Territory
1863 Little Crow, [Ta-oya-te-duta], Santee Sioux indian chief, dies
1862 Battle at Old Fort Wayne, Indian Territory
1862 Santee Sioux indian attack Fort Ridgely
1861 Battle of Bird Creek, Indian Terr (High Shoal, Chusto-Talasah)
1861 Rabindranath Tagore, Indian Poet
1861 President Lincoln ordered Federal Troops to evacuate Indian Territory
1860 Edward Alexander MacDowell, U.S., composer, Indian Suite
1860 1st "dime" novel issued "Malaesk The Indian Wife of the White Hunter"
1860 1st U.S. "dime novel" published: "Malaseka, The Indian Wife of the White Hunter," by Mrs. Ann Stevens
1860 William C Mills, museum curator, excavated Ohio Indian mounds
1859 Gen Horsford defeats Begum of Oude and Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny
1858 William Herschel of the Indian Civil Service in India
1857 Indian Mutiny begins with revolt of Sepoys of Meerut
1852 Calamity [Martha] Jane [Burke], frontier adventurer/indian fighter
1851 John F. Loudon discovers tin on East Indian Island of Billiton
1842 4,500 British and Indian troops leave Kabul, massacred before India
1836 Swami Ramakrishna [Gadadhar Chatterji], Indian mystic/hindu leader
1835 Siwinowe Kesibwi (Shawnee Sun) is 1st Indian lang monthly mag
1834 Congress creates Indian Territory (now Oklahoma)
1830 3 Indian tribes, Sioux, Sauk and Fox, signs a treaty giving the U.S. most of Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri
1830 Congress authorizes Indian removal from all states to western prairie
1828 1st American Indian newspaper in U.S., "Cherokee Phoenix," published
1825 Dadabhai Naoroji, 1st Indian in British parliament
1825 Creek Indian treaty signed. Tribal chiefs agree to turn over all their land in Georgia to the government and migrate west by Sept 1, 1826
1824 Bureau of Indian Affairs established
1824 U.S. War Department creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs
1824 Arya Samaj Maha Rishi Dayanand Sarsvati, Indian hindu leader
1822 American Indian Society organizes
1817 U.S. soldiers attack Florida Indian village, beginning Seminole War
1817 Sajjid Ahmad Chan, Indian moslem leader/co-founder, Pakistan
1815 John Sevier, indian fighter (Gov/Rep-Tn), dies at 70
1813 U.S. troops under Gen Coffee destroy indian village at Talladega Ala
1813 Battle of Beaver Dam-British and Indian forces defeat U.S. forces
1809 Christopher "Kit" Carson, Kentucky, Union brig-general/indian fighter
1806 Augustus de Morgan, Indian Mathematician
1802 1st non indian settlement in Oklahoma
1796 George Catlin, U.S., author/painter, American Indian scenes
1796 Game protection law restricts encroachment on Indian hunting grounds
1778 1st treaty between the U.S. and Indian tribes signed (Fort Pitt)
1771 West Indian Company and Amsterdam divide up Suriname
1769 Pontiac, indian chief to Ottawa, murdered
1764 Native Americans surrender to British in Indian War of Chief Pontiac
1758 New Jersey Legislature forms 1st Indian reservation
1757 Battle at Rossbach (7 year war/French and Indian War)
1756 Britain declares war on France (7 Years' or French and Indian War)
1755 Brit Gen E Braddock mortally wounded during French and Indian War
1755 E Braddock, British Gen, mortally wounded during French and Indian War
1745 John Sevier, Tennessee, indian fighter, Gov/Rep-Tn
1725 John Lovewell, U.S. indian fighter, dies in battle
1695 Henry Purcell, English composer (Indian Queen), dies at 36
1692 Sarah Good and Tituba, an Indian servant, accused of witchcraft, Salem
1690 French and Indian troops set Schenectady settlement New York on fire
1683 West Indian Company sells 1/3 of Suriname
1641 United East Indian Company conquerors city of Malakka, 7,000 killed
1628 Meiboom in Quincy Mass) degenerates into orgy with indian women
1622 1st Indian (Powhattan) massacre of whites Jamestown, Virginia; 347 slain
1621 WIC, West Indian Co, under Heeren XIX, founded
1614 Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe
1602 United Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) forms
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