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


 

Historical Event on 8/22/1818

Warren Hastings, first Governor General of India (1773-84), died at the age of 85.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/6/1950N. R. Pillai was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 13-05-1953.
10/4/1907Riots in Calcutta.
7/25/1929Somnath Chatterjee, politician and lawyer, was born.
5/18/1998India talks with the US on the nuclear tests.
10/20/1998Security forces unearth 770 kg of RDX and plastic explosives in the Tangmay area of Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir.
1/18/1995Kumble takes 16-99 in a match for Karnataka vs Kerala.
1/23/1927Balasaheb Thackrey, Shiv Sena chief and Hindu Hriday Samrat, was born.
1/9/1993An Indian Airlines TU-154 plane crash lands in Delhi, all the 165 on board escape; Civil Aviation Minister Scindia resigns; PM cancels Dhaka visit; SAARC summit put off.
1/19/1905Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, Bengali writer and thinker, passed away.
1/15/1988Kiran More stumps five West Indian batsman at Chidambaram Stadium in Madras thus creating a world Test record.