2015 Event A continued rise in cases of dengue fever has alarmed officials in the Dominican Republic and in Delhi, India; Delhi is requiring suspension of all surgeries to make 1,000 additional beds available for victims of the disease 2015 Event Officials from India and Bangladesh sign the Land Boundary Agreement, permanently dividing disputed border territory between the two nations; residents of this territory have lacked government-sponsored services and clear citizenship status 2014 Event India has successfully launched a space probe into orbit around Mars on its first attempt, making it the first Asian country to orbit the planet; at $74 million, the spacecraft cost about 11% of the U.S. Maven, which reached Mars orbit two days prior 2014 Event President Xi Jinping of China begins a visit to India today to discuss strengthening economic relations and potentially resolving disputes regarding segments of the border between the two nations 2014 Event India's central bank states that domestic credit cards must complete extra validation when used to buy local goods or services; some businesses have avoided the rule by using foreign payment systems, resulting in cash flows out of the country 2014 Event A meeting between the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan has been canceled following a Pakistani official's meeting with separatists in Kashmir province, a disputed territory claimed by both nations 2014 Event India has put the INS Kolkata into service; the battleship, built locally, is the second to be commissioned this year and signals the nation's intent to update its military in response to concern regarding China's growth 2014 Event India has officially divided the state of Andhra Pradesh to create the nation's 29th state, Telangana; Hyderabad will act as joint capital for both states for the next decade; K. Chandrasekhara Rao will serve as Telangana prime minister 2014 Event The Bharatiya Janata Party wins India's general election, defeating the Indian National Congress; the results appear to signal a desire for greater economic progress 2014 Event The World Bank reports that India is now the third-largest economy behind the U.S. and China on the basis of purchasing power parity; India replaces Japan, though Japan remains in third place when GDPs are compared on an exchange-rated basis 2014 Event The cryogenic engine built India's Space Research Organisation engineers powers the launch of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-D5), which successfully placed a 1,982-kg GSAT-14 communications satellite into orbit in 17 minutes 2013 Event The PSLV-XL rocket carrying the Mars Orbiter Mission probe is launched by India's Space Research Organization; the will eventually be sent to Mars 2013 Event The east coast of India expects Cyclone Phailin to make landfall today 2013 Event Nearly 500,000 people been evacuated from India's Odisha and Andhra Pradesh states in preparation for Cyclone Phailin 2013 Event Part of the ongoing Samaikyandhra Movement, protests and strikes erupt after the Cabinet of India approves the bifurcation of the state of Andrha Pradesh 2013 Event Rajkot, Gujarat, India experiences extremely heavy rains that cause damage estimated at over 100 rupees 2013 Event India's Bharatiya Janata Party names Narendra Modi as their leader in the next general election 2013 Event The worst monsoon season in 50 years rages on as Northern India prepares for more rain 2013 Event Heavy monsoon rains cause the collapse of a partially-finished building on a residential block in Mumbai, India 2013 Event The Arctic Council, an international forum that addresses issues faced by Arctic governments and the Arctic's indigenous people, gives China, India and four other nations observer status 2012 Event Mass protests take place in Tamil Nadu, India, as opposition to the Kudankulam nuclear power project grows 2012 Event Pakistan and India plan to mutually ease visa requirements 2012 Event Investments to and from Pakistan are now permitted by the Reserve Bank of India 2012 Event In India, an earlier blackout that left over 600 million people without power ends when power is restored 2012 Event Over 300 million people are left without power in Delhi, India, due to a power grid failure 2012 Event India elects Pranab Mukherjee as its new President 2012 Event In India, a nationwide strike against rising gas prices closes shops and interrupts public transport across the country 2012 Event India puts an end to a plan to re-introduce cheetahs to the country with shipments from Africa 2012 Event Indian actor Shahrukh Khan is detained by the U.S. at a New York airport for 90 minutes, angering S. M. Krishna, India's External Affairs Minister 2012 Event In New Delhi, India, leaders of Brazil, Russia, China, South Africa and India meet for the 2012 BRICS summit 2012 Event India and China agree to build a functional plan to address border issues 2011 Event India's government relaxes rules relating to the operation of foreign-owned retailers such as Wal-Mart and Tesco within India 2011 Event In Tibet, several acts of self-immolation prompt exiled Tibetans in India to urge the Chinese government to end its repressive policies restricting the Tibetan's religious freedom 2011 Event A vaccination program immunizing over 170 million children every year has resulted in the near eradication of polio in India 2011 Event Nepal, India exercises a smoking ban in public places 2011 Event In the Papuan capital of Jayapura, about 10,000 Papuan people demonstrate in support of independence from India 2011 Event Interest rates at the Reserve Bank of India are increased by 50 basis points to 7.25 per cent 2010 Event Pakistani's media publish fake WikiLeaks cables attacking India 2010 Event U.S. President Barack Obama arrives in India on a tour to promote U.S. exports 2010 Event A free trade accord between India and Malaysia is announced; it would become effective July 2011 2010 Event A new, though threatened, language known as Koro, is discovered by a team of linguists on an expedition to Arunachal