2015 Event Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi encounters resistance to proposed labor reforms as 150 million workers go on strike for a day in protest; Modi is seeking to make the Indian business environment more attractive to investment by foreign companies 2015 Event Airplane debris is found off the coast of France's Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean; officials believe the debris is from a Boeing 777 and may be part of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared over a year ago without a trace 2015 Event U.S. President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi make progress in the areas of defense and nuclear trade; the countries plan to cooperate on defense issues, military manufacturing initiatives and nuclear power development 2014 Event Investigators will conduct a deep-sea sonar scan in the Indian Ocean for the remains of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370; satellite communication attempts have provided clues to the plane's likely trajectory before it disappeared eight months ago 2014 Event Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will begin targeting assets stored overseas in an effort to avoid taxes; the Indian government estimates that up to $2 trillion may be in hiding; the nation follows China and Russia in magnitude of offshored wealth 2014 Event The Malaysian government has released the last transmission from Malaysian Air Flight 370; the data confirm that the plane was last located over the eastern Indian Ocean; over a year of mapping and search may be needed before remnants might be found 2014 Event The Bharatiya Janata Party wins India's general election, defeating the Indian National Congress; the results appear to signal a desire for greater economic progress 2014 Event An Australian geophysical company has identified a large aluminum deposit that appeared around the time of the Malaysian Air Flight 370 disappearance on March 8th, suggesting that the plane may have crashed in the Bay of Bengal and not the Indian Ocean 2014 Event Indian automaker Mahindra & Mahindra will begin selling the e2o, an electric car, in Bhutan for about $11,300; vehicle exhaust is causing air pollution problems in Bhutan that threaten the country's tourist-dependent economy 2014 Event Indian athletes are granted permission to compete at the 2014 Winter Olympics under their nation's flag; the Indian Olympic Association had been suspended when Indian officials were accused of corruption in 2012 2013 Event Indian cricketeer Sachin Tendulkar scores 74 runs in the final Test innings of his career at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium 2013 Event The Indian rupee falls to 65.85 rupees to the U.S. dollar- setting a new record low 2013 Event The Indian rupee falls below 62.03 rupees against the U.S. dollar, hitting a record low 2012 Event Indian actor Shahrukh Khan is detained by the U.S. at a New York airport for 90 minutes, angering S. M. Krishna, India's External Affairs Minister 2012 Event Following an engine room fire, the cruise ship costa Allegra is left adrift in the Indian Ocean near the Seychelles 2010 Event The fourth named cyclone of the 2010 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Cyclonic Storm Giri, lands in western Burma with winds of 144mph 2010 Event Somali pirates seized Indian crewmen and the Panamanian-flagged ship they were sailing off the coast of Tanzania 2010 Event 8 Indian vessels are hijacked and 120 sailors are abducted by Somali pirates and off the cost of Kismayo 2005 Death Amrish Puri, Indian Actor 2004 Event 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 Death Kalpana Chawla, astronaut, first Asian Indian woman in space, payload specialist on the Columbia, STS-107, dies at 41 1996 Death Idries Shah, Indian Author 1996 Death Janaki Ramachandran, Prime Minister of Indian state of Tamil Nadu (1988), dies 1996 Death Hiteshwar Saikia, Prime Minister of Indian state of Assam (1991-96), dies 1995 Event Cleveland Indian Albert Belle hits his 50th home run of season 1994 Event National Museum of American Indian opens (New York City) 1994 Event Experts from AL certify Indian's Jacobs Field is properly lit 1993 Event Test debut of Vinod Kambli, prolific Indian batsman 1993 