Today Importance - 7th April
7-Apr-1506
Holy person Francis Xavier, Jesuit cleric, Spanish evangelist showing in India and Japan, was brought into the world in the Spanish realm of Navarre.
7-Apr-1541
The Spanish founder of the Jesuits, Father Francis Xavier, 35, and three friends left for Goa from Lisbon, Portugal. He was the first Roman Catholic missionary to visit India.
7-Apr-1818
The English government presented the 'State Detainee Guideline III - 1818' to confine and extradite political detainees and progressives without preliminary. This black law remained in force till 1947 when India gained independence.
7-Apr-1920
Renowned sitar player (Sounds of India) Ravi Shankar Bhattacharya was born in Banaras, India.
7-Apr-1929
England's Imperial Airways extended flights to London-Karachi instead of London-Cairo. It was the first business air administration in quite a while.
7-Apr-1934
Mahatma Gandhi suspended the mission of common defiance in India.
7-Apr-1935
Eminent Indian scientist Shankar Abaji passed away in Vis.
7-Apr-1938
Kashiram Chabildas Rana was brought into the world in Surat (Gujarat).
7-Apr-1942
Eminent Gujarati expert, Sanskrit scholar and monthly editor Anandshankar Bapubhai Dhruv passed away.
7-Apr-1962
Umrigar scored 172* in 248 minutes against the West Indies at Port-of-Spain.
7-Apr-1986
Charles Sovraj and his accomplice David Hall were arrested from Mapusa, Goa.
7-Apr-1987
In a case filed by Saira Banu of Kerala, the Supreme Court held that all wives, including Muslim women, whose husbands have either remarried or taken concubines are entitled to maintenance.
7-Apr-1993
Prime Minister Narasimha Rao arrived in Bangkok on a three-day visit to Thailand.
7-Apr-1997
Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Bhutan have finalized preparations for a new trade bloc called the 'Growth Quadrangle'.
7-Apr-1997
A two-day conference of NAM foreign ministers has begun in New Delhi.
7-Apr-1998
Soli Sorabji has been appointed as the Attorney General of India.
7-Apr-2000
Delhi Police has busted a multi-crore cricket betting and match-fixing racket including five South African cricketers, including leader Hansie Cronje. Rajesh Kalra, an Indian operative from Delhi, was imprisoned.