Chicago Indian Community - ChicagoIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 3/16/1999

Amarjeet Kaypee of Haryana, during an innings of 148 against Madhya Pradesh in the super-league match at Rajnandgaon, overtook Ashok Malhotra's 7,274 runs and became the highest run-getter in Ranji Trophy.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/12/1949S Vijaya Laxmi Pandit, first woman foreign ambassador, was received in US.
7/29/1997India to revive 'Agni' Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile programme.
10/6/1990Justice Ranganath Mishra sworn in as Chief Justice of Supreme Court.
8/13/1784East India Company was appointed as the centralised Regulatory Authority through India by Pitt's India Act, which was accepted in British Parliament in England.
7/6/1998Moshood Abiola, the detained Nigerian politician and presumed winner of the 1993 elections, died in Abuja.
6/23/1985Air India Jumbo Jet Boeing 747 'Kanishka' which was travelling to Mumbai from Montreal crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after explosion near Ireland. 329 people on board died.
11/15/1991Import curbs on capital goods relaxed.
11/18/1974Rajni Pannikar,noted story writer, passed away.
9/15/1860M. Visveswarayya, maker of modern Karnataka, was born. He was a notable engineer too.
4/16/1997Anupama Gokhale wins National women's `A' chess in Calcutta.