Event Indian Airlines B737 crashes art Aurangabad, 61 die 1992 Death Satyajit Ray, Indian director (Distant Thunder/Agantuk), dies at 70 1991 Death Prior Jones, West Indian cricket pace bowler (9 Tests 1948-52), dies 1991 Death Beb [Elizabeth] Vuyk, Netherlands/Indian writer (Camp Diary), dies at 86 1991 Death Rajiv Gandhi, Indian Prime Minster (1984-91), assassinated at 46 1990 Event Cleveland Indian Sandy Alomar, Jr. wins AL Rookie of Year, unanimously 1990 Death Lawrence Durrell, Indian/English author (Mount Olive), dies at 78 1990 Death Moelvi Mohammed Farouk, Indian spiritual leader, murdered 1990 Event Indian troops leave Sri Lanka 1990 Death Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, indian guru, dies at 58 1989 Event Cleveland Indian Joe Carter has his 4th 3 home run game 1988 Event ESA's Ariane-3 launches 2 communications satellites (1 Indian) 1988 Death Raj Kapoor, Indian Actor 1987 Event South African Airways Boeing 747 crashes into Indian Ocean, 159 die 1987 Death Philleo Nash, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs (1961-67), dies at 77 1986 Event Sikhs attempt to assassinate Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi 1986 Event Indian pitcher Phil Niekro wins his 307th game tying him with 1986 Death Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (Kingdom Happiness), dies at 90 1984 Event Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi claims victory in parlimetary elections 1984 Event Body of assassinated Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi cremated 1984 Death Balasaraswathi, Indian classical dancer, dies in Madras 1984 Death Ravindara Mhatrem, Indian diplomat, killed in England 1984 Event Ravindara Mhatrem, Indian diplomat, kidnapped in England (killed 0203) 1983 Event Gavaskar makes the highest Test Cricket score by an Indian, 236* vs. WI 1983 Death V N Swamy, Indian cricket pace bowler (without distinction), dies 1983 Event Russian radioactive satellite falls into Indian Ocean 1982 Death Vinoba Bhave, Indian Educator 1982 Event Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi 1st visit to U.S. in almost 11 years 1982 Death K R Meher-Homji, cricket wk (Test as Indian, catch no stumped), dies 1981 Death Kuda Bux, Indian mystic (I'd Like to See), dies at 75 1980 Event Rohini 1, 1st Indian satellite, launches into orbit 1980 Death Sanjay Gandhi, Indian politician, dies 1979 Event Israel performs nuclear test at Indian Ocean 1979 Event Bhaskara 1, Indian Earth resources/meteorology satellite, launched 1978 Event Chandrasekar takes 6-52 and 6-52 at MCG in Indian innings win 1977 Event Cleveland Indian Dennis Eckersley no-hits California Angels, 2-0 1977 Event World's largest crowd-12.7 million-for Indian religious festival 1975 Event Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares a state of emergency 1974 Birthday V V S Laxman, cricketer, Indian Test batsman vs. South Africa 1996- 1974 Event Cleveland Indian Dick Bosman no-hits Oakland A's, 4-0 1973 Birthday Lisa Raymond, born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, tennis star, 1995 Indian Wells doubles 1973 Birthday Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, cricketer, prodigy at 16, Indian captain at 23 1973 Event American Indian Movement occupy Wounded Knee in South Dakota 1973 Event Members of American Indian Movement begin occupation of Wounded Knee 1972 Birthday Paras Mhambrey, Indian cricket pace bowler, Test vs. England 1996 1972 Birthday Conchita Martinez, born in Monzon, Spain, tennis star, 1996 final Indian Wells 1972 Event Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura become separate states of Indian union 1972 Event Mizoram, formerly part of Assam, creates an Indian union territory 1972 Birthday Vinod Kambli, cricketer, prolific Indian batsman 1993- 1971 Birthday Adrian Griffith, cricketer, West Indian Test opening batsman 1997 1971 Birthday Natasha Zvereva, born in Minsk, Belarus, tennis ace, finals 1995 Indian Wells 1971 Birthday Aashish Kapoor, cricketer, Indian off-spin batsman 1994- 1971 Birthday Ajay Jadeja, cricketer, Indian opening batsman 1971 Event Himachal Pradesh becomes 18th Indian state 1970 Birthday Bhupinder Singh, Jr., cricketer, Punjab and Indian ODI batsman 1970 Birthday Anil Kumble, cricketer, great Indian