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Historical Event on 1/16/1681
Sambhaji was crowned as the successor of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in a function held at Raigad Fort.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
8/22/1993 | V P Singh leaves Delhi on a self-imposed exile vowing not to return until the government implemented job reservation for backward classes. |
2/23/1998 | Ramdeo Singh, freedom fighter, is shot dead at Salaunchak village in Bihar. |
3/4/1994 | Lech Walesa, Polish President, visit India. |
6/13/1996 | Govt. extends for another 2 years the ban imposed on LTTE w.e.f. 14/6/1996 under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. |
7/31/1991 | Air Chief Marshal Surinder Kumar Mehra PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. |
11/30/1896 | Gandhiji sails for South Africa with wife and children. |
1/29/1939 | Ramkrishna Mission Sanskritik Sansthan (Institute of Culture) was established. |
3/15/1941 | Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was raised as the 4th Battalion, the 2nd King Edward VII's own Gorkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) by Lt Col O'de T Lovett at Deharadun. |
8/17/1932 | V.S. Naipaul, great Indian writer, was born. |
4/1/1994 | Five ministers resign from the Wilfred D'souza Government in Goa. |
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