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Historical Event on 10/24/1579
Jesuit father and first Englishman S.J.Thomas Stephens arrived at Goa in a Portuguese ship. He settled here and died in 1619.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
7/3/1992 | Avinash Ganesh Mohadikar, journalist and former editor of magzine `Vyapar Udyog', passed away. |
3/13/1857 | Lord William Pit, Governer General of India (1823-28), passed away. |
5/31/1977 | Major Premchand and Naik Nima Dorji Sherpa, in the team on Indian Army Treckers, reached the peak of Kanchenjunga. They were amongst the first Indians to reach this peak. |
6/16/1950 | Mithun Chakravorty, famous Hindi film actor, was born. |
12/30/1879 | Shri Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950), modern Hindu Advaita renaissance saint of Maharshi Research Institute, philosopher and yogi, was born in Tiruchuzhi near Madurai in Tamil Nadu. |
3/11/1994 | The Supreme Court upholds sacking of BJP Governments; Balasaheb Deoras quits as RSS Chief; Rajendra Singh alias Rajju Bhaiya to succeed. |
3/28/1986 | Extremist Sikhs kill 13 Hindus in Ludhiana, India. |
7/13/1905 | Premnath Bazaz, famous Kashmir freedom fighter, was born. |
9/6/1889 | Sarat Chandra Bose, freedom fighter, journalist and leader, was born. |
12/11/1986 | The United Nations Children's fund (UNICEF) completes 40 years of work on behalf of children (11-12-86). |
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