leg-spinner since 1990 1969 Birthday Nayan Mongia, cricketer, Indian Test batsman-wicketkeeper 1994- 1969 Birthday Javagal Srinath, cricketer, Indian right-arm pace bowler since 1991 1969 Birthday Vivek Razdan, cricket pace bowler, Indian Test 1989-90 1969 Birthday Stuart Williams, cricketer, West Indian opening batsman 1994- 1969 Birthday Venkatesh Prasad, cricketer, consistent Indian Test pace bowler 1996- 1969 Birthday Venkatapathy Raju, cricketer, Indian slow left-armer 1969 Birthday Sunil Joshi, cricketer, Indian Test left-arm spinner 1996 1969 Birthday Vikram Rathour, cricketer, Indian Test opening batsman 1996- 1969 Birthday Subroto Banerjee, cricketer, Indian quickie and Dennis Lillee protege 1968 Birthday Laurie Williams, cricketer, West Indian ODI all-rounder vs. New Zealand 1996 1968 Event Maldives (in Indian Ocean) become a republic 1968 Birthday Praveen Amre, cricketer, Indian batsman, century on Test debut 1992 1968 Event Cleveland Indian Luis Tiant strikes out 19 Minnesota Twins 1968 Birthday Atul Wassan, cricketer, Indian pace bowler 1989-90 1968 Birthday Salil Ankola, cricketer, Indian pace bowler one Test 1989 1968 Birthday Jimmy Adams, cricketer, prolific West Indian lefty bat since 1992 1967 Birthday Roland Holder, cricketer, West Indian batsman in ODI's 1993- 1967 Birthday Ridley Jacobs, cricket wicket-keeper, West Indian ODI 1996 1967 Birthday Ian Bishop, cricketer, West Indian fast bowler 1967 Event Indian/Chinese border fights 1967 Birthday Akshay Kumar, Indian Actor 1967 Birthday Vijay Yadav, cricketer, Indian wicket-keeper between More and Mongia 1967 Death Frank Worrell, West indian cricketer, dies 1966 Birthday Rajesh Chauhan, cricketer, Indian off-spinner since 1993 1966 Event Indian Haryana state created from Punjab; Chandigarh terr created 1966 Birthday Atul Bedade, cricketer, Indian ODI batsman 1994- 1966 Event Cleveland Indian Sonny Siebert no-hits Washington Senator, 2-0 1966 Birthday Margashayam Venkataramana, cricketer, Indian off-spinner 1989 1966 Death Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian premier (1964-66), dies at 61 1965 Event British Indian Ocean Territory formed 1965 Birthday Sanjeev Sharma, cricketer, Indian pace bowler 1988-89 1965 Event Indian troops invade Pakistan 1965 Birthday Sanjay Manjrekar, cricketer, son of Vijay Indian middle-order batsman 1965 Birthday Maninder Singh, cricketer, Indian leftarm spinner in 35 Tests 1982-93 1965 Birthday Woorkeri Venkat Raman, cricketer, Indian slow left-arm all-rounder 1964 Birthday Rashid Patel, cricketer, Indian pace bowler, Lamba incident 1964 Death Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian Leader 1964 Birthday Ajay Sharma, cricketer, Indian spin all-rounder played one Test 1988 1964 Death T. H. White, Indian Writer 1963 Event Nagaland becomes a state of Indian union 1963 Birthday Navjot Singh Sidhu, cricketer, Indian opening batsman 1963 Death Sivananda, Indian Scientist 1963 Birthday Phil Simmons, cricketer, West Indian opening batsman 1963 Birthday Manoj Prabhakar, cricketer, Indian opening batsman and opening bowler 1963 Birthday Gursharan Singh, cricketer, Indian batsman played one Test 1989-90 1963 Death Rajendra Prasad, Indian Statesman 1963 Birthday Mohammad Azharuddin, cricketer, elegant Indian batsman 1984- 1962 Birthday Bharat Arun, cricketer, Indian pace bowler late-80's 1962 Birthday Sadanand Viswanath, Indian cricket wicket-keeper, v Sri Lanka 1985-86 1962 Birthday Rajiv Kulkarni, cricketer, Indian Test pace bowler 1986-87 1962 Birthday Ravi Shastri, cricketer, Indian SLA all-rounder 1981-92 1962 Birthday Richie Richardson, cricketer, elegant West Indian batsman 1983-95 1961 Birthday Lalchand Rajput, cricketer, Indian Test opening batsman 1985-86 1961 Birthday Arundhati Roy, Indian Novelist 1961 Birthday Chandrakant Pandit, Indian cricket wicket-keeper, late 80's 1961 Birthday David Leavitt, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, writer, gay literature, professor at Princeton, author of, 'The Lost Language of Cranes', 'The Body of Jonah Boyd', 'The Indian Clerk' 1961 Birthday Riaz Poonawalla, cricketer, Indian 12th man/UAE bat 1994 ICC Trophy 1960 Birthday Gopal Sharma, Indian cricket off-spinner, 2 Tests 1984-85 1960 Event Chinese army kills 12 Indian soldiers 1960 