Pradesh, in northeastern India 2010 Event At least 47 people die in northern India from heavy monsoon rains and landslides in Uttrakhand state, Pitthoragarh, Chapawat and Uttarkashi regions 2010 Event India is crippled as trade unions declare a general strike to protest a hike in fuel prices 2010 Event Air India Express Flight 812 crashes near Mangalore International Airport; eight passengers survive and 158 perish 2010 Event Pope Benedict XVI celebrates open-air Mass at Fatima, Portugal with over 500,000 pilgrims attending from 35 nations including Vietnam, China and India 2001 Event Earthquake kills 20,000 in Bhuj, India 1999 Event Cyclone/tidal surge kills as many as 10,000 in eastern India 1998 Event Pakistan tests underground nuclear weapons, sparking fears of a nuclear conflict with India 1998 Event India resumes underground nuclear tests after more than a 20 year gap 1998 Death Gulzarilal Nanda, temporary Prime Minister of India (1964, 66), dies 1996 Event India all out for 66 at Durban after making 100 in cricket 1st inning 1996 Event Lance Klusener takes 8-64 in debut Test Cricket to trounce India 1996 Event 1st one-day international in Canada, India vs. Pakistan at Toronto 1996 Event India defeat Pakistan in Under-15 World Challenge Final at Lord's 1996 Death Raaj Kumar, film star, actor in Bollywood movies, famous for film 'Mother India', dies at 68 1996 Death Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, president of India, dies at 83 1996 Death Neela Sanjiva Reddy, president of India (1977-82), dies 1996 Event Sri Lanka beat India in World Cup semi as riots stop play 1996 Event Javed Miandad's last international in Pak's WC QF loss to India 1996 Event Mark Waugh scores 126 in World Cup against India 1996 Event 1st full ODI for Kenya, Cricket World Cup vs. India 1996 Event Tendulkar scores 127* in India's Cricket World Cup win over Kenya 1996 Death N T Rama Rao, Prime Minister of Andhra Pradesh India 1983 - 1984, 1984 - 1989, 1994 - 1995, dies 1995 Event New Zealand score 8-348 in 49 overs vs. India in Nagpur ODI 1995 Death Beant Singh, Prime Minister of Punjab province of India, assassinated at 73 1995 Event India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah 1995 Death Morarji Desai, Prime Minister of India (1977-79), dies 1995 Event Congress party loses India national election 1995 Event Bomb attack on train in Assam India (27 soldiers killed) 1994 Death Zail Singh, president of India (1982-87), dies at 78 1994 Event Aishwarya Rai, 21, of India, crowned 44th Miss World 1994 Event India army kills 27 Moslem militants 1994 Event Bodo kills 37 Moslems in Bashbari NE India 1994 Event Sushmita Sen, 18, of India, crowned 43rd Miss Universe 1994 Event Miss India (Sushmita Sen) selected Miss Universe 1994 Event United Arab Emirates' 1st official ODI, losing to India 1994 Event Mine fire at Asansol India, kills 55 1993 Event India defeat West Indies in Bengal Jubilee Cricket Final, Kumble 6-12 1993 Event 6.4 earthquake at Latur, India, 28,000 killed 1993 Event India complete a 3-0 series drubbing of England 1992 Event 300,000 hindus destroy mosque of Babri India, 4 die 1992 Event David Houghton gets Zimbabwe's 1st Test ton (121 vs. India, debut) 1992 Event Start of Zimbabwe's 1st Test match, vs. India at Harare 1992 Event India leases Tin Bigha corridor to Bangladesh 1992 Event "Tin Bigha Day" protest in India of corridor opening to Bangladesh 1992 Event India launches its Agni rocket 1992 Event India launches its 1st satellite independently 1992 Event Mike Whitney career-best 7-27 at WACA in Test Cricket win vs. India 1992 Event David Boon's 13 Test Cricket century, 107 vs. India at Perth 1992 Event Boon completes twelfth Test century, 135 vs. India at Adelaide 1992 Event Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup 1992 Event Boon completes 11 Test Cricket century, 129* vs. India at Sydney 1992 Event Test debut of Shane Warne, vs. India at Sydney 1991 Event Militant Sikhs kill 55 and wound 70 in India 1991 Event South Africa's 1st cricket international since 1970 - one-day vs. India 1991 Event Aaqib Javed takes 7-37 in 10 overs vs. India in cric 1-dayer at Sharjah 1991 Event 6.1-7.1 earthquake in Uttar Kashi, India, about 670 die 1991 Death Peggy Ashcroft, British actress (A passage to India), dies at 83 1991 Death Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India, killed by bomb at 46 1990 Event Hindu-Muslim rebellion in Hyderabad-Aligargh India, 140 die 1990 Event Graham Gooch scores 123 vs. India to follow up 1st innings 333 1990 Event Graham Gooch scores 333 vs. India at Lord's 1990 Event Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar India, 80 die 1990 Event Bus accidentally touches high voltage wire in Karagpur India; 21 die 1990 Event Ian Smith 173* New Zealand vs. India, 136 balls, world record for no 9 bat 1990 Event 1st day India vs New Zealand cricket at Auckland New Zealand 5-78 at lunch, 9-387 stumps 1989 Event Vishwanath Pratap Singh sworn in as president of India 1989 Event India president Rajiv Gandhi, resigns 1989 Event Pakistan win Sharjah Trophy over India and WI on round-robin 1988 Event Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed 1988 Event 6.5 earthquake strikes India/Nepal, 1,000s killed 1988 Event Test debut of Phil Simmons, WI vs. India, Madras 1987 Event 76th Davis Cup: Sweden beats India in Gothenburg (5-0) 1987 Event Test debut of Carl Hooper, WI vs. India at Bombay 1987 Event India all out for 75 vs. West Indies at Delhi, Patterson 5-24 1987 Event 1st of 3 massacres by Sikh extremists takes place in India 1986 Event India score 7-676 vs. Sri Lanka at Kanpur in Cricket 1986 Event Allan Border scores the 10,000th run in Tests (v India, Bombay) 1986 Event Failed assassination attempt on India premier Rajiv Gandhi 1986 Event India vs. Australia Test Cricket at Madras finishes in a tie 1986 Event Dean Jones scores 210 vs. India at Madras 1986 Event David Boon's 3rd Test cricket century, 122 vs. India at Madras 1986 Event Sikhs extremist kill 16 hindus in Muhktsar India 1986 Event Extremist Sikhs kill 13 hindus