Atlanta Indian Community - AtlantaIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 8/18/1911

Adityanath Jha, former Governor of Delhi, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/15/1901Guru Hanuman was born at Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan. He was the pioneer and contributor of wrestling in India. He was bestowed with the Padamshri in 1983. His pupil Satpal and Kartar Singh won Gold Medals in Asian Games.
10/24/1789Jean C Baud, Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1834-6), was born
9/30/2000India's Priyanka Chopra (18) wins the Miss World beauty pageant.
11/1/1985Helicopter Corporation of India, later renamed Pawan Hans Limited, started functioning.
3/1/2000Gopichand wins the Indian Oil Servo National badminton championship at Kochi-making it four in a row.
12/15/1997Magsaysay award winning litterateur Mahasweta Devi, Sitar maestro Annapurna Devi and Rabindra Sangeet exponent Suchitra Mitra honoured with 'Desikottam' by Visva Bharati University.
11/14/1681East India Company declared Bengal as a seperate presidency.
7/16/1990O.P.Chautala resigns following directive from JD.
7/29/1998The Pratapsingh Rane Ministry in Goa is dismissed. The Governor instals Dr. Wilfred Desouza as Chief Minister.
9/30/1894Rangnath Ramchandra Diwakar, Gandhian leader, was born.