Birthday Raman Lamba, cricketer, Indian opening batsman 1986-87 1959 Birthday Krishnammachari Srikkanth, cricketer, big-hitting Indian opener 1959 Birthday Sam Raimi, actor, Indian Summer, Thou Shalt Not Kill Except 1959 Event 600 Indian Dutch emigrate to US 1959 Birthday Jim Rutledge, Victoria, Canadian Tour golfer, 1995 Indian Open 1959 Birthday Sanjay Dutt, Indian Actor 1959 Birthday Kirti Azad, cricketer, Indian off-spin all-rounder in 7 Tests 1981-83 1958 Birthday Arshad Ayub, cricketer, Indian off-spinner of the late 1980's 1958 Death Robert Greig, actor (Devil Doll, Indian Love Call), dies at 78 1958 Birthday Yograj Singh, cricketer, Indian pace bowler early 80's 1957 Birthday Prem Rawat, Indian Celebrity 1957 Birthday Mira Nair, Indian Director 1957 Death Aga Khan III, leader of ismailieten (Indian transition), dies 1957 Birthday Mukesh Ambani, born in Aden, Yemen, Indian business tycoon, largest shareholder and managing director of Reliance Industries, worth over $29 billion 1957 Birthday Pranab Roy, cricketer, son of Pankaj, Indian batsman 1982 1957 Birthday Ashok Malhotra, cricketer, Indian batsman in 7 Tests 1982-84 1957 Birthday Shivlal Yadav, cricketer, Indian off-spinner 102 Test wickets 1979-87 1956 Event Delhi becomes a territory of Indian union 1956 Event Indian state of Madhya Pradesh forms 1956 Event Indian states of Punjab, Patiala and PEPSU merge as Punjab protection 1956 Event Indian state of Tripura becomes a territory 1956 Birthday Sandeep Patil, cricketer, Indian batsman Great 174 vs. Adelaide 1981 1956 Birthday Dilip Vengsarkar, cricketer, prolific Indian batsman 1976-92 1956 Birthday T. A. Sekar, Indian cricket pace-bowler, 2 Tests 1982-83 little impact 1955 Event British transfer Cocos (Keeling) Is in Indian Ocean to Australia 1955 Birthday Ghulam Parkar, cricketer, Indian batsman vs. England 1982 1955 Birthday Arun Lal, cricketer, Indian batsman mid-80's 1955 Birthday Roger Binny, Indian cricket medium-pace all-rounder, early 80's 1955 Birthday Bill Paxton, actor, Brain Dead, Next of Kin, Indian Summer, True Lies 1954 Birthday Sylvester Clarke, cricketer, West Indian fast bowler and brick-thrower 1954 Event India takes over administration of 4 French Indian settlements 1954 Birthday M V Narasimha Rao, cricketer, Indian leg-spin all-rounder 1978-79 1954 Birthday Yashpal Sharma, cricketer, Indian right-handed batsman early 80' 1954 Birthday Sheik Faoud Ahamul Bacchus, cricketer, West Indian bat late 70's 1953 Event Indian state of Andhra Pradesh partitioned from Madras 1953 Birthday Colin Croft, cricketer, West Indian fast bowler 1977-82 1952 Birthday Joel Garner, cricketer, two-metre West Indian pace bowler 1977-87 1952 Birthday 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 Birthday Brijesh Patel, cricketer, Indian batsman 1974-77 1952 Birthday Yajurvindra Singh, cricketer, Indian batsman late 70's 1952 Birthday Herbert Chang, West Indian cricket batsman, 1979 1952 Event Greatest 24-hour rainfall begins: 187 cm at La Reunion, Indian Ocean 1952 Birthday Vivian Richards, West Indian master blaster 1951 Event Cleveland Indian Bob Feller, 3rd no-hitter beats Detroit Tigers, 2-1 1951 Event Cleveland Indian Bobby Avila hits 3 home runs, double and single vs Red Sox 1951 Birthday Gordon Greenidge, cricketer, great West Indian opener 1974-91 1951 Birthday Madan Lal, cricketer, Indian medium pacer in the 70's 1951 Birthday Karsan Ghavri, cricketer, Indian lefty medium pacer early 80s 1950 Death Sri Aurobindo, Indian Philosopher 1950 Birthday T E Srinivasan, cricketer, Indian opening batsman 1981 1950 Birthday Mohinder Amarnath, cricketer, son of Lala Indian batsman of 70's/80's 1950 Event Indian Bob Feller, wins his 200th game, 5-3 over Detroit 1950 Death Ramana Maharshi, Indian Philosopher 1949 Birthday Syed Kirmani, cricketer, Indian keeper after Engineer 1949 Event Administration of territory of Manipur taken over by Indian government 1949 Event Tripura accedes to Indian union 1949 Event Indian owner Bill Veeck holds funeral services to bury 1948 pennant 1949 Birthday Sunil Gavaskar, Indian cricket player, opener, 10122 Test runs 1949 Birthday Gundappa Viswanath, cricketer, prolific Indian batsman of 70s 1949 Event Black/Indian race rebellion in Durban, South Africa; 142 die 1948 Event