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Today in History – 27 August

1604 Guru Granth Sahib was established in the Golden Temple of Amritsar. 1776 The Americans are defeated by the British at the Battle of Long Island, New...

Today in History – 26 August

1071 Turks defeat the Byzantine army under Emperor Romanus IV at Manzikert, Eastern Turkey. 1429 Joan of Arc makes a triumphant entry into Paris. 1303 Alauddin Khilji captured Chittorhgarh...

Today in History – 25 August

357 Julian Caesar defeats the Alamanni at Strasbourg in Gaul. 1875 "Captain" Matthew Webb becomes the first man to swim across the English Channel. 1888 Allama Mashriqi, Muslim leader,...

Today in History – 24 August

410 German barbarians sack Rome. 1600 East India Company's first ship 'HECTOR' reached at Surat Port. 1608 The first English convoy lands at Surat. 1689 Calcutta city was established. 1891 Thomas Edison files...

Today in History – 23 August

1573 Akbar left for Agra when he received the report of widespread rebellion. He arrived in Ahmedabad by forced marches on the eleventh day. 1711 A British...

Today in History – 17 August

1761 William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till...

Today in History – 16 August

1812 During the War of 1812, American General William Hull surrenderd Fort Detroit and his army to the British without a fight. Hull, a 59-year-old...

Today in History – 15 August

1947 Indian Independence Day 1772 Divani and Faujdary courts seperated by East India Company. 1867 Bhartendu Harishchandra publishes a Hindi monthly 'Kavi Vachan Sudha'. 1947 Sir Cyril Radcliffe Award on the...

Today in History – 13 August

1638 Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, was born at Salwa. 1784 East India Company was appointed as the centralised Regulatory Authority through India by Pitt's India Act, which...

Today in History – 11 August

1347 Allau'd-din Hasan Gangu alias Jafar Khan. The Muslim kingdom of Bahmani dynasty in the south as Sultan Allau'd-din Khalji. He renamed Gulbarga, his capital...

Today in History – 10 August

1581 Akbar, great Mughal Emperor, won Kabul. 1758 Marathas won the Atak. 1776 On this day in 1776, news reached London that the Americans had drafted the Declaration of...

Today in History – 9 August

1788 Gulam Kadir removed the eyes of Shah Alam 2nd, King of Delhi with a knife. 1892 Shri Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, prolific author and first librarian of...

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