in Ludhiana India 1986 Event Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup 1986 Event Dalai Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India 1986 Event David Boon's second Test century, 131 vs. India at Adelaide 1985 Event Test Cricket debut of Steve Waugh, vs. India at the MCG 1985 Event David Boon's 1st Test century, 123 vs. India at Adelaide 1985 Event Test debut of Merv Hughes, Geoff Marsh and Bruce Reid (v India) 1985 Event Akali Dal wins Punjab State election in India 1985 Event Sri Lanka score their 1st Test Cricket victory, by 149 runs vs. India 1985 Event Rajiv Gandhi announces Punjab state elections in India 1985 Event Bomb destroys Air India Boeing 747 in air near Ireland, 329 die 1985 Event Booby trap bomb kills 86 people in India 1985 Event India files suit against Union Carbide over Bhopal disaster 1985 Event India beat Pakistan to win "World Championship of Cricket" 1985 Event Mike Gatting and Graeme Fowler both scores 200's vs. India 1984 Event Rajiv Gandhi takes office as India's 6th Prime Minister succeeds his mother, Indira Gandhi 1984 Event Rajiv Gandhi's Congress party wins election in India 1984 Event 2,000 die from Union Carbide poison gas emission in Bhopal, India 1984 Death Percy Norris, deputy high commissioner of India, shot dead 1984 Event 3,000 die in 3 day anti-Sikh riot in India 1984 Death Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, assassinated by 2 of her bodyguards at age 66 1984 Event 1st floodlit ODI outside of Australia (India vs. Australia, New Delhi) 1984 Event Bomb attack on Madras India airport, 32 killed 1984 Event 1,200 die in Sikh "Golden Temple" uprising India 1984 Event Extremist Sikhs plunder 40 stations in Punjab India 1984 Event India beat Pak by 58 runs to win 1st Asia Cricket Cup in Sharjah 1983 Event Desmond Haynes out handled the ball vs. India 1983 Event Test Cricket debut of Richie Richardson, WI vs. India Bombay 1983 Event Kapil Dev takes 9-83 vs. WI at Ahmedabad, but India still lose 1983 Event Test cricket debut of Shoaib Mohammad, son of Hanif, vs. India Jullundur 1983 Event India beat West Indies by 43 runs to win Cricket World Cup 1983 Event India entered space age launching SLV-3 rocket 1983 Event Hindus kill 3000 Moslems in Assam, India 1983 Event Javed Miandad and Mudassar Nazar make 451 stand vs. India 1982 Event Imran Khan 8-60 to bring innings victory vs. India at Karachi 1982 Event Zaheer Abbas gets his 100th 100 in Test Cricket vs. India, goes to 215 1982 Event Duleep Mendis completes twin cricket tons for Sri Lanka vs. India 1982 Event Botham scores 208 in 225 balls, England vs. India at The Oval 1982 Death J K Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), dies 1981 Death Phiroz Edulji Palia, cricket (2 Tests for India, 29 runs and 0-13), dies 1981 Event India performs nuclear Test 1981 Event India's APPLE satellite, 1st to be stabilized on 3 axes, launched 1981 Event Australia all out 83 vs. India at MCG chasing 143 to win 1981 Event Kim Hughes scores 213 vs. India at Adelaide 1981 Event India all out 63 in one-day international vs. Australia 1981 Event Greg Chappell scores 204 vs. India at the SCG 1980 Event Indira Gandhi's Congress Party wins elections in India 1979 Event Opening day of 4th Test Cricket, India 8-112 vs. Pakistan at Kanpur 1979 Event Mother Teresa of India, awarded Nobel Peace Prize 1979 Event India need 438 to win vs. England, game ends at 8-429 1979 Event India premier Charan Singh resigns 1979 Event David Gower 200* in England score of 5-633 vs. India at Edgbaston 1979 Event Morarji Desai resigns as premier of India 1979 Event Sri Lanka beat India by 47 runs in Cricket World Cup upset 1979 Event Faoud Bacchus scores 250 for WI vs. India at Kanpur 1979 Event Gavaskar gets twin tons for India for the third time (v WI) 1978 Event India's former Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, released from jail 1978 Event Indira Gandhi ambushed in India 1978 Event Test Cricket debut of Malcolm Marshall, vs. India at Bangalore 1978 Event Gavaskar gets twin cricket tons for India for 2nd time 1978 Event Test debut of Kapil Dev, India vs. Pakistan at Faisalabad 1978 Birthday Nafisa Joseph, Miss India Universe, 1997 1978 Event Australia beat India 3-2 on 6th day of final test 1978 Event India needing 493 to beat Australia at Adelaide, all out 445 1978 Event Air India B747 explodes near Bombay killing 213 1977 Event Bobby Simpson scores 176 Australia vs. India at the WACA, aged 41 1977 Event Morarji Desai forms government in India 1977 Event Indira Gandhi resigns as Prime Minister of India 1977 Event Premier Indira Gandhi loses election in India 1976 Event John Lever takes 7-46 in 1st Test Cricket innings, vs. India Delhi 1976 Event India all out for 97 vs. West Indies 1976 Event India set 403 to win by WI They get them, 6 wkts 7 overs spare 1976 Event New Zealand scores their 1st innings win in Test Cricket, vs. India 1976 Event Richard Hadlee takes 7-23 vs. India, his 1st match-winning spell 1975 Event Explosion at Chasnala Colliery collapses drowning 350 (Dhanbad India) 1975 Birthday Amisha Patel, born in Mumbai, India, actress, cited as one of Bollywood's sexiest actresses, appeared in films, 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa', 'Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.' 