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Historical Event on 5/10/1981
The first day and night cricket match of India was played at the flood-lit ground of the Wilson College Gymkhana (Bombay).
Other Historical Dates and Events |
12/19/1988 | Umashankar Joshi, Gyanpeeth awardee and Gujrathi poet, died. |
7/6/1881 | Saint Gulabrao Maharaj was born in Vidarbha. |
5/23/1996 | 1995-96 deficit touches a new high at Rs.19,855 crore. |
2/27/1912 | Vishnu Waman Shirwadkar 'Kusumagraj', great Marathi poet, play-wright, novelist and Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Awardee, was born. |
8/1/1882 | Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, was born at Allahabad (U.P.). |
3/12/1988 | Samresh Basu, famous Bengali writer, passed away. |
3/22/2000 | India's first third generation satellite 'Insat-3B' put in orbit by Europe's latest Ariane-5 rocket from Kourou in French Guyana. |
5/3/1971 | Dhanjay Ramchandra Gadgil, famous economist, passed away. |
11/27/1993 | Splendid bowling by Anil Kumble (6 for 12) helps India to beat West Indies by 102 runs in the Hero Cup finals in Calcutta. |
2/16/1932 | Sibnath Banerjee, trade union movement leader, passed away. He founded several organisation like Congress Socialist Party, A.I.T.U.C. and Hind Mazdoor Sabha, etc. |
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