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Historical Event on 7/15/1783
Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, great Indian Merchant, Industrialist and philanthrophist, was born in Bombay. He aided famine relief, financed public works like wells, roads, causeways and bridges; founded dispensaries and hospitals; established educational institutions and scholarship funds; etc. He was receipent of a Knighthood and many medals.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/4/1980 | Coal Mine Worker's Day established. |
| 3/5/1918 | Shriranga Vasudev Sohoni also known as ""Ranga Sohoni"", Indian cricketer (pace bowler of late 40's avg 101), was born in Nimbora, Maharashtra. |
| 6/21/1941 | Chakravorty Rajgopalachari became the First Indian Governor General of India. |
| 1/23/1978 | The motto ""Shastra se Shakti"" (Strength though arms) in Hindi written in Devengiri script was approved by the President of India as the motto of the Army Ordnance Corps.The original corps motto of the Ordnance corps was ""Usa Tela Tananti"" found in the arms of the board of Ordnance. This was translated to mean ""To the thunder his arms"". The corps song titled ""Ayudh Corps Mahan"" was introduced for the first time in 4th re-union of the Army Ordnance Corps. The song is to be played or sung ""within unit lines only"", during purely Regimental functions. |
| 1/16/1995 | Missile carrier vessel 'Vidhrut' dedicated to nation. |
| 3/4/1991 | Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha presents mid-term budget, cut in food and fertiliser subsidy, amounting to Rs. 934 crore, proposed. |
| 4/13/1971 | Carlton Chapman, Indian Soccer (Football) player, was born in Bangalore, Karnataka. |
| 7/5/1990 | G. C. Saxena, J&K Governor, promulgates J&K Disturbed Areas Act, 1990, declaring several districts as disturbed area. |
| 8/1/1970 | Former Beatle George Harrison led an all-star entourage of rock talent through two sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden tonight, in a benefit for Bangladesh refugees. More than 40,000 attended the concerts, and Harrison hoped to donate $250,000 to the cause. The shows opened with sets of Indian music by sitarist Ravi Shankar, then moved through songs featuring Harrison, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Leon Russell, and another ex-Beatle, Ringo Starr. But the evening's most ecstatic ovations were reserved for the unexpected appearance of Bob Dylan. |
| 7/9/1999 | Ashok Mitra (82), noted writer, academician and former bureaucrat, died in Calcutta. |
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