2012 |
The Indian Space Agency placed the heaviest foreign satellite in orbit. |
1974 |
Captain Vikram Batra, who was martyred in Kargil war, was born on 9 September. He was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra. |
1949 |
Hindi was adopted as the national language in India. |
1915 |
The struggle between the famous Indian revolutionary Jatindranath Sanyal and the British at Kaptewara in Orissa. |
1920 |
Aligarh's Oriental College was converted into Aligarh Muslim University. |
1999 |
Mahesh Bhupathi of India and Arch Sugiyama of Japan won the mixed doubles title of US Open. |
2009 |
Ministry of Railways announced to introduce biometric identification system for its employees on the lines of Ministry of Home Affairs |
1907 |
Director Mahbub Khan, the leading producer of Indian cinema history, was born. |