Detroit Indian Community - DetroitIndian.net
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 9/5/1846

Sir Charles Metkaf, Governor General of East India Company, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/22/199824-year old P T Usha won bronze medals in the 400m and 200m races and anchored the 4x100m relay team to gold and 4x400m for silver at the Asian Track and Field Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.
7/9/1969Sagi Lakshmi Venkatapathy Raju, cricketer (Indian slow left-armer), was born in Hyderabad.
1/15/1958Tamil becomes the official language of Madras.
3/10/1993The 12-day-old caretaker ministry in Tripura led by Samir Ranjan Burman resigns.
4/4/1926Martial law is declared in Calcutta as rioting continues.
10/21/1959Chinese and Indian troops clash on Ladakh border.
1/24/1952The first International Film Festival of India held in Bombay, this event had a great impact on Indian Cinema.
9/14/1992The government allows foreign investors to enter the Indian capital market; incentives offered.
9/14/1923Ram Jethmalani, famous law expert and politician, was born.
9/29/1914Japanese vessel 'Kamagata Maru' reached Baj Baj near Calcutta from Vancouver carrying Indian revolutionaries.