1975 Event Farm truck packed with wedding party struck by a train, killing 66 in truck, 40 miles south of Poona, India 1975 Event India annexes Principality of Sikkim 1975 Event India launches 1st satellite with help of U.S.S.R. 1975 Event W I win Fifth Test against India to take exciting series 3-2 1974 Event Viv Richards scores 1st Test Cricket ton 192 vs. India 20 fours 6 sixes 1974 Event Greenidge scores 107 in 2nd innings of Test Cricket debut vs. India 1974 Event 63rd Davis Cup: South Africa beats India in (w/o) 1974 Event India's 1st one-day international (v England, Headingley) 1974 Event India all out for 42 in Lord's Test cricket in 77 minutes 1974 Birthday Mahesh Bhupathi, born in India, tennis pro 1974 Event U.S. ambassador to India Daniel Moynihan present $2,046,700,000 check 1973 Birthday Aishwarya Rai, born in Mangalore, India, actress, model, former Miss World 1994, appeared in movie, 'Dhoom 2', 'Guru', 'Jodhaa Akbar' 1973 Event India and Pakistan sign POW accord 1973 Event 78 drown as flash flood sweeps a bus into a river, India 1973 Birthday Dodda Ganesh, cricketer, Karnataka and India pace bowler 1997 1973 Birthday Rahul Dravid, cricket batter, prolific Karnataka, Tests for India 96 1972 Event England beat India by six wickets in the 1st Test Cricket at Delhi 1972 Event Chandrasekhar takes 8-79 India vs. England at Delhi 1972 Event New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India and Pakistan 1972 Birthday Sunjith Somasunder, cricketer, Karnataka and India ODI opening bat 1996 1972 Birthday Laxmi Poruri, Guntur India, tennis star, 1994 Futures-College Park 1972 Event Herd of stampeding elephants kills 24, Chandka Forest India 1972 Birthday Saurav Ganguly, cricketer, centuries in 1st two Tests for India 1996 1972 Event India and Pakistan sign peace accord 1972 Death Edward VIII, King of Great Britian/Northern Ireland/emperor (India 1936), dies at 77 1972 Event India and Bangladesh sign friendship treaty 1971 Event Cease fire between India and Pakistan in Kashmir 1971 Event India's army occupies Dacca, West Pakistani troops surrenders 1971 Event India beat England by 4 wickets, their win against the Poms 1971 Birthday Soundarya, born in Gangigunte, India, film actress, played heroine in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam films 1971 Event J M Noreiga takes 9-95 WI vs. India at Port-of-Spain 1971 Birthday Brad Hogg, cricketer, WA chinaman all-rounder, Australia vs. India 1996 1970 Birthday Min Patel, cricketer, in Mumbai England left-arm spinner vs. India 1996 1970 Death Edward M Forster, British writer (Maurice, passage to India), dies at 91 1970 Event Meghalaya becomes autonomous state within India's Assam state 1969 Event India all out for 163 at Madras vs. Australia, Ashley Mallett 5-91 1969 Death Ted Hecht, actor (Time to Kill, Song of India, Gangster), dies 1968 Birthday Sanjeeva Weerasinghe, cricketer, Test for Sri Lanka vs. India at 17 1968 Event Beatles George Harrison and John Lennon and wives fly to India for transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi 1968 Event Bobby Simpson takes 5-59 vs. India in his last Test for ten years 1967 Event 6.5 earthquake in West India, 170 killed 1967 Event 6.5 earthquake of Kolya Dam India, kills 200 1967 Event Boycott scores 246* vs. India, Leeds, 573 minutes, 29 fours 1 six 1967 Event Zakir Hussain elected 1st Moslem president of India 1967 Birthday Richard Blakey, cricketer, England wicket-keeper in India 1993 1966 Event Test Cricket debut of Bishen Singh Bedi, India vs. WI Calcutta, 2-92 1966 Event Test debut of Clive Lloyd, vs. India Bombay, 82 and 78 1966 Event Bombay-New York Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switzerland), 117 die 1966 Event Mihir Sen swims Palk Strait between Sri Lanka and India 1966 Event Indira Gandhi elected India's 3rd prime minister 1966 Event India and Pakistan sign peace accord 1966 Birthday Shahid Saeed, cricketer, Pakistani batsman in Test vs. India 1989 1965 Birthday Shahrukh Khan, born in New Delhi, India, actor, Bollywood figure, film producer, television host, appeared in 'Om Shanti Om', 'My Name Is Khan', worth over $540 million dollars 1965 Event India and Pakistan ceases-fire goes into effect 1965 Event India invades West Pakistan 1965 Event India and Pakistan border fights 1965 Event 2nd of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000, Ganges R India 1965 Birthday India Allen, Portsmouth, Virginia, playmate of the year, Dec, 1987 1965 Event Fire and explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad India kills 400 1965 Event India and Pakistan border fights 1965 Event 1st of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (India) 1965 Event India and Pakistan engage in border fight 1965 Event Bruce Taylor hits 105 for New Zealand vs. India in 1st Test Cricket innings 1965 Event Star of India returned to American Museum of Natural History 1964 Birthday Anil Kaul, Amritsar India, Canadian badminton player 1996 Olympics 1964 Event India and Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed 1964 Event Star of India and other jewels are stolen in New York 1964 Event Rex Sellers bowls 5-1-17-0 vs. India in only Test Cricket innings 1964 Event Lal Bahadur Sjastri elected premier of India 1964 Death Jawaharial Nehru, Independent India's 1st PM, dies at 74 1964 Birthday Nadeem Abbasi, cricketer, three Tests for Pakistan vs. India 1989 1964 Birthday John Morris, cricketer, England right-hand batsman vs. India 1990 1964 Event Hanumant Singh scores 105 India vs. England on debut at Delhi 1964 Birthday Remi Bouchard, Lasalle Que, Canadian Tour golfer, 1989 India Open 1963 Event Estimated 22,000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India) 1962 Event Chinese army lands in India 1962 Event 69 killed in bus crash (Ahmedabad India) 1962 Event Devastating 8 for 6 spell by Gibbs gives WI cricket victory over India 1962 Event Nawab of Pataudi captains India cricket vs. WI age 21 years 77 days 1962 Event India Congress Party wins elections 1961 Event India annexes Portuguese colonies of Goa, Damao and Diu 1961 Event India seizes Goa and 2 other Portuguese colonies 1961 Event India's premier Nehru arrives in New York 1961 Birthday Sunny Deol, born in New Delhi, India, actor, action movie star, director, producer, winner, two National Film Awards, hit film 'Gadar: Ek Prem Katha' 1961 Birthday Kalpana Chawla, Karnal, India, astronaut, STS-87 1961 Birthday Ramesh Krishnan, born in India, tennis star 1961 Birthday Kevan James, cricketer, all-rounder 4 wkts/4 balls and ton vs. India 1996 1960 Event India's Bombay state split into Gujarat and Maharashtra states 1959 Death Edward FLW Halifax, English viscount/viceroy of India, dies at 78 1959 Event Jasu Patel takes 9-69, India vs. Australia at Kanpur 1959 Event Chinese troops move into India, 17 die 1959 Event England