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


 

Historical Event on 8/9/1971

A 20-year non-aggression treaty for peace, friendship and co-operation was signed between India and U.S.S.R.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/23/1946Commonwealth Occupation Forces in Japan, exchanging its Spitfire Vllls for Mk XlVs in October and arriving in Japan aboard HMS vengence.
1/26/1981Sandeep Patil scores memorable 174 vs Australia at Adelaide Oval.
11/8/1988Salman Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses' awarded 1988 Whitbread Prize.
8/15/1955Satyagrah started for the freedom of Goa.
4/29/1948Natraj Kamakshi, modern social reformer and journalist, passed away.
8/29/2000Supreme Court releases of 115 'Veerappan aides' on bail or otherwise till further orders.
2/24/1995Rishang Keishing (Cong-I) sworn in as the 15th CM of Manipur.
5/22/1991Shripad Amrit Dange, veteran communist leader, passed away.
9/11/1950Sorabjee Harmasji Colah, cricketer (69 runs in India's first 2 tests 1932-33), passed away.
10/14/1998Prof. Amartya Sen (Indian Nobel Laureates), the economist-philosopher, awarded the Nobel Prize in economics for his contribution to welfare economics.