Wisconsin Indian Community - WIIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 07/19/1309

Saint Visoba Khechar, was the yogi-guru of the Varkari poet-saint Namdev of Maharashtra, took Samadhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/26/1961Heavy fighting flared up between India and Communist China in their three-year-old dispute over border lines in the Himalayas. Each side accused the other of initiating the fighting that began along the Tibetan border early in October.
6/11/1991Forty die in rioting in Srinigar, Kashmir.
9/11/1968Central Government provides more autonomy to hilly region of Assam.
9/18/1803Second Anglo-Maratha war under Sir Arthur Wellesley resulted in a crushing defeat of the Marathas at Assaye. The British Christians captured Delhi and acquired control of large parts of India.
9/18/1803Bahadur Shah captured the fort of Chittor and then marched against the Mughal emperor.
10/23/1997I.K. Gujral, PM, leaves for Edinburgh to attend Commonwealth Heads of Govt. Meeting.
11/15/1988Dalai Lama agreed for less then independent country to save the cultural heritage of Tibet.
12/14/1910Upendranath Ashok, noted writer, was born.
8/11/1999Ramnath Parkar, former Indian opening batsman, died in Mumbai.
2/2/1977Jagjivan Ram, Cabinet member of 30 years, resigns to protest emergency rule causing minor split in Congress party.