complete 5-0 series drubbing of India 1959 Event Abbas Ali Baig scores 112 for India vs. England on debut 1959 Event Dalai Lama fled China and was granted political asylum in India 1959 Event Dalai Lama flees Tibet for India 1959 Birthday Kapil Dev, born in Chandigarh, India, cricket player for India, captain of 1983 Cricket World Cup, won by India 1959 Event Rohan Kanhai completes 256 vs. India at Calcutta 1958 Event Test Cricket debut for Wes Hall, vs. India at Bombay 1958 Birthday Mark Benson, cricketer, played Test England vs. India 1986, 30 and 21 1957 Event Republic of India adopts Saka calendar along with Gregorian 1957 Event India annexes Kashmir 1956 Event Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India) 1955 Event Kripal Singh scores 100 on Test Cricket debut, India vs. New Zealand 1955 Event Polly Umrigar scores India's 1st Test Cricket double century, 223 vs. New Zealand 1955 Death Leopold C M S Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), dies at 81 1955 Event India premier Nehru visit U.S.S.R. 1955 Event India poses discrimination "onaanraakbaren" punishable 1955 Birthday Ian Callen, cricketer, one Test Australia vs. India 1978, six wickets 1955 Event Imperial Bank of India nationalized 1955 Event Pakistan vs. India 5 Test Cricket series ends in a 0-0 draw 1954 Birthday Bharat Reddy, cricket wicket-keeper, India 1979 1954 Event India takes over administration of 4 French Indian settlements 1954 Birthday Suru Nayak, cricketer, two Tests for India vs. England 1982 1954 Birthday Imtiaz Ali, cricketer, brother of Inshan One Test WI vs. India 1976 1954 Birthday Alan Butcher, cricketer, one Test England vs. India, scored 14 and 20 1953 Birthday Vijay Amritraj, India, tennis player/actor, Octopussy 1953 Event Walcott Worrell and Weekes all make centuries in innings vs. India 1952 Event Pakistan's 1st Test Cricket win Fazal Mahmood 12 wkts vs. India 1952 Event Nazar Mohammad scores Pakistan's 1st Test century 124* vs. India 1952 Event Pakistan's 1st Test starts, vs. India at Delhi 1952 Birthday Paul Hibbert, cricketer, one Test Australia vs. India 1977, scored 13 and 2 1952 Event Freddie Trueman takes 8-31, India all out 58 at Old Trafford 1952 Event India all out 82 in 2nd innings after making 52 earlier in the day 1952 Event Test Cricket debut of Freddie Trueman vs. India at Headingley 1952 Event Pandit Nehru becomes premier of India 1952 Birthday Anand Armitraj, born in India, tennis player, Brother of ViJay 1952 Event Nehru's Congress party wins general election in India 1952 Death Victor Alexander John Hope, viceroy of India (1936-43), dies at 64 1950 Event Sikkim becomes a protectorate of India 1950 Event King Tribhuvana of Nepal flees to India 1950 Event Mother Teresa found her Mission of Charity in Calcutta, India 1950 Birthday Persis Khambatta, Bombay India, actress, Star Trek, Megaforce 1950 Event 8.6 earthquake in India kills 20,000 to 30,000 1950 Event India becomes a republic ceaseing to be a British dominion 1949 Event India recognizes People's Republic of China 1949 Birthday Joni Flynn, Assam India, actress, Octopussy 1949 Event India adopts a constitution as a British Commonwealth Republic 1949 Event 1st foreign woman ambassador received in U.S. (S V L Pandit India) 1949 Event Mass arrests of communists in India 1949 Birthday Rakesh Sharma, India, cosmonaut, Soyuz T-11 1948 Birthday Ashok Gandotra, cricketer, in Rio de Janiero Two Tests for India 1969 1948 Event Lord Mountbatten resigns as Governor-General of India 1948 Birthday Eknath Solkar, cricketer, India 1969-77, brilliant short-leg fielder 1948 Birthday Rakesh Shukla, cricket leg-spinner, 1 Test India vs. Sri Lanka 1982 1948 Death Mahatma Ghandi, murdered by Hindu extremists in India 1948 Event Australia all out 674 vs. India (Bradman 201, Hassett 198*) 1948 Event Bradman scores 201 in 272 minutes vs. India, 21 fours 1 six 1948 Event Test debut of Neil Harvey, vs. India at Adelaide 1948 Birthday Kenia Jayantilal, cricketer, 5 at Kingston 71 his only inns for India 1948 Event Bradman completes dual Test tons (132 and 127*) vs. India MCG 1948 Event Bradman scores 132 in the 1st innings of the 3rd Test vs. India 1948 Event Orissa province accedes to India 1947 Birthday Dilip Doshi, cricketer, India's main slow lefty post-Bedi 1947 Event Bradman scores 185 in the 1st Cricket Test vs. India at the Gabba 1947 Event India cricket all out for 58 vs. Australia at the Gabba, Toshack 5-2 1947 Event Maharajah of Jammu and Kashmir accedes to India 1947 Event India declares independence from UK, Islamic part becomes Pakistan 1947 Event India granted independence within British Commonwealth 1947 Event British viceroy of India lord Mountbatten visits Pakistan 1947 Birthday David Lloyd, cricketer, England opener, 214 vs. India 1974 1947 Event Lord Mountbatten appointed as last viceroy of India 1947 Birthday Sam Gannon, cricketer, Austr lefty quick, 3 Tests vs. India 1977-78 1946 Event Australia compile 645 vs. India at the Gabba (Bradman 187) 1946 Birthday Deepak Chopra, born in Punjab, British India, author, speaker, physician, co-founded the Chopra Center, made cameo appearance in movie, 'The Love Guru', 2008 1946 Birthday Victor Banerjee, Calcutta India, actor, A Passage to India 1946 Birthday Ashok Mankad, cricketer, son of Vinoo, batted for India 1969-78 1946 Event Nehru forms government in India 1946 Event India agrees to give Bhutan 32 miles 1946 Event Alec Bedser takes 7-49 vs. India on 1st day of his 1st Test cricket 1946 Birthday Joanna Lumley, Kashmir India, actress, Abs Fab, OHM's Secret Service 1946 Event British premier Attlee agrees with India's right to independence 1946 Birthday Subroto Guha, cricketer, right arm swing bowler for India 1967-69 1945 Event Australia Services lose 3rd Victory Test Cricket to India by 6 wkts 1945 Event Australia Services draw second Victory Test Cricket vs. India at Calcutta 1945 Event Australian Services draw 1st Victory Test against India 1945 Birthday Tony Mann, Australia cricket leggie, 1977 century as nightwatchman vs. India 1945 Birthday Khaleda Zia, born in