January 6 Today in Indian History
Historical Events 1842 4,500 British & Indian troops leave Kabul, massacred before reaching India Historic Event 1929 Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta to begin a her work amongst India's poorest Catholic Missionary Mother Teresa Election of Interest 1980 Indira Gandhi's Congress Party wins elections in India 4th Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi Sports History 1992 Sachin Tendulkar completes 148* v Australia at the SCG Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar 1993 55 Kashmiri civilians are killed in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir by Indian Border Security Force units More Indian History Famous Birthdays Kapil Dev 1959 Kapil Dev, Indian cricketer (India's finest all-rounder 1978-94, Cup-1982), born in Chandigarh, Punjab Cricketer Kapil Dev 1966 A. R. Rahman, Indian composer, born in Madras, India Famous Deaths 1847 Tyagaraja, Composer of Indian classical Carnatic music, dies at 79 1885 Harishchandra, Indian poet, dramatist and commonly referred as...