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Historical Event on 11/24/1999
India finish with 10 gold, eight silver and seven bronze medals in the Commonwealth shooting championship which ended in Auckland.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
3/26/1942 | Indira Gandhi, third Prime Minister of India, was married to Feroze Gandhi. |
5/19/1982 | Elections for Assemblies held in West Bengal, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala. |
5/28/1992 | Indo-US naval exercises begin. |
12/22/1947 | Dilip Rasiklal Doshi, cricketer (India's main slow lefty post-Bedi), was born in Rajkot. |
6/6/1907 | John Morley, U.K. Government State Secretary, declares ""it will not withdraw from India under any circumstances"". |
6/1/1874 | East India Company was dissolved. |
12/11/1999 | Leander Paes capped a brilliant year with his successive Challenger title, this time in Jaipur, beating Barry Cowan in the final. |
10/16/1942 | Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills some 40,000 people in south of Calcutta, India. |
2/15/1993 | India regains ""Rubber"" after 6 years by beating England by an innings and 70 runs at Madras. |
4/8/1759 | British troops chase French out of Masulipatam, India. |
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