Dinajpur District, India, first female Prime Minister of Bangladesh 1991 - 1996, listed in Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women in the World 2006 1945 Birthday Ajit Manohar Pai, cricketer, one Test India vs. New Zealand 1969 1944 Birthday U C Joshi, cricketer, Sussex off-spinner 1970-74 from India 1944 Birthday Bob Cottam, cricketer, England fast-medium on 2 India/Pakistan tours 1944 Birthday Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, 1984-89 1944 Event Last Japanese troops driven out of India 1944 Event Freighter "Fort Stikene" explodes in Bombay India, killing 1,376 1943 Birthday Ravish Malhotra, India cosmonaut, Soyuz T-11 backup 1942 Birthday Hemant Kanitkar, cricketer, batted in two Tests India vs. WI 1974 1942 Event Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills some 40,000 south of Calcutta India 1942 Birthday Rajinder Goel, cricketer, slow lefty who didn't play for India 1942 Event Mahatma Gandhi and 50 others arrested in Bombay after passing of a "quit India" campaign by the All-India Congress 1941 Birthday Milkha Singh, cricketer, bro of Kripal Singh India batsman in 4 Tests 1941 Event 5,000 drown in a storm at Ganges Delta region in India 1941 Birthday Julie Christie, born in Assam, India, actress, Dr. Zhivago 1941 Birthday Paddy Ashton, New Delhi India, British MP, Soc/Lib Democrat 1941 Birthday Keith Thomson, cricketer, batted in 2 Tests New Zealand vs. India 1968 1940 Birthday Cliff Richards, Harry Webb, Lucknow India, rock voclist, Suddenly 1940 Birthday Erapalli Prasanna, cricketer, one of India's big four spinners 1939 Birthday A K Sen Gupta, cricketer, Test India vs. WI 1959 without distinction 1939 Birthday Man Mohan Sood, cricketer, scored 0 and 3 in his only Test for India 1939 Birthday R B Desai, cricketer, effective pace bowler for India in 60s 1939 Event 17 villages damaged by hailstones in Hyderabad India 1938 Birthday Shashi Kapoor, born in Calcutta, India, actor, Shalimar, Heat and Dust 1937 Birthday Rajinder Pal, cricketer, pace bowler in one Test India vs. Eng, 0-22 1937 Birthday Graeme Dowling, cricketer, New Zealand, 239 vs. India 1968 1936 Birthday Ismail Merchant, Bombay India, producer, Householder 1936 Birthday Juliet Prowse, Bombay India, actress/dancer, Who Killed Teddy Bear 1936 Birthday Roy Harford, cricketer, brother of Noel New Zealand wicketkeeper vs. India 1968 1936 Birthday Engelbert Humperdinck, Arnolde Dorsey, India, singer, EH Show 1936 Birthday Zubin Mehta, born in Bombay, India, conductor, New York Philharmonic 1936 Birthday Jack Noreiga, cricketer, 9-95 WI vs. India 1971 1936 Event Orissa constituted a province of British India 1936 Birthday Clive Swift, Liverpool, actor, Frenzy, Passage to India 1936 Event Pandit Jawaharlal follows Gandhi as chairman of India Congress Party 1936 Birthday Manohar Hardikar, cricketer, batted in 2 Tests India vs. WI 1958-59 1935 Birthday Prakash Bhandari, cricketer, 3 Tests for India in mid-50's, 77 runs 1935 Birthday Jimmy Binks, cricket wicket-keeper, England twice vs. India 1964 1934 Birthday Sadashiv Patil, cricketer, pace bowler in Test India vs. New Zealand 1955-56 1934 Birthday David Smith, cricketer, England opening bowler vs. India 1961-62 1934 Birthday Chandu Borde, cricket batsman, 55 Tests for India 1959-67 1934 Event In India, Mahatma Gandhi suspended his campaign of civil disobedience 1934 Event 8.4 earthquake in India/Nepal, 10,700 die 1933 Event B H Valentine scores 133 on Test Cricket debut, England vs. India at Bombay 1933 Birthday A G Kripal Singh, cricketer, India, 100* on debut vs. New Zealand 1959 1932 Birthday Colin Cowdrey, cricketer, in India England batsman, 1st to 100 Tests 1932 Birthday Chinadorai Deshmutu, India, field hockey player, 1952 1932 Birthday Madhav Apte, cricketer, bro of Arvind 7 Tests for India, 1 century 1932 Event Commencement of India's 1st Test cricket, vs. England at Lord's 1932 Birthday Gavin Stevens, cricket, Australian bat on 59-60 India/Pakistan tour 1931 Birthday June Thorburn, born in Kashmir, India, actress, Touch and Go, Children Galore 1931 Event New Delhi becomes capital of India 1930 Birthday C T Patankar, cricketer, kept wicket in one Test India vs. New Zealand 1955-56 1930 Birthday J M Ghorpade, cricketer, 8 Tests for India 1952-59 with little impact 1930 Birthday Ramnath Kenny, cricketer, batted in 5 Tests for India in 1950's 1930 Birthday G R Sunderam, cricket pace bowler, 2 Tests India vs. New Zealand 1955-56 1930 Event Mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India 1930 Birthday C. D. Gopinath, cricketer, batted in 8 Tests for India in the 1950's 1929 Birthday Trevor McMahon, New Zealand cricket wicketkeeper, v India and Pak 1955-56 1929 Birthday Balbir Singh, India, field hockey player, Gold Medal Gold Medals 1948, 1956 Olympics 1929 Birthday Leslie Wight, cricketer, one Test WI vs. India 1953, scored 21 1929 Event 1st non-stop England to India flight lands 1929 Event 1st non-stop England to India flight takes-off 1929 Event Indian National Congress proclaims goal for India's independence 1928 Birthday R H "Deepak" Shodhan, cricketer, century on Test debut for India 1928 Event Jawaharlal Nehru requests independence of India 1928 Birthday Udham Singh, born in India, field hockey player, Gold Medals 1952, 1956, 1964 Olympics 1928 Birthday Rajindranath, cricketer, 4 stumpings in his only Test for India 1927 Birthday Ramesh Divecha, cricketer, eleven wickets for India in early 50's 1927 Birthday Raaj Kumar, born in Balochistan, Pakistan, film star, actor in Bollywood movies, famous for film 'Mother India', starred in more than 70 Bollywood films, had an iconic, gravelly voice 1927 Birthday G S Ramchand, cricketer, valuable all-rounder in 33 Tests for India 1927 Death Henry CK "Clan" Petty-Fitzmaurice, Governor of India (1888-94), dies at 82 1927 Birthday Leslie Claudius, born in India, field hockey, Gold Medals 1948, 1952, 1956 Olympics 1927 Birthday Michael Craig, Poona India, actor, Escape 2000, Vault of Horror 1926 Birthday Probir Sen, cricket wicketkeeper, India in late 40's/early 50's 1925 