Vancouver, Surrey Indian Community - BCIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 7/31/1991

Air Chief Marshal Surinder Kumar Mehra PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/21/1993Jayalalitha ends fast, Centre to set up a committee; Karnataka rejects the proposal.
9/2/1992Shripad Deshpande, senior journalist, passed away.
5/26/1739Afghanistan was separated from the Indian empire as a result of a treaty signed between Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah and Nadir Shah.
5/20/1996CPI Leader Indrajit Gupta appointed pro-term speaker in the Lok Sahba.
4/27/1878Calcutta University started Women's Education, and allowed women to appear in the Entrance Examination.
7/23/1990Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Indian Prime Minister and Gorbachev sign joint declaration committing their countries to building a nuclear-free and non-violent world in the first Indian-Soviet summit in the post-Gorbachev Soviet Union in Moscow.
8/7/1982Krishnakanta Radhakant Handique, linguist, educationist, Sanskrit scholar, principal of J.B. College and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away. He also authored the learned works 'Naisadhacarita', 'Yasastilaka and Indian Culture' etc. His original treatise written in Sanskrit by Somaveda in the 10th century is an encyclopedic work dealing with Jainism and Indian thoughts and culture.
1/25/1954Manabendranath Roy, famous leader of socialist revolution, passed away at Dehradun.
7/7/1943Rasbehari Bose handed over the command of 'Azad Hind Fauz' to Netaji Subhashchandra Bose at Singapore.
12/15/1974Rasulatbai, veteran classical music expert, died.