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Historical Event on 7/7/1998
Nag, indigenously developed anti-tank missile, is test-fired again.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/18/1936 | Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), famous English writer and author, died in Burwash, England at 70. He was a young journalist in British India. He wrote in verses, stories, novels childen's stories some of these were ""The Jungle Book, Kim and Just-50 stories"" and was honoured with the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907 for 'Kim' (Indian based story). |
5/17/1949 | India decided with only one dissent vote to remain within the Commonwealth of Nations. |
9/9/1941 | Syed Abid Ali, great Indian medium pace-bowler and all-rounder, was born at Hyderabad. |
1/12/1990 | Vimal Kumar and Madhumita Bisht retain National badminton titles. |
6/4/1903 | Gandhiji established the weekly journal ""Indian Opinion"" organised at Phoenix farm near Durban. |
11/1/1948 | An Indian brigade group supported by the 7th Cavalry (Stuart tanks) broke through the Great Himalayan Range at Zojila to drive out the invaders from Ladakh district. At approximately 3,500 metres, this was the highest point in the history of warfare that tanks had operated. |
7/17/1976 | Mudliyar A. Ramaswami, Padmabhushan awardee, politician and industrialist, passed away. |
2/25/1897 | Dr. Amarnath Jha, educationist, was born. |
1/18/1972 | Vinod Ganpat Kambli, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1993-), was born in Bombay. |
5/12/1666 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj meet Aurangzeb and was arrested. |
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