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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 Idries Shah, Indian Author 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 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 Beb [Elizabeth] Vuyk, Netherlands/Indian writer (Camp Diary), dies at 86 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 home run 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 Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi claims victory in parlimetary elections 1984 Body of assassinated Indian Prime Minister 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 Vinoba Bhave, Indian Educator 1982 Indian Prime Minister 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 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 Prime Minister 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 captain 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. New Zealand 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 Shahrukh Khan, Indian Actor 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 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 Arundhati Roy, Indian Novelist 1961 Chandrakant Pandit, Indian cricket wicket-keeper, late 80's 1961 Riaz Poonawalla, cricketer, Indian 12th man/UAE bat 1994 ICC Trophy 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 Prem Rawat, Indian Celebrity 1957 Mira Nair, Indian Director 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 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 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 Joel Garner, born in Christ Church, Barbados, right-handed, fast bowler, nicknamed 'Big Bird', West Indian cricketer, played 1979 Cricket World Cup, 1983 Cricket World Cup 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-hour 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 Detroit Tigers, 2-1 1951 Cleveland Indian Bobby Avila hits 3 home runs, 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 Sri Aurobindo, Indian Philosopher 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 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 Ramnath Parkar, cricket batsman, Indian in 2 Tests vs. England 1972-73 1946 Naveen Patnaik, Indian Politician 1946 Bishan Bedi, cricketer, mighty Indian slow left-armer 1966-79 1946 Janice Giteck, born in Hicksville, New York, composer, influenced by world music, American Indian music, studied with Olivier Messiaen 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 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 captain 1941 Mansur Ali Khan, cricketer, Nawab of Pataudi, Indian batsman and captain 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 Munshi Premchand, Indian Writer 1936 V Subramanya, cricketer, Indian batsman in nine Tests mid-60's 1936 Rusi Surti, cricketer, Indian slow lefty, hat-trick for Qld 1969 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 - 1968 1931 Abdul Kalam, Indian Statesman 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 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 home run 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 - 1955 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 Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Indian Statesman 1924 Raj Kapoor, Indian Actor 1924 Jasu Patel, cricketer, Indian off-spinner, 9-69 vs. Australia 1959 1924 Rusi Modi, cricketer, strong Indian batsman in post-War years 1924 Idries Shah, Indian Author 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 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, born in Allahabad, India, Indian PM, 1966 - 1977, 1980 - 1984 1917 Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran, MGR, Indian film star, politician 1917 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, born in British India, brought Transcendental Meditation to Indian schools, universities 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 Netherlands-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 Baltimore manager 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 federal government) 1884 Rajendra Prasad, Indian Statesman 1884 Eli S Jones, U.S., evangelist, Christ of Indian road 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 Ramana Maharshi, Indian Philosopher 1879 Will Rogers, Oologah Indian Territory, Okla, humorist 1876 General 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 Brigadier-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 General Horsford defeats Begum of Oudh 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 General 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 Brigadier-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 British General 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 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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