Albuquerque, Santa Fe Indian Community - NMIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 12/12/1901

Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore founded the first dance school called as ""Kala Bhawan"" and established the ""Barahamacharya Ashram"", the core of Vishwa Bharati University of Shantiniketan, near Bolpur. It was formally opened on December.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/14/1999Arjun Atwal won the Indian Open Golf in Calcutta.
12/23/1959Edward Fredrick Lindlewood Halifax ""Irwin Lord"", English viscount and Governor General of India (1925-1931), died at the age of 78.
11/20/1859Elfinstone, Governor of Bombay Province and historian, passed away.
4/24/1998India wins the Coca Cola Cup at Sharjah, beating Australia by six wickets in the final.
9/19/1965Government extends ultimatum to India to dismantle forts within four days in China.
9/29/1992Ramesh Krishnan and Leander Paes put India into the World round of 16 nations in the Davis Cup tennis by defeating Britain (4-1)
5/17/1999Sonia Gandhi resigns as Congress president but the CWC(I) rejects it.
6/23/1984An Air-India jumbo jet plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland today, killing all 329 people on board. Indian officials said the crash apparently was caused by a bomb placed aboard the jetliner by a Sikh extremist group as retaliation for an army raid.
6/16/1893Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar, social worker and industrialist, was born at Athikkadu Thekkur in Tamil Nadu.
7/31/1992Thailand Airlines crashed in Himalayan Range, 113 persons died.