Historical Events
Historic Event
1486 Christopher Columbus proposes his plan to search for a western route to India in an audience with Spanish monarch, Isabella I. Full support is granted 3 years later, in 1489
- 1907 Indian Mine Laws passes (concessions from Neth-Indies)
- 1960 India’s Bombay state split into Gujarat & Maharashtra states
- 1960 7th National Film Awards (India): “Apur Sansar” wins the Golden Lotus
Historic Event
2009 Chanda Kochhar takes over from K. V. Kamath as CEO and Managing Director of ICICI Bank
More Indian History
Famous Birthdays
- 1913 Balraj Sahni [Yudhishthir], Indian Bollywood actor (Dharti Ke Lal), born in Rawalpindi, Punjab (d. 1973)
- 1927 Israr Ali, Pakistan cricket all-rounder (4 Tests; member of Pakistan’s first Test team that played against India 1952–53), born in Jalandhar, Punjab, India (d. 2016)
- 1944 Suresh Kalmadi, Indian politician
- 1946 Joanna Lumley, British actress (Absolutely Fabulous, OHM’s Secret Service), born in Kashmir, India
Tim McGraw
1967 Tim McGraw, American country musician and actor, born in Delhi, Louisiana
- 1971 Ajith Kumar, Indian film actor
Famous Deaths
- 2018 Ashok Mitra, Indian economist and politician, dies at 90
