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Historical Event on 3/25/1999
Arathi Ponnappa,Former National tennis champion, called it quits from competitive tennis in Bangalore.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
8/16/1991 | Indian Airliner Boeing 737 crashes in Manipur's Churachandpur district killing all 69 aboard. |
6/2/1965 | The second of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (Ganges R India). |
2/28/1930 | Sir Chandrasekhar V. Raman, Scientist, 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering ""Raman Effect"". He is also the first Indian to receive this honor in Physics, The Indian Nobel Laureates. |
3/9/1996 | Chaudhary Randhir Singh appointed Governor of Sikkim. |
1/2/1757 | After the Battle of Plassey, Clive, Britisher, defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah, Mir Jafar, Nawab of Bengal and re-captured Calcutta, after it had been seized by the Nawab of Bengal who had used the ""Black Hole"" to imprison British captives. |
1/18/1932 | Shyam Nandan Kishore, great educationist, was born at Muzaffarpur. |
3/26/1990 | Pratap Singh Rane,Goa CM, resigns. |
6/27/1838 | Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (Chatterjee), famous novelist, ""the father of modern Indian fiction"" and writer of national song 'Vande Mataram', was borm at Katalpara near Naihati, West Bengal. Some of his writings are 'Anandmath' and 'Kapal Kundala'. He was among the first two Bengalee Graduates. |
1/21/1924 | Professor Madhu Dandavate, former Finance Minister, was born at Ahmednagar. |
9/5/1659 | Queen Saibai, wife of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died. |
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