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Historical Event on 7/31/1861
9,300 mm rainfall in July in Cherrapunji, Assam becomes a world record.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
3/20/1782 | Colonel James Tod, author and researcher of Rajput history, was born. |
5/19/1904 | Jamshedji Nasarvanji Tata, famous industrialist and father of modern technology, passed away at Nauheim, Hesse-Nassau, France. He commenced cotton mills in Bombay and Nagpur and founded the Tata Iron and Steel Company, which is one of the largest integrated steel mills in the world. |
10/5/1957 | Nehru becomes the first recipient of the key of Hiroshima Peace City. |
1/22/1971 | Judge Sarv Mittra Sikri became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 25/04/1973. |
7/8/1999 | The bodies of 12 soldiers, who martyred in Kargil battle, were brought to New Delhi. So far 321 soldiers were killed and 476 wounded in operation Vijay. |
10/6/1963 | Baba Kharak Singh, freedom fighter and grand old man of Punjab, died. |
8/21/1990 | Prasar Bharati Bill moved in the Lok Sabha . |
1/5/1869 | Venkatesh Tirko Kulkarni, famous Kannad novelist 'Galagnath', was born. |
4/10/1931 | Balasaheb Vikhe Patil, who worked in the region of Sahkar and Education, was born. |
4/11/1997 | 10-month-old Deve Gowde govt. at the centre voted out of power. 292 voting against the motion of confidence in Lok Sabha, 158 for it, 6 abstaining. |
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