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Historical Event on 10/31/1997
Rushmi Chakravarthy makes it a double in the National hardcourt tennis in Mumbai.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
11/6/1931 | Chithira Tirunal Bala Ramavarma, ascended throne and ruled state of Travancore as Maharaja, passed away. |
2/8/1994 | Kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432. |
6/20/1995 | Mayavati Government wins vote of confidence. |
5/29/1906 | Terence Hanbury White, novelist (England Have My Bones), was born in Bombay. |
8/2/1858 | British parliament passed the act to handover the administration of India to British Government from East India Company. After the occasion, the Supreme British ruler in India was called as 'Viceroy'. |
5/31/1994 | Pandit Samtaprasad, famous Tabla player, passed away. |
2/12/1949 | Gundappa Ranganath Viswanath, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman of 70s), was born in Bhadravati, Mysore. He received Padmashree (1971) and Arjun Award (1978). |
9/7/1906 | Bank of India, the first Indian bank, was registered. |
2/18/1905 | Indian Home Rule Society was founded at London by Shyamji Krishna Varma. |
11/7/1990 | Lawrence Durrell, great Indian English and author (Mount Olive), passed away at the age of 78. |
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