St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield, Columbia Indian Community - StLouisIndian.net
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 8/5/1969

Bapu Krishnarao Venkatesh Prasad, cricketer (consistent Indian Test pace bowler 1996-), was born in Bangalore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/8/1956Tryambak Sitaram Karkhanis, founder of 'Maharashtra Drama Group' (Maharashtra Natak Mandali), died.
9/25/1946Bishan Singh Giansingh Bedi, cricketer (mighty Indian slow left-armer 1966-79), was born in Amritsar. He received the Arjun Award (1969) and the Padmashree (1970).
1/22/1997Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhajan Lal, former Union Ministers Ajit Singh, Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav and five others chargesheeted by CBI in Rs. 3.5 crore Jharkhand Mukti Morcha MPs bribery case.
6/12/1891Gandhiji sailed for India and reached in July.
6/10/1946Gandhiji refused to enthuse over allied victory as it was not a ""victory of truth over false-hood"".
1/30/1999Paes-Bhupathi stumbled in the doubles final losing to Patrick Rafter-Jonas Bjorkman in the Australian Open Tennis tournament.
4/20/1954Panchsheel agreement between China and India.
8/15/1772Divani and Faujdary courts seperated by East India Company.
1/1/1989This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Young Reader"".
1/30/1911Gajananrao Joshi, famous violin player and singer of ""Gwalior Gharana"", was born.