India

Eventos (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 comienza la Marcha del Sal, una caminata de 200 millas hacia el mar para protestar por el monopolio británico del sal en la India

• 1947

  8/15 — India gana la Independencia del dominio británico después de casi 190 años de reinado de la Corona y se une a la Commonwealth de Naciones.

• 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 — The Firozabad rail disaster claimed 358 lives in Firozabad, India.

• 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 — The Khanna rail disaster takes 212 lives in Khanna, Ludhiana, India.

• 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.