Cleveland Indian Bob Lemon no-hits Detroit Tigers, 2-0 1948 Event Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh created 1948 Death Mohandas Gandhi, Indian Leader 1948 Birthday Parthasarathy Sharma, cricketer, Indian batsman of the mid-70's 1947 Event British transfer Heard and McDonald Is (Indian Ocean) to Australia 1947 Birthday Dhiraj Parsana, cricket pace bowler, Indian vs. WI 1978-79 1947 Birthday Chetan Chauhan, Indian cricket opener, Gavaskar's partner for a while 1947 Event King George VI signs Indian Independence Bill 1947 Birthday Pollamani Krishnamurthy, Indian cricket wicket-keeper, 1971 WI tour 1947 Event Cleveland Indian Don Black no-hits Philadelphia A's, 3-0 1947 Birthday Lalu Prasad Yadav, Indian Politician 1946 Birthday Ramnath Parkar, cricket batsman, Indian in 2 Tests vs. England 1972-73 1946 Birthday Naveen Patnaik, Indian Politician 1946 Birthday Bishan Bedi, cricketer, mighty Indian slow left-armer 1966-79 1946 Birthday Janice Giteck, born in Hicksville, New York, composer, influenced by world music, American Indian music, studied with Olivier Messiaen 1946 Birthday Steve Bucknor, cricketer, West Indian Test umpire, FIFA referee 1946 Event Cleveland Indian Bob Feller's 2nd no-hitter beats New York Yankees, 1-0 1946 Birthday S Venkataraghavan, cricket, Indian off-spinner, Test ump, ICC referee 1945 Birthday Vanburn Holder, cricketer, West Indian pace bowler of 70's 1945 Birthday Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, cricketer, brilliant Indian leggie 1964-79 1945 Birthday V K Ramaswamy, cricketer, Indian Test umpire stood in 1996 World Cup 1945 Birthday Sudhir Naik, cricketer, Indian Test batsman in 2 Tests 1974 1943 Birthday Deryck Murray, cricket wicket-keeper, West Indian 1963-80 1942 Birthday Amitabh Bachchan, Indian Actor 1942 Event Japanese forces occupy Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean 1942 Birthday U. N. Kulkarni, cricketer, Indian pace bowler in four Tests 1967-68 1941 Event Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar 1941 Death Radindranath Tagore, Indian philosopher/poet/writer, dies at 80 1941 Death Rabindranath Tagore, Indian Poet 1941 Event German Q-ship Pinguin sinks in Indian Ocean 1941 Birthday Ajit Wadekar, cricketer, stalwart Indian batsman and captain 1941 Birthday Mansur Ali Khan, cricketer, Nawab of Pataudi, Indian batsman and captain 1940 Birthday Dilip Sardesai, cricketer, high scoring Indian batsman of 60's 1940 Event Cleveland Indian Bob Feller hurls an opening day no-hitter vs Chic, 1-0 1939 Birthday B K Kunderan, cricketer, Indian keeper-batsman of 60's 1939 Birthday Abbas Ali Baig, cricketer, Indian bat 112 on debut vs. England 1959 1939 Birthday M. L. Jaisimha, cricketer, Indian batsman of the sixties 1939 Death Edward Sapir, U.S. linguist/cultural antropologist (indian), dies at 55 1939 Birthday Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, Indian astronomer 1938 Event Indian Bob Feller strikes out record 18 Tigers (Chester Laabs 5 times) 1938 Birthday Chester Watson, West Indian cricket fast bowler, early 60s 1938 Death Muhammed Iqbal, Indian Poet 1938 Birthday Vijay Mehra, cricketer, Indian Test batsman from age 17 1938 Birthday Farokh Engineer, Indian cricket wicket-keeper, 1961-75 1937 Birthday Wesley Hall, West indian/British politician 1937 Birthday V B Ranjane, Indian cricket fast bowler, early 1960's 1937 Birthday Anita Desai, Indian Novelist 1937 Birthday Kumar Shri Indrajitsinhji, cricketer, Indian keeper in 60's 1937 Birthday David Allan, cricketer, West Indian wicketkeeper 1962-66 1937 Birthday R Surendranath, cricketer, Indian pace bowler in 11 Tests early 60s 1936 Death Munshi Premchand, Indian Writer 1936 Birthday V Subramanya, cricketer, Indian batsman in nine Tests mid-60's 1936 Birthday Rusi Surti, cricketer, Indian slow lefty, hat-trick for Qld 1969 1935 Birthday Harry Crews, U.S. writer and actor, Indian Runner 1934 Birthday Salim Durani, cricketer, successful Indian batsman of 60's 1934 Birthday Lance Gibbs, cricketer, prolific West Indian off-spinner, 309 wickets 1934 Birthday B P "Baloo" Gupte, cricketer, brother of Fergie, Indian leggie 1934 Event William Franks twirls an indian club overhead 17,280 times in 1 hour 1934 Birthday Nari Contractor, cricketer, Indian batsman