Jacksonville Indian Community - JacksonvilleIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 8/20/1885

First meeting of the Indian National Congress held.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/31/1992The new five-year Export-Import policy relaxes restrictions.
12/6/1997Nine persons killed and over 60 injured in bomb blasts in three trains which left Chennai. Blasts occurred in Tiruchi, Erode (Tamil Nadu) and Trissur in Kerala.
2/15/1924Shankarrao Bajirao Patil, great leader of Maharashtra, was born.
8/30/1645Indians and Dutch sign the peace treaty.
10/10/1899Shripad Amrit Dange, socialist and Trade Union Leader, was born.
8/15/1947India gains independence from the British rule and Pakistan emerges as a separate Islamic nation. Around 600,000 die in clashes during the subsequent population exchange of 14 million people between the two new countries.
1/5/1994Tamil Nadu Assembly passes two bills making the Chief Minister, the Chancellor of all universities instead of the Governor.
8/27/1604Guru Granth Sahib was established in the Golden Temple of Amritsar.
6/25/1997USA & India sign a new bilateral treaty for the extradition of fugitive offenders.
2/28/1928C. V. Raman invented 'Raman Effect' of scattered light, which led him in achieving the 'Nobel Prize'.