1654 |
Rani Durgavati was martyred during the war with the Mughals. |
1961 |
India's first indigenous HF24 supersonic fighter aircraft took off in 1961. |
1961 |
India built supersonic fighter HF24 flies for the first time |
1966 |
117 people died when an Air India aircraft going from Mumbai to New York 1966 crashed in Mount Blanc, Switzerland. |
1974 |
The Indian team was reduced to 42 against England in the second innings of the 1974 Lord's Test. This is India's minimum score in the Test and he lost by innings and 285 runs. |
1986 |
The government has announced in 1986 that unmarried mothers will also get maternity leave under their employment scheme. |
1989 |
A majority of opposition members resigned from the Lok Sabha in 1989 over the issue of the CAG report on the Bofors gun deal. |
1990 |
Defense scientists successfully tested the country's first third-generation anti-tank missile 'NAG' in 1990. |
1885 |
Famous politician and staunch Sikh leader Tara Singh was born. |
1869 |
Damodar Hari Chapekar, one of the revolutionary immortal martyrs of India, was born. |
1863 |
Vishwanath Kashinath Rajwade, the famous Indian writer, historian, best orator and scholar was born. |
1980 |
The fourth President of India, V.V. Giri died. |