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Historical Event on 8/6/1933
Kripal Singh Govindsingh, Amritsar, India, 100* on debut v NZ 1959, was born at Madras.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
8/29/1923 | Hiralal Ghasulal Gaekwad, cricket all-rounder who played Test for India in 1952-53, was born in Nagpur. |
12/13/1999 | The Government lodges protest with the Pakistani Rangers following the discovery of a tunnel near the Indo-Pak border. |
2/18/1944 | Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Institute' established. |
9/16/1931 | R. Ramachandra Rao, cricket test umpire for one test in 1986-87, was born at Tamil Nadu. |
2/23/1908 | Maharaj Kumar Raghubir Sinh, famous Hindi writer and historian, was born. |
2/28/1937 | Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar discovers the white dwarf maximum mass limit. |
8/1/1970 | Former Beatle George Harrison led an all-star entourage of rock talent through two sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden tonight, in a benefit for Bangladesh refugees. More than 40,000 attended the concerts, and Harrison hoped to donate $250,000 to the cause. The shows opened with sets of Indian music by sitarist Ravi Shankar, then moved through songs featuring Harrison, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Leon Russell, and another ex-Beatle, Ringo Starr. But the evening's most ecstatic ovations were reserved for the unexpected appearance of Bob Dylan. |
1/20/1988 | Shiv Charan Mathur sworn in as CM of Rajasthan. |
11/20/1990 | Mulayam Singh Yadav's JD (S) ministry wins a confidence motion (224-146) with the help of Congress (I) in Uttar Pradesh. |
10/3/1985 | Morocco breaks diplomatic relations with India after New Delhi announced its recognition of the Saharwi Arab Democratic Republic. |
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