1908 |
Sucheta Kripalani, the first female Chief Minister of the country, was born. |
1975 |
On the advice of Indira Gandhi-led Congress government, President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed announced the imposition of Emergency in the country. |
1932 |
The Indian cricket team played its first Test match at the Lord's ground in Britain. |
1983 |
India defeated the West Indies by 43 runs to win the Cricket World Cup title for the first time. |
2004 |
Russia decided to extend a strategic partnership with India. |
1903 |
Chandrashekhar Pandey - was born a litterateur. |
1950 |
Swami Sahajanand Saraswati social reformer and revolutionary died. |
1931 |
Vishwanath Pratap Singh, the eighth Prime Minister of India was born. |
1975 |
Captain Manoj Kumar Pandey was born an Indian Army officer who was posthumously awarded India's highest gallantry medal Paramveer Chakra for exceptional bravery in the 1999 Kargil War. |