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Historical Event on 10/15/1915
Dr. I. Gopalkrishnan, Cricket Test Umpire for 7 tests from 1960-67, was born in Tamil Nadu.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
2/17/1997 | Anand finishes sixth in the City of Linares category 19 chess where Kasparov makes in four-in-a-row. |
8/23/1995 | First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta. |
2/3/1998 | The BJP releases its election manifesto promising to make India a nuclear state; build a Ram temple at Ayodha and work for a uniform civil code. |
5/16/1926 | Manik Varma, famous singer, was born. |
5/2/1908 | Police in Calcutta discover a cache of explosives for use in alleged anarchist plot. |
12/27/1976 | Yashpal, modern hindi litterateur, passed away. |
11/20/1993 | RBI clears two more private banks: The Times Bank Ltd. and the Indus Ind Bank Ltd. |
12/10/1932 | The Indian Military Academy (IMA) was formally inaugurated by Field Marshal Sir Philip W Chetwode, Bt, GOB, KCMG, GCSI, DSO and was christened as ""The Pioneers"". The crowning event was delivered in the hall, now named after him, and in the address to the trainees, he enunciated three principles: 'the safety, honour, and welfare of your country comes first, always and everytime', which were to guide the future officers of the Indian Army . A passage from this address has come to acquire immortality and has been adopted as the credo of the Acad |
8/10/1948 | Atomic Energy Commission established. |
2/4/1924 | Kocheril Raman Narayan, ninth Vice President of India and now president of India, was born. |
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