Wilmington, Dover, Newark Indian Community - DEIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 2/13/1936

Dinsha Wachha, great Industrialist and social worker, passed away at Mumbai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/15/1984Extremist Sikhs plunder 40 stations in Punjab, India.
4/15/1984Akbar responded with alacrity and arrived at Ahmadabad and made adequate arrangements for its administration.
5/10/1936Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad Ansari, great freedom fighter, politician, journalist and muslim leader, passed away.
12/11/1845First battle between Britishers and Sikhs. In 1849, Punjab lost its independence. This is referred as the first Anglo-Sikh War.
12/20/1876Bankinchrandra Chattopadhyay wrote ""Vande Mataram"".
10/12/1990Government of India announces a 15\% cut in oil consumption, exempting LPG and kerosene.
7/18/1993Dr. Banoo Coyaji, 75, gets Magsaysay Award for Public Service.
10/20/1947First battle between India and Pakistan.
12/31/1900Krishna Narayan Ratanjankar, famous musician and writer of Tan Sangrah in three parts and Abhinav Geet Mangari, was born in Bombay.
10/14/1998Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics. He became the sixth Indian, by birth or citizenship, to win a Nobel.