Phoenix Indian Community - PhoenixIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 8/26/1852

Bombay Association was established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/23/1985Air India Jumbo Jet Boeing 747 'Kanishka' which was travelling to Mumbai from Montreal crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after explosion near Ireland. 329 people on board died.
5/19/1990S. R. Bommai unanimously elected President of JD.
1/16/1992Prices of steel and iron decontrolled.
2/15/1992Sain Swami Gangeshwaranandji, chief of `Udasin Sampraday', passed away.
2/2/1956The president inaugurated the Bhoodan padyatra led by Dr. Sushila Nayar.
9/17/1956Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC ) established.
6/23/1942Jabbar Patel, film producer, was born.
9/15/1953S. Vijayalakshmi Pandit was elected as the first lady President of the eighth session of the United Nations Organisation's (UNO) General Assembly.
11/18/1991In the by-elections, Congress gets 8 Lok Sabha seats and suffers rout in UP assembly, while BJP gets absolute majority.
6/23/1661Princess Catherine of Portugal wed King of England Charles II. Portugal gave island of Mumbai to England as present. The British got Bombay as dowry from Portugal.