Birthday D G "Dattu" Phadkar, cricketer, pace bowling all-rounder for India 1925 Birthday Ghulam Guard, cricketer, lefty pace bowler in 2 Tests for India 1959 1925 Birthday H G Kischenchand, cricketer, 5 Tests for India 1947-52 1925 Birthday A H Kardar, cricketer, Pak 1st Test captain, prev played for India 1925 Birthday Ralph Legall, cricket wicket-keeper, WI vs. India 1954 1924 Birthday V N Swamy, cricketer, one Test India vs. New Zealand 1955, DNB, 0-45 1924 Birthday Madhussudan Rege, cricketer, 15 runs in only Test India vs. WI 1948-49 1924 Birthday Sabu, Dastagir, India, actor, Elephant Boy, Drum 1923 Birthday Hirulal Gaekwad, cricket all-rounder, Test for India 1952-53 1923 Birthday Jahangir Khan Irani, cricket wicketkeeper for India, 1947-8 Australia tour 1923 Birthday Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, India, film star, Patala Bhairavi 1923 Birthday Lindsay Anderson, born in Bangalore, India, director, Thursday's Children 1922 Birthday Ghulam Ahmed, cricketer, off-spinner in 22 Tests for India in 1950's 1922 Event British magistrates in India sentence Mohandas K. Gandhi to 6 years in prison for disobedience 1922 Birthday Kanwar Rai Singh, cricketer, batted at MCG in Test for India 1948 1922 Birthday Har G Khorana, India/Canada bio-chemist, Nobel 1968 1921 Birthday P V Narasimha Rao, premier of India, 1991- 1921 Birthday Satyajit Ray, Calcutta India, director, Goddess, Adversary 1921 Birthday Cyril Poole, cricketer, England batsman against India 1951-52 1920 Event Roy Park makes 1st-ball duck in only Test Cricket India, vs. England at MCG 1920 Birthday Michael Bates, Jhansi India, actor, Clockwork Orange, Patton 1920 Birthday Anwar Hussain, cricketer, four Tests for Pakistan vs. India 1952-53 1920 Birthday Chandrasekhar Sarwate, cricketer, batted in 9 Tests for India 1946-52 1920 Birthday Ravi Shankar, born in Benares, India, sitar player, Sounds of India 1920 Event Perserikatan Communist of India (PKI) political party forms 1920 Birthday Ranganandhan Francis, born in India, field hockey, Gold Medals 1948, 1952, 1956 Olympics 1919 Event British troops fire on Amritsar India demonstrators; killing 350 1919 Event Amritsar Massacre-British Army fires on nationalist rioters in India 1919 Birthday K C Ibrahim, cricketer, batted in 4 Tests India vs. WI 1948-49 1919 Birthday Dharam Singh, India, field hockey player 1964 Olympic gold 1918 Birthday Spike Milligan, born in India, actor/comedian, Digby, 3 Musketeers 1917 Birthday Indira Gandhi, born in Allahabad, India, Indian PM, 1966 - 1977, 1980 - 1984 1917 Birthday K M Rangnekar, cricketer, batted in 3 Tests India vs. Australia 1947-48 1917 Birthday Vinoo Mankad, cricketer, India's greatest all-rounder to his time 1917 Birthday Googie Withers, born in Karachi, India, actress, 1 of Our Aircraft is Missing 1917 Birthday Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, born in British India, brought Transcendental Meditation to Indian schools, universities 1916 Birthday Margaret Lockwood, Karachi India, actress, Lady Vanishes 1916 Birthday Commandur Rajagopalachari Rangachari, cricketer, India 1947-48 1915 Death Gopal Krishna Gokhale, India's social reformer/politician, dies 1913 Birthday Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, president of India 1913 Birthday Sanjiva Reddy, president, India 1913 Birthday Yuvraj of Patiala, cricketer, scored 24 and 60 in only Test India vs. Eng 1912 Birthday Lawrence Durrell, Darjeeling India, writer, Alexandria Quartet 1911 Birthday Merle Oberon, Calcutta India, actress, Assignment Foreign Legion 1910 Birthday Keki Khursedji Tarapore, cricketer, 0-72 in his only Test for India 1910 Birthday Ramaswamy Venkataraman, president of India, 1987-92 1910 Birthday Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, India, astrophysicist, Nobel 1983 1910 Birthday P E Palia, cricketer, appeared in India's 1st Test-Lord's 1932 1910 Birthday Iftikhar Ali Khan, cricketer, Nawab of Pataudi, England and India 1909 Birthday Lall Singh, cricketer, scored 15 and 29 in India's 1st Test match 1909 Birthday M J Gopalan, cricketer, 1 Test India vs. England 1933-34 1908 Birthday John Sutton, Rawalpindi India, actor, Tower of London, Return of Fly 1906 Birthday S Nazir Ali, cricketer, bro of Wazir Ali, India's 1st Test 1932 1906 Birthday Terence Hanbury White, Bombay India, novelist, England Have My Bones 1906 Birthday Ursula Jeans, Simla India. actress, I Lived With You, Over the Moon 1905 Event Earthquake in Kangra India, kills 20,000 1904 Birthday Shi Lal Bahadur Shastri, India premier, 1964-66 1902 Birthday J G Navle, cricketer, India's 1st Test wicket-keeper 1902 Birthday Richard Allen, India, field hockey goal tender 1928 Olympics gold 1902 Birthday L P Jai, cricketer, one Test India vs. England 1934, scored 19 and 0 1899 Birthday Carlos Chavez, born in Mexico City, conductor and composer, Sinfonia India 1897 Event Possibly most severe quake in history strikes Assam India, shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll) 1897 Birthday V K Krishna Menon, India, minister of defense 1896 Birthday Cota Ramaswami, cricketer, Davis Cup for India 1922, Test 1936 1896 Birthday Ranchhodji Morarji Desai, premier of India, 1977-79 1895 Birthday C K Nayudu, cricketer, brother of C S, India's 1st Test captain 1895 Birthday Kavalam Madhava Panikkar, born in India, diplomat, Asia and Western Dominance 1895 Birthday Jiddu Krishnamurti, India, philosopher, Songs of Life 1895 Birthday Jiddu Krishnamurti, India, philosopher, Songs of Life 1894 Birthday Edward VIII, King of Great Britian/Northern Ireland/empero of India, 1936 1893 Death Constantly Lievens, Flemish missionaries in India, dies at 37 1890 Death Ludolf AJW Sloet van de Beele, Governor-General (Net India 1861-66), dies at 84 1888 Birthday Maulana Azad, 1st minister of education in independent India 1888 Birthday Chandrasekhara Raman, India, physicist, Nobel 1930 1888 Birthday Sarvepalli Radhakrishan, president, India, philosopher 1888 Event 246 reported killed by hail in Moradabad, India 1887 Birthday Benegal Narsing Rau, India, President