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Historical Event on 1/22/1760
In the battle at Wandiwash (India), after their victory against the French, the British virtually had no European opponent left in India.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
5/15/1878 | Sivnath Shastri and Ananda Mohan Bose, under the leadership of the younger group of Brahmo Sama, rebelled and started Sadharan Brahmo Samaj. |
8/9/1942 | Subhash Chandra Bose (Netaji) forms the Indian National Army in Malaya with the help of the Japanese. He inaugurates the Government of Free India at Singapore. |
10/30/1977 | Demonstrators and police clash in Madras as Indira Gandhi tours the country. |
9/26/1931 | Vijay Laxman Manjrekar, cricketer (father of Sanjay, reliable Indian batsman), was born in Bombay. |
1/30/1949 | Night Airmail Services was inaugurated. |
6/29/1997 | Anand wins Frankfurt chess classic '97 title in Germany. |
4/5/1993 | K. Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy, Andhra Pradesh's CM, defeats TDP's Renuka Chowdhary by 31,611 votes in the Panyam Assembly election. |
1/15/1999 | Mi. Pa. Somasundaram (79), writer, poet, litterateur and associate of Rajaji, died in Chennai. |
5/13/1962 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) retired from the post of first President. |
2/2/1967 | US President Johnson orders consignment of 2 mil. tons of food grains to be sent to India. |
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