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Historical Event on 8/23/1958
Marathwada University was started.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
6/8/1906 | Syed Nazir Ali, cricketer (bro of Wazir Ali, India's 1st Test 1932), born at Jullunder. |
11/7/1867 | Madam Marie Sklodowska, great scientist, professor and Nobel Prize awardee, was born in Poland. |
11/30/1990 | Admiral Laxmi Narayan Ramdas takes over as Chief of Naval Staff. |
2/3/1994 | Akash' missile launched successfully. |
4/15/1998 | Punjab men and Railways women emerge champions in the National Volleyball League in Patna. |
1/15/1888 | Saifuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter and President of the Punjab, was born at Amritsar. |
9/23/1863 | Rao Tularam Singh Yadav, freedom fighter, was one of the key leaders of the Indian rebellion of 1857, in Haryana, where he is considered a state hero. |
11/27/1870 | Dattatreya Balwant Parasnis, famous history researcher and collector of historical items, was born. |
2/8/1912 | Girishchandra Ghosh, famous Bengali actor and dramatist, passed away. |
6/23/1984 | An Air-India jumbo jet plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland today, killing all 329 people on board. Indian officials said the crash apparently was caused by a bomb placed aboard the jetliner by a Sikh extremist group as retaliation for an army raid. |
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