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


 

Historical Event on 7/16/1856

Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar, on the request of Governor Lord Canning, instituted a law announcing the right of Hindu widows for re-marriage.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/5/1999India decides not to attend the special meet on CTBT.
3/4/1961First Indian aircraft carrier naval fighter vessel ''I.N.S. Vikrant'' was commissioned in Belfast.
5/13/1883Henk JFM Sneevliet, leader RSAP/editor Spartacus (Dutch-Indies), was born.
5/27/1930Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was arrested during Salt Movement.
6/2/1993Kurla-Kochi Express rams into goods train near Jolarpet in which 22 were killed and 100 injured.
4/12/1978After several state victories, Congress party-I (for Indira) is recognized as official opposition.
9/25/1999Eighth SAF Games inaugurated in Kathmandu.
9/16/1990Air India establishes a world record by evacuating more than 1.11 lakh people in eight weeks from Kuwait/Iraq during the Gulf War.
12/3/1948Surendra Pratap Singh, famous journalist and chief editor of Navbharat Times, was born.
6/9/1986First AIDS death reported from a private hospital in Mumbai.