Thursday, 21 March 2013

Some historic facts - July

1st July
1781 - Battle starts in Porto Novo between Mysore's Nawab "Haider Ali" and Britishers.
1852 - For the first time in Sind postal tickets are started.
1879 - For the first time in India postcard is issued.
1913 - Serbia and Greece declare war on Bulgaria.
1960 - African country Ghana becomes Republic.
1964 - Industrial development bank of India formed.
1997 - Inauguration of India's first science city in Kolkata by then Prime minister Smt. Indira Gandhi.

2nd July
1566 - Famous French astrologer "Nostradamus" dies.
1687 - England's king "James II" adjourns parliament.
1940 - Indian revolutionary "Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose" arrested in Kolkata.
1962 - Cuban leader "Fidel Castro" reaches Moscow during Soviet Union trip.
1971 - Soviet Union performs underground nuclear test.
1972 - India and Pakistan sign Shimla agreement.
1990 - 1426 people die in Mecca due to stampede.
2004 - ASEAN forum gives membership to Pakistan.

3rd July
1720 - Sweden and Denmark sign peace treaty.
1778 - Prussia declares war on Austria.
1898 - American navy defeats Spanish naval fleet on Cuba's Santiago harbor.
1915 - American forces occupy South American country Haiti.
1940 - British navy sinks French naval fleet in North Africa.
1954 - Britain ends food rationing system.
1962 - Algerian revolution against French domination ends.

5th July
1830 - France attacks Algeria.
1954 - BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.
1954 - Andhra Pradesh high court established.
1975 - "Arthur Ashe" becomes first non-white to win Wimbledon's singles title.
1981 - Indian mathematician "Rajan Mahadevan" sets world for calculating value of pie till 31,811 digits.
1996 - First mammal clone sheep "Dolly" prepared.

6th July
1785 - Dollar is chosen as America's national currency.
1787 - Indian botanical garden established in Kolkata's Shibpur.
1935 - Birth of Tibet's 14th religious leader "Dalai Lama".
1959 - India's first successful open heart surgery performed in Tamil Nadu's Vellore hospital.
2006 - Trade between India and China starts through Nathu-La pass.

7th July
1799 - "Maharaja Ranjit Singh" captures Lahore.
1896 - India's first cinematographic film screened in Bombay.
1948 - First recruitment of women in American navy.
1969 - English and French languages are given equal status in Canada's house of commons.
1981 - First solar plane crosses English channel.
1986 - Jordan government closes Al Fateh's offices.
2005 - 56 people die in suicide bombing in London.

8th July
951 - France's capital Paris established.
1497 - "Vasco da Gama" leaves in search of India.
1663 - "King Charles II" gives permission for charter for Rhodes island.
1709 - Russia defeats Sweden in battle of Poltava.
1889 - Publication of Wall street journal started.
1975 - More than 2000 temples got destroyed due to earthquake in Myanmar's Pagan.

9th July
1816 - Argentina declares independence from Spain.
1875 - Bombay stock exchange established.
1918 - 101 passengers die in tragic rail accident in America.
1948 - First set of postal tickets issued in Pakistan.
1953 - First helicopter travel service started in America.
1986 - Homosexuality declared lawful by passing Homosexual law reform act in New Zealand.
2006 - 122 passengers die in Siberia due to plane crash.

10th July
1652 - England declares war on Netherlands.
1806 - Indian soldiers' first revolt against East India company of Britain in Vellore.
1913 - Romania declares war on Bulgaria.
1925 - Soviet Union's official news agency TASS formed.
1947 - Britain's then Prime minister nominates "Mohammad Ali Jinnah" as Pakistan's first governor General.

12th July
1902 - Australian parliament approves women voting.
1949 - Netherlands' airline KLM's plane crashes near Bombay, 45 passengers die.
1970 - Tanzania signs agreement with China for building Tanzam railway.
1993 - Earthquake measuring 7.8 on Richter scale hits Hokkaido in Japan, 160 die.
2006 - Israel attacks Lebanon.

13th July
1830 - "Raja Rammohan Roy" and "Alexander Duff" start Scottish church college in Kolkata.
1882 - 200 people die in train accident in Russia.
1908 - Fourth modern Olympic games start in London.
1929 - Revolutionary "Jatindranath Das" starts his historic hunger strike.
1974 - India plays its first international one day cricket game against England in Hadingley.

14th July
1636 - Mughal king "Shah Jahan" makes his son "Aurangzeb" governor of south.
1918 - Birth of world famous film and theater director "Ingmar Burgman".
1942 - Riots break out in Amsterdam against Jews.
1958 - Aristocracy ends in Iraq.
1975 - Famous Indian music director "Madan Mohan" dies.

15th July
1888 - Around 500 people die in Mount Bandai volcanic eruption.
1904 - First buddhist temple established in America.
1926 - First motor bus service starts in Mumbai.
1937 - Japan attacks China.
1968 - First direct air service starts between USA and Russia.
1986 - Indian women cricketer Sandhya Aggarwal sets the world record by scoring 190 runs.

17th July
1489 - "Nizam Khan" is declared king of Delhi.
1919 - Finland adopts constitution.
1968 - Baath party comes to power in Iraq.
1976 - Olympic games start in Montreal,Canada.
1976 - East Timor becomes Indonesia's 27th state.
1980 - "Jenko Suzuki" becomes Prime minister of Japan.
1987 - Iran and France end political relations.
1995 - Bill Gates announced as world's richest person in Forbes magazine.
2007 - TAM airlines' plane crashes in Sao Paulo,Brazil , 199 people die.

19th July
1763 - British soldiers defear Mir Qasim in Katwa, West Bengal.
1960 - Tambroni government resigns in Italy.
1966 - France tests nuclear bomb.
1969 - Nationalization of 14 major banks done by Indian government.
1974 - Ashes of revolutionary "Udham Singh" bought to delhi from london.
1976 - Sagarmatha national park built in Nepal.
1974 - Spaceship Soyuz-14 returns to Earth.
1990 - President's rule declared in Jammu and Kashmir.

20th July
1296 - "Ala-ud-din Khilji" is declared king of Delhi.
1761 - "Madhav Rao I" becomes Peshwa.
1810 - Columbia declares its independence from Spain.
1905 - First partition of Bengal gets approval.
1969 - American astronaut "Neil Armstrong" puts foot on moon.
1974 - Turkey attacks Cyprus.

21st July
1883 - Belgium gets independence from Netherlands.
1904 - Trans-Siberian rail work completed from Moscow till Vladivostok.
1960 - "Sirimavo Bandarnaike" is chosen as Prime minister of Sri Lanka. She becomes world's first Prime minister.
1965 - Pakistan, Iran and Turkey sign regional development treaty.

22nd July
1918 - India's first talented pilot "Indralal Rai" die during ambush with German planes.
1923 - Birth of famous singer "Mukesh".
1933 - Nationalist leader "Jatindra Mohan Sen Gupta" dies.
1933 - "Wiley Post" becomes the first person to fly around the world alone. He completes the journey in 7 days, 18 hours and 45 minutes.
1943 - Allied forces capture Palermo city of Italy during second world war.
2003 - Iraq dictator Saddam Hussain's sons Uday and Qusay die during struggle with American forces.

23rd July
1856 - Birth of nationalist leader "Bal Gangadhar Tilak".
1903 - Ford company sells its first car.
1906 - Birth of respected revolutionary leader "Chandreshekhar Azad".
1929 - Fascist government bans use of foreign words in Italy.
1996 - India is included in ASEAN nations.
2008 - "Rambaran Yadav" becomes first president of Republic of Nepal.


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