Discover what happened in India on this day
Ms. Jhumpa Lahiri, an author of Indian origin, wins the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her debut collection of short stories 'Interpreter of Maladies'.
Jamini Roy, famous artist, was born.
Mahatma Jyotirao Govindrao Phule, great social worker and founder of `Satyashodhak Samrajya', was born in Pune.
K.V. Jagannathan, great Hindi writer and journalist, was born at Krishnarayapuram,Tamil Nadu.
Mahendranath Yeshwant Gupte, cricket test umpire for 1 test in 1984-85, was born at Mumbai.
Ramnath Krishnan, well known Indian Tennis player, was born.
Iron ropes bridge known as 'Laxman Jhula' was constructed over Ganga at Hrishikesh .
Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth which carried 3 cosmonauts including the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma, to Salyut 7.
Tamil Nadu and Karnataka decide to form a joint task force to nab Veerappan and announces a reward of Rs. 40 lakh for his capture.
The DRDO has successfully flight tested AGNI-11 with a range of 2000 km, using solid propellant rocket motors in both stages and rail mobile launcher system from its new launch complex in the Orissa Coast. With this launch the country has reached the point of operationalisation of AGNI-11 as a weapon system. (1-1-2000).
India successfully test-fires the extended range ''Agni-II'' missile, bridging a key gap in its minimum nuclear deterrent profile.
Chetan Baboor and Poulomi Ghatak won the men's and women's titles resp. in the India Cup table tennis in Mumbai.
Paes-Bhupathi won the doubles in the in the ATP-Gold Flake Open in Chennai.
Tamil Nadu men, Railways women emerged National Volleyball League champions in Triprayar.
Laxmanrao Madhav Bhide, senior freedom fighter and history expert, passed away.
A.K.A. Abdul Samad (72), general secretary of IUML and State unit president, died in Chennai.
Pandit Motilal Nehru renamed 'Anand Bhuvan' as 'Swaraj Bhawan' and handed it over to the people.
All-India Congress party rejects British offer of dominion status at New Delhi.
Treaty between France and India, transferring the former French settlement of Chandranagar to India, is ratified by the National Assembly, Paris. It was the last formal step in completing the process of sovereignty.
Communist Party of India was divided in two parts. Firstly known as Communist Party of India [CPI], its second fragmentation was named as Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)]. This division was on ideological differences at the international level.
10-month-old Deve Gowde govt. at the centre voted out of power. 292 voting against the motion of confidence in Lok Sabha, 158 for it, 6 abstaining.