Seattle Indian Community - DesiEventsOnline.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 10/19/1970

First Indian-made MIG-21 handed over to the Air Force. Privy purses and privileges of former Indian rulers abolished.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/7/1999Nareshwar Dayal is appointed India's High Commissioner to UK.
4/1/1957Postage stamps and sale of postal stationary was introduced as per decimal coinage system and Rupee was established to Hundred Naya Paisa.
5/28/1964A slow-moving funeral cortege containing the body of Jawaharlal Nehru inched through the streets of New Delhi today. A million and a half Indians lined the route to pay final respects to their beloved leader.
10/18/1879Branch of 'Theosophical Panth' established in India.
2/1/1942Lt Col HT Hogan raised the Regiment at Malir Cantonment.
3/11/1863Maharaja Sayaji Rao III, great nationalist and social reformer, was born at Nasik.
10/24/1605Jahangir became the fourth Emperor of Mughal Empire at Agra.
1/26/1876Railway route started between Mumbai and Calcutta.
11/9/1990JD expels Gujarat CM Chimanbhai Patel and UP CM Mulayam Singh Yadav from Legislative wings and primary membership of the party.
1/12/1955Pandit Baburao Vishnu Paradkar, eminent Hindi editor and veteran journalist, passed away.