It's Monday, and Indian markets reopen after a weekend spent digesting Friday's inflation surprise. Along the Maharashtra and Goa coast, it's also Narali Purnima — the day fishing communities toss coconuts into the sea to mark the end of the monsoon fishing ban.
On this day
1997Diana, Princess of Wales, died from injuries sustained in a car crash in Paris's Pont de l'Alma tunnel in the early hours of the morning.Международная_Леонардо-премия_17.jpg: Nick Parfjonov derivative work: Surtsicna via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
1957The Federation of Malaya declared independence from British rule, an event still marked every year as Hari Merdeka.Marcin Konsek via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
1956IndiaThe President of India gave assent to the States Reorganisation Act, redrawing state boundaries along linguistic lines.कृष्ण कान्त शर्मा via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Did you know
Narali Purnima takes its name from 'naral', Marathi for coconut — fishing communities offer coconuts to the sea before their boats go back out once the monsoon fishing ban lifts.