Today in History – 31 March

1867 Prarthana Samaj was established by Ranade, Bhandarkar and others at Mumbai in 1864. 1871 Gangadhar Balkrishna Deshpande, freedom fighter and loyal Congress leader 'Lion of Karnataka',...

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Today in History – 1 April

1839 Medical College Hospital in Calcutta having only 20 beds was opened for male patients . 1855 Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's first Bengali primer 'Varnaparichay' was published. 1869 Income Tax...

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Today in History – 28 March

1556 Origin of Fasli Era (India). 1645 Har Govind Singh, Sikh Guru, died. 1774 Upset by the Boston Tea Party and other blatant acts of destruction of British property by American colonists, the British Parliament enacts the Coercive Acts, to the outrage of American Patriots, on this day in 1774. 1914 Komagata Maru sailed from Hong Kong to Vancouver with 351 Sikhs and 21 Punjabi Muslim...

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