7 APR HISTORY TODAY

Today in Indian History
Events for April 7

7-April-1506	Saint Francis Xavier, Jesuit priest, Spanish missionary teaching in India and Japan, was born in the Spanish kingdom of Navarre.
7-April-1541	Father Francis Xavier, Spanish founder of the Jesuits, 35, and three friends set sail from Lisbon, Portugal for Goa. They became the first Roman Catholic missionaries to travel to India.
7-April-1818	British Government imposed 'State Prisoners Regulation III -1818' for detention and deportion of political prisoners and revolutionaries without any trial. This black act was in force till 1947 when India got independence.
7-April-1920	Ravi Shankar Bhattacharya, renowned Sitar player (Sounds of India), was born in Banaras, India.
7-April-1929	England's Imperial Airways had extended its flight to London-Karachi instead of London-Kahira. It was the first commercial air service in undivided India.
7-April-1934	Mahatma Gandhi suspended his campaign of civil disobedience in India.
7-April-1935	Shankar Abaji Bhise, famous Indian scientist, died.
7-April-1938	Kashiram Chhabildas Rana was born in Surat (Gujarat).
7-April-1942	Anandshankar Bapubhai Dhruv, famous Gujarati expert, Sanskrit Pandit and editor of a monthly magzine, died.
7-April-1962	Umrigar slams 172* vs WI at Port-of-Spain in 248 minutes.
7-April-1986	Charles Sobhraj and his associate David Hall were nabbed at Mapusa in Goa.
7-April-1987	In a case filed by Saira Banu of Kerela, Supreme Court held that all wives, including Muslim women, whose husbands have either married again or taken a mistress are entitled to maintenance.
7-April-1993	Narsimha Rao,PM, arrives in Bangkok on a three-day visit to Thailand.
7-April-1997	Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Bhutan finalise preparations for a new trade bloc called 'Growth Quadrangle'.
7-April-1997	NAM foreign ministers two-day conference begins in New Delhi.
7-April-1998	Soli Sorabjee is appointed Attorney-General of India.
7-April-2000	The Delhi police unearth a multicrore cricket betting and match- fixing racket involving five South African cricketers, including the captain Hansie Cronje. A Delhi-based Indian operator Rajesh Kalra put behind bars.