India

Ereignisse (15)

• 1739

  1/24 — Peshva warrior Chimnaji Appa defeats Portuguese forces and captures Tarapur Fort, India.

• 1846

  1/28 — The Battle of Aliwal, India, is won by British troops commanded by Sir Harry Smith.

• 1930

  3/12 — Mahatma Gandhi begins the Salt March, a 200-mile march to the sea to protest the British monopoly on salt in India

• 1947

  8/15 — India gains Independence from British rule after near 190 years of Crown rule and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.

• 1950

  4/8 — India and Pakistan sign the Liaquat-Nehru Pact.

• 1961

  8/11 — The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

• 1975

  4/19 — India's first satellite Aryabhata launched in orbit from Kapustin Yar, Russia.

• 1995

  8/20 — Das Eisenbahnunglück von Firozabad forderte 358 Todesopfer in Firozabad, Indien.

• 1997

  9/14 — Eighty-one killed as five bogies of the Ahmedabad-Howrah Express plunge into a river in Bilaspur district of Madhya Pradesh, India.

• 1998

  11/26 — Die Khanna-Bahnkatastrophe kostet in Khanna, Ludhiana, Indien, 212 Leben.

• 2002

  9/9 — The Rafiganj train wreck happened in Bihar, India.

• 2009

  9/2 — The Andhra Pradesh, India helicopter crash occurred near Rudrakonda Hill, 40 nautical miles (74 km) from Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India. Fatalities included Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, the Chief Minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

• 2010

  5/28 — In West Bengal, India, the Jnaneswari Express train derailment and subsequent collision kills 148 passengers.

• 2013

  2/21 — At least 17 people are killed and 119 injured following several bombings in the Indian city of Hyderabad.

• 2013

  4/4 — More than 70 people are killed in a building collapse in Thane, India.