Austin Indian Community - AustinIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 1/24/1997

Justice Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi and Justice Sukhdev Singh Kang appointed Governors of Tamil Nadu and Kerala respectively.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/7/1988Mrs. Janaki Ramachandran sworn in as CM of Tamil Nadu.
5/29/1982Naval Academy at Ezhimala, Kerala, was approved by Union Cabinet.
5/13/1953The first Indian Navy air station INS Garuda was commissioned at Venduruthy, the naval base in Cochin.
12/15/1997Magsaysay award winning litterateur Mahasweta Devi, Sitar maestro Annapurna Devi and Rabindra Sangeet exponent Suchitra Mitra honoured with 'Desikottam' by Visva Bharati University.
10/31/1955The Prime Minister inaugurated the Cooperative Milk Producers' Union factory at Anand, Gujarat.
9/18/1927Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce was established.
6/13/196660 people were killed in a collision between two suburban trains of Bombay.
10/31/1963Krishna Menon, resigned from the post of Defence Minister of India, due to Chinese attack.
11/16/1877Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer and innovator, died. He was the first Indian who was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, London. He introduced lighting by gas and was the first to build ""INDUS"", a steam-ship in India in 1833. He also introduced sewing machine, photography and electro-plat
12/27/1992Dhananjay Bhattacharya, famous Bengali singer, died.