and captain 1933 Birthday Jackie Hendriks, cricketer, West Indian wicket-keeper of 60's 1932 Birthday Manmohan Singh, Indian Statesman 1932 Birthday V. S. Naipaul, Indian Novelist 1932 Birthday Elsa Martinelli, Grosseto Italy, actress, Indian Fighter 1932 Birthday Amrish Puri, Indian Actor 1932 Birthday Conrad Hunte, cricketer, great West Indian opener 1958-66 1932 Birthday Bapu Nadkarni, cricketer, economical Indian slow left-armer 1956 - 1968 1931 Birthday Abdul Kalam, Indian Statesman 1931 Birthday Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer, father of Sanjay, reliable Indian batsman 1931 Birthday Sri Chinmoy, Indian Philosopher 1931 Birthday Narendra Tamhane, dependable Indian cricket wicketkeeper, 1950's 1931 Event Ashmore and Cartier Is in Indian Ocean transferred to Australia 1931 Event Cleveland Indian Wes Ferrell no-hits St. Louis Browns, 9-0 1931 Birthday Swraj Paul, Indian/British industrial/multi-millionaire, Caparo 1930 Birthday Alf Valentine, cricketer, great West Indian lefty spinner 1929 Birthday S P "Fergie" Gupte, cricketer, brilliant Indian leg-spinner 1929 Birthday Lata Mangeshkar, Indian Musician 1929 Birthday Alfred Binns, West Indian cricket wicketkeeper, 1953-56 1929 Birthday Ventappa Muddiah, cricketer, Indian off-spinner in 2 Tests 1959-61 1929 Birthday Andre Carolus Cirino, Suriname/Indian poet 1929 Event Cleveland Indian Earl Averill, becomes 1st AL to hit a home run on 1st at bat 1929 Event Indian National Congress proclaims goal for India's independence 1928 Birthday Pankaj Roy, cricketer, Indian opener, 413 partnership w/Vinoo Mankad 1928 Birthday C V Gadkari, cricketer, Indian batsman in 6 Tests 1953 - 1955 1926 Birthday P G "Nana" Joshi, cricket wicketkeeper, Indian during 1950's 1926 Event Indian Emil Levsen pitches complete doubleheader victory (Red Sox) 1926 Event Cleveland Indian Tris Speaker hits his 700th double 1926 Birthday Polly Umrigar, cricketer, Indian batsman and captain 1925 Event Cleveland Indian Tris Speaker gets his 3,000th hit 1925 Birthday Everton Weekes, West Indian cricket player 1924 Birthday Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Indian Statesman 1924 Birthday Raj Kapoor, Indian Actor 1924 Birthday Jasu Patel, cricketer, Indian off-spinner, 9-69 vs. Australia 1959 1924 Birthday Rusi Modi, cricketer, strong Indian batsman in post-War years 1924 Birthday Idries Shah, Indian Author 1923 Birthday Sadu Shinde, cricketer, Indian leg-spinner late 1940's/early 1950's 1923 Birthday Fred Ridgway, England cricket pace bowler, 1951-52 Indian tour 1923 Birthday Nirode Chowdhury, Indian cricket pace bowler, 1949-52 1922 Birthday Nyron Sultan Asgarali, cricketer, West Indian opening bat 1957 1922 Birthday Ali Akbar Khan, Indian Musician 1922 Birthday Ebrahim Maka, Indian cricket wicketkeeper, 2 Tests 1952 1921 Birthday Gul Mahomed, cricketer, Indian and Pakistani batsman 1920 Event Indian Bill Wambsganns makes 1st unassisted World Series triple play 1920 Event Indian's Elmer Smith hits 1st World Series grand slam 1920 Event Red Sox-Indians game postponed in Boston to allow Indian players to attend Ray Chapman's funeral in Cleveland 1920 Death Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian math genius (Notebooks), dies at 32 1919 Event Indian's Ray Caldwell no-hits Yankees 3-0 1919 Birthday Hemu Ramchandra Adhikari, cricketer, Indian righty batsman 1947-59 1919 Birthday John Goddard, cricketer, West Indian all-rounder 1948-57 1919 Event British forces kill 100s of Indian Nationalists (Amritsar Massacre) 1918 Event Netherlands Indian Volksraad installed in Batavia 1918 Birthday C B Bertie Clarke, cricketer, Barbados and West Indian leg-spinner 1918 Birthday Ranga Sohoni, Indian cricketer, pace bowler of late 40's avg 101 1917 Birthday Wilf Ferguson, cricket leg-spinner, West Indian of post-WWII years 1917 Birthday Indira Gandhi, born in Allahabad, India, Indian PM, 1966 - 1977, 1980 - 1984 1917 Birthday Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran, MGR, Indian film star, politician 1917 Birthday Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, born in British India, brought Transcendental Meditation to Indian schools, universities 1917 Death Buffalo Bill Cody, army scout and Indian fighter, dies 1916 Event 1st observance of Indian (Native American) Day 1915 Birthday Vijay Hazare, cricketer, prolific Indian batsman 1946-54 1914 Birthday Mushtaq Ali, cricketer, prolific Indian batsman of 30's and 40's 1914 Event Mahatma Gandhi's 1st arrest, campaigning for Indian rights in South Africa 1913 Event Mohandas K. Gandhi arrested for leading Indian miners march in South Africa 1912 Birthday Lawrence Durrell, Indian/British writer, Private Country 1911 Birthday Vijay Merchant, cricketer, all-time great Indian batsman 1911 Birthday Khurshed Meher-Homji, cricketer, Indian wicket-keeper 1936 1911 Birthday Baqa Jilani, Indian cricket fast bowler, Test 1936 1911 Event L D Swamikannu publishes "Manual of Indian Chronology" in Bombay 1910 Birthday Amar Singh, cricketer, dashing Indian all-rounder of thirties 1910 Birthday Mahomed Nissar, cricketer, pioneer Indian opening bowler in Tests 1910 Event Cleveland Indian Cy Young gets his 500th win, beats Washington 5-4 in 11 innings 1910 Birthday Eric Franklin, Indian civil servant 1910 Event Cleveland Indian Addie Joss wins 2nd no-hitter beating White Sox 1910 Birthday Jahangir Khan, cricketer, father of Majid, Indian player 1932-36 1909 Death Red Cloud, Sioux indian chief, dies 1909 Birthday Philleo Nash, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1961-67 1909 Birthday D. D. Hindlekar, cricketer, Indian batsman and wicket-keeper 1936-46 1908 Event Cleveland Indian Bob "Dusty" Rhoades no-hits Boston, 2-1 1908 Death Edward Alexander MacDowell, U.S. composer (Indian Suite), dies at 47 1907 Event Indian Mine Laws passes (concessions from Netherlands-Indies) 1906 Birthday T. H. White, Indian Writer 1904 Death Chief Joseph, U.S. indian chief (Nez Perces), dies 1904 Birthday Naoomal Jeoomal, cricketer, pioneer Indian Test opening batsman 1904 Birthday Ellis Achong, cricketer, West Indian SLA, 8 wickets in 6 Tests 1901 Event Cincinnati Enquirer reports Baltimore manager John McGraw signed Cherokee Indian Tokohoma, who is really black 2nd baseman Charlie Grant 1897 Event Indian, fans start calling the team Indians (in 1915 becomes official) 1897 Birthday Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian politician 1896 Birthday Teddy Hoad, cricketer, pioneering West Indian Test batsman 1895 Birthday Vinoba Bhave, Indian Educator 1894 Event Indian chiefs from the Sioux and Onondaga tribes met to urge their people to renounce Christianity and return to their old Indian faith 1893 Birthday Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian Leader 1891 Death Sarah Winnemucca, indian scout, dies 1891 Event Harriet Maxwell Converse is 1st white woman to become an Indian chief 1891 Birthday Chief Nipo T Strongheart, Yakima, Washington, U.S. indian actor, Pony Soldier 1890 Death Big Foot, Sioux indian chief, dies at Wounded Knee 1889 Event Stanley's expedition reaches Bagamoyo in Indian Ocean 1889 Birthday Jawaharlal Nehru, 1st Indian PM, 1947-64 1888 Event 1st beauty contest (Spa, Belgium), 18 yr old West Indian wins 1888 Birthday George Challenor, cricketer, pioneering West Indian batsman 1887 Birthday Sivananda, Indian Scientist 1887 Birthday William Walraven, Dutch journalist and writer, Indian Daily 1885 Event Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of federal government) 1884 Birthday Rajendra Prasad, Indian Statesman 1884 Birthday Eli S Jones, U.S., evangelist, Christ of Indian road 1883 Birthday Charles Bender, only American Indian in baseball's Hall of Fame 1881 Event Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull, surrenders to federal troops 1880 Birthday Munshi Premchand, Indian Writer 1879 Birthday Ramana Maharshi, Indian Philosopher 1879 Birthday Will Rogers, Oologah Indian Territory, Okla, humorist 1876 Event General Crook destroy Cheyennes and Oglala-Sioux indian camps 1872 Birthday Sri Aurobindo, Indian Philosopher 1871 Death Satank, Kiowa indian chief, shot to death 1871 Death Augustus de Morgan, Indian Mathematician 1871 Event Congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent 1870 Birthday Clark Wissler, anthropologist, American Indian 1869 Birthday Mohandas Gandhi, Indian Leader 1868 Death Roman Nose (Wiquini), Cheyenne indian leader, dies 1865 Death Rene E de Russy, West Indian/US Brigadier-General, dies at about 75 1863 Event Battle of Honey Springs - largest battle in Indian Territory 1863 Death Little Crow, Ta-oya-te-duta, Santee Sioux indian chief, dies 1862 Event Battle at Old Fort Wayne, Indian Territory 1862 Event Santee Sioux indian attack Fort Ridgely 1861 Event Battle of Bird Creek, Indian Terr (High Shoal, Chusto-Talasah) 1861 Birthday Rabindranath Tagore, Indian Poet 1861 Event President Lincoln ordered Federal Troops to evacuate Indian Territory 1860 Birthday Edward Alexander MacDowell, U.S., composer, Indian Suite 1860 Event 1st "dime" novel issued "Malaesk The Indian Wife of the White Hunter" 1860 Event 1st U.S. "dime novel" published: "Malaseka, The Indian Wife of the White Hunter," by Mrs. Ann Stevens 1860 Birthday William C Mills, museum curator, excavated Ohio Indian mounds 1859 Event General Horsford defeats Begum of Oudh and Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny 1858 Event William Herschel of the Indian Civil Service in India 1857 Event Indian Mutiny begins with revolt of Sepoys of Meerut 1852 Birthday Calamity [Martha] Jane [Burke], frontier adventurer/indian fighter 1851 Event John F. Loudon discovers tin on East Indian Island of Billiton 1842 Event 4,500 British and Indian troops leave Kabul, massacred before India 1836 Birthday Swami Ramakrishna [Gadadhar Chatterji], Indian mystic/hindu leader 1835 Event Siwinowe Kesibwi (Shawnee Sun) is 1st Indian lang monthly mag 1834 Event Congress creates Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) 1830 Event 3 Indian tribes, Sioux, Sauk and Fox, signs a treaty giving the U.S. most of Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri 1830 Event Congress authorizes Indian removal from all states to western prairie 1828 Event 1st American Indian newspaper in U.S., "Cherokee Phoenix," published 1825 Birthday Dadabhai Naoroji, 1st Indian in British parliament 1825 Event 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 Event Bureau of Indian Affairs established 1824 Event U.S. War Department creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs 1824 Birthday Arya Samaj Maha Rishi Dayanand Sarsvati, Indian hindu leader 1822 Event American Indian Society organizes 1817 Event U.S. soldiers attack Florida Indian village, beginning Seminole War 1817 Birthday Sajjid Ahmad Chan, Indian moslem leader/co-founder, Pakistan 1815 Death John Sevier, indian fighter (Gov/Rep-Tn), dies at 70 1813 Event U.S. troops under General Coffee destroy indian village at Talladega Ala 1813 Event Battle of Beaver Dam-British and Indian forces defeat U.S. forces 1809 Birthday Christopher "Kit" Carson, Kentucky, Union Brigadier-General/indian fighter 1806 Birthday Augustus de Morgan, Indian Mathematician 1802 Event 1st non indian settlement in Oklahoma 1796 Birthday George Catlin, U.S., author/painter, American Indian scenes 1796 Event Game protection law restricts encroachment on Indian hunting grounds 1778 Event 1st treaty between the U.S. and Indian tribes signed (Fort Pitt) 1771 Event West Indian Company and Amsterdam divide up Suriname 1769 Death Pontiac, indian chief to Ottawa, murdered 1764 Event Native Americans surrender to British in Indian War of Chief Pontiac 1758 Event New Jersey Legislature forms 1st Indian reservation 1757 Event Battle at Rossbach (7 year war/French and Indian War) 1756 Event Britain declares war on France (7 Years' or French and Indian War) 1755 Event British General E. Braddock mortally wounded during French and Indian War 1755 Death E Braddock, British Gen, mortally wounded during French and Indian War 1745 Birthday John Sevier, Tennessee, indian fighter, Gov/Rep-Tn 1725 Death John Lovewell, U.S. indian fighter, dies in battle 1695 Death Henry Purcell, English composer (Indian Queen), dies at 36 1692 Event Sarah Good and Tituba, an Indian servant, accused of witchcraft, Salem 1690 Event French and Indian troops set Schenectady settlement New York on fire 1683 Event West Indian Company sells 1/3 of Suriname 1641 Event United East Indian Company conquerors city of Malakka, 7,000 killed 1622 Event 1st Indian (Powhattan) massacre of whites Jamestown, Virginia; 347 slain 1621 Event WIC, West Indian Co, under Heeren XIX, founded 1614 Event Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe 1602 Event United Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) forms
