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


 

Historical Event on 2/21/1990

The Bombay Sappers join the club of the select few, who received colours from the President of India (21-2-90).

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/11/2001Objective type paper scheduled in 28 cities in India.
4/18/1914Cottari Subbanna Nayudu, cricketer (brother of C K, 11 Tests as leggie), was born in Nagpur.
4/18/1914Mughal conqueror Babur Shah (1483-1530) defeats Ibrahim Lodi II, the Lodi Sultan of Delhi, and captures Delhi and the Koh-i-noor diamond, in the First Battle of Panipat. He founded the Mughal dynasty in India (1526-1761), consolidated by his grandson Akbar.
6/5/1980Manipur University was established.
11/7/2000The BJP firebrand Uma Bharti makes a triumphant return to the Union Ministry as Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs and Arun Jaitley gets elevated as Cabinet Minister in a mini expansion. Maj.Gen. (Retd) B. C. Khanduri takes oath as Minister of State for Transport and Highways.
4/1/1979Central Institute of Fisheries Education came under the Administrative Control of Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
12/20/1993Jaichandran Nair, Colonel Neelkantan, died.
2/11/1959Vinoo Mankad plays his final Test Cricket (vs West Indies at Delhi).
7/16/1959Suhridkumar Roy, famous geologist, died.
7/16/1959Sher Shah defeated Humayun for the second time at Hardoi in U.P. in the battle of Kanauj.