of United Nations Security Council, 1950 1886 Birthday Philip Merivale, Rehutia India, actor, Nothing But Trouble 1882 Event Cyclone in Arabian Sea, Bombay, India, drowns 100,000 1879 Birthday Edward M Forster, England, novelist, Howards End, Passage to India 1877 Event England's Queen Victoria proclaimed empress of India 1873 Birthday Leopold CMS Amery, British minister of Colonies, India 1872 Birthday Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji, India, cricketer/politician 1869 Birthday Mahatma Karamchand Ghandi, Porbandar Kathiawad India, pacifist 1863 Birthday Swami Vivekananda, born in Calcutta, India, founder of Ramakrishna Mission, chief disciple of Ramakrishna, responsible for bringing Vedanta and Yoga to Europe, America, introduced Hinduism at Parliament of World Religions at Chicago, 1893 1858 Birthday Ramabai Dongre' Medhavi, India, social reformer 1858 Event Government of India transferred from East India Company to Crown 1858 Event William Herschel of the Indian Civil Service in India 1856 Death Henry, 1st viscount Hardinge of Lahore, Governor-General of India, dies 1856 Birthday Constantly Lievens, Flemish missionary in India 1850 Birthday Harishchandra, India, poet/dramatist/father of modern Hindi 1849 Event Britain formally annexs Punjab after defeat of Sikhs in India 1846 Event Battle of Sobraon ends 1st Sikh War in India 1846 Event British defeat Sikhs in battle of Sobraon, India 1846 Event Battle of Allwal, Brits beat Sikhs in Punjab (India) 1842 Event 4,500 British and Indian troops leave Kabul, massacred before India 1839 Event Aden conquered by British East India Company 1839 Event Tea from India 1st arrives in UK 1832 Birthday Edwin Arnold, English writer, Light of India 1831 Birthday Edward R L Bulwer-Lytton, English under king of India 1829 Event Britain abolished "suttee" in India, widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre 1818 Death Warren Hastings, 1st governor-general of India (1773-84), dies at 85 1818 Event Maratha Wars between British and Maratha Confederacy in India ends 1803 Event Great fire in Bombay, India 1798 Event England signs treaty with nizam of Hyderabad, India 1796 Event 1st elephant arrives in U.S. from India 1795 Event Battle at Kurdla India: Mahratten beat Mogols 1786 Event Charles Cornwallis appointed governor-general of India 1784 Event English parliament accept India Act 1783 Event Tippu Sahib drives out English from Bednore India 1773 Death Robert Clive, English occupier (India), dies at about 48 1773 Birthday James Mill, born in Scotland, philosopher and historian, History of British India 1772 Event Yves de Kerguelen of France discovers Kerguelen Archipelago, India 1767 Event Gentlemen 17 forbid private slave transport India to Cape of Good Hope 1761 Event Battle at Panipat India: Afghan army beats Mahratten 1760 Event Battle at Wandewash India: British troops beat French 1759 Event British troops chase French out of Masulipatam India 1757 Event British troops occupy Calcutta India 1756 Event British troops under Robert Clive occupy Fulta India 1756 Event India rebels defeat Calcutta on British army 1752 Event French army surrenders to the English in Trichinopoly India 1751 Event English troops under sir Robert Clive occupy Arcot India 1737 Event Earthquake kills 300,000 and destroys of Calcutta India 1737 Event 40 foot waves sink 20,000 small craft and kill 300,000 (Bengal, India) 1732 Birthday Warren Hastings, England, 1st governor-General of India, 1773-84 1725 Birthday Robert Clive, English explorer/founder, British empire in India 1725 Birthday Robert Clive, founder, British empire in India 1707 Death Aurangzeb, Emperor of India (1658-1707), dies at 88 1707 Death Aurangzeb, Mogul emperor of India (1658-1707), dies 1690 Event Job Charnock founds Calcutta India 1685 Birthday Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company 1668 Event English king Charles II gives Bombay to East India Company 1668 Event England takes control of Bombay India 1666 Death Sjihab al-Din Sultan C Shah Djahan, mogol of India (Taj-Mahal), dies 1658 Event Dutch troops occupy harbor city Quilon (Coilan) India 1641 Event West India Company conquerors Sao Paulo de Loanda, Angola 1631 Death Mumtax Mahal, wife of Shah Jahan of India, her tomb (Taj Mahal) 1627 Death Djehangir/Jahangir, great mogol of India, dies 1621 Event Dutch West India Company receives charter for "New Netherlands" (NY) 1618 Birthday Aurangzeb, Emperor of India, 1658 - 1707 1612 Event Battle at Surat India: English fleet beats Portuguese 1609 Event Henry Hudson embarks on an exploration for Dutch East India Co. 1608 Event 1st English convoy lands at Surat India 1605 Death Abul-Fath Djalal-ud-Din, Mogol keizer of India (1556-1605), dies at 63 1601 Event John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London 1600 Event British East India Company chartered 1597 Event 1st Dutch East India Company ships returned from Far East 1592 Birthday Sjihab al-Din Sultan Choerram Sjah Djahan, leader of India 1592 Birthday Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India, 1628-58, built Taj Mahal 1569 Birthday Djehangir/Jahangir, great mogol of India 1565 Event Battle at Talikota India: Moslems destroy Vijayanagar's army 1556 Event Origin of Fasli Era (India) 1542 Birthday Djalalud-Din Mohammed Akbar, emperor of India, 1556-1605 1542 Birthday Abul-Fath Djalal-ud-Din, 3rd Mogol emperor of India, 1556-1605 1510 Death Francisco d'Almeida, viceroy of India, dies in battle at about 59 1506 Birthday Francis Xavier, saint and Jesuit missionary to India, Malaya, and Japan 1500 Event Pedro Cabral departs with 13 ships to India 1498 Event Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Calicut, India 1497 Event Vasco da Gama departs for trip to India 1483 Birthday Babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India 1526 - 1530 1459 Event Sun City India founded by Rao Jodhpur 1351 Death Mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies 1311 Event General Malik Kafur returns to Delhi after campaign in South India 78 Event Origin of Saka Era (India)
