Tag: India

• FREE ARTICLE – The United States Camel Corps, 1856-1866.

  

  Image: Sailors of USS Supply loading a camel aboard. In the 1850s, the U.S. Army conceived a plan to bring several camels from the Middle East into the United States and employ them to travel through large tracts of the American Southwest carrying cargo for the military. As improbable as this seems, it did actually…

  September 23, 2024

  1800s, American Civil War, American History, American Southwest, California, Egypt, History Daily, Jefferson Davis, Lt. David Porter, Major Henry Wayne, New York Times, Secretary of War, Tunisia, United States Army, US Camel Corps, USS Supply

  1800s, American Civil War, American History, American Southwest, arizona, California, Egypt, hi-jolly, history, History Daily, humor, India, Jefferson Davis, Lt. David Porter, Major Henry Wayne, New York Times, Secretary of War, Tunisia, United States Army, US Camel Corps

• Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated on this Day in History. October 31, 1984.

  Image: Indira Gandhi in 1983. (Public Domain) On this day in history, October 31, 1984, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated at 9:30 a.m. at her Safdarjung Road, New Delhi residence. Beant Singh and Satwant Singh, both Sikhs, shot Gandhi as she walked from a neighboring bungalow to her office. Although the two attackers…

  October 31, 2023

  1980s, assassination, India, Indira Gandhi

  1980s, assassination, India, Indira Gandhi