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Today in History – 31 December

1560 Akbar's Vajir-E-Ajam 'Bairam Khan' was assassinated at Patan, Gujarat by an Afghan assassin Mubarak Khan Lohani ( whose father was slain by Bairam Khan)...

Today in History – 15 December

1675 Guru Tegh Bahadur was beheaded in Delhi by Aurangzeb for his refusal to embrace him. 1749 Shahu Chattrapati, the grandson of Shivaji, died. 1803 East India Company captured...

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Today in History – 31 December

1560 Akbar's Vajir-E-Ajam 'Bairam Khan' was assassinated at Patan, Gujarat by an Afghan assassin Mubarak Khan Lohani ( whose father was slain by Bairam Khan)...

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Today in History – 31 December

1560 Akbar's Vajir-E-Ajam 'Bairam Khan' was assassinated at Patan, Gujarat by an Afghan assassin Mubarak Khan Lohani ( whose father was slain by Bairam Khan)...

Today in History – 16 December

16 December 1515 Affonso de Albuquerque, who is regarded as the real founder of Portuguese power in India, died at the age of 73 years. 16...

Today in History – 15 December

1675 Guru Tegh Bahadur was beheaded in Delhi by Aurangzeb for his refusal to embrace him. 1749 Shahu Chattrapati, the grandson of Shivaji, died. 1803 East India Company captured...

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Today in History – 15 June

1659 Aurangzeb declared as the Emperor at Delhi. 1776 On this day in 1776, the Assembly of the Lower Counties of Pennsylvania declared itself independent of British...

Today in History – 14 June

1777 During the American Revolution, the Continental Congress adopts a resolution stating that “the flag of the United States be thirteen alternate stripes red and...

Today in History – 13 June

323 Alexander the Great, the young Macedonian military genius who forged an empire stretching from the eastern Mediterranean to India, died in Babylon, at the...

Today in History – 11 June

1776 On this day in 1776, the Continental Congress selected Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, John Adams of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, Roger Sherman of...

Today in History – 10 June

1246 Allauddin Masood Shah, Sultan of Dehli, was thrown off the throne. 1752 On this day in 1752, Benjamin Franklin flied a kite during a thunderstorm and...

Today in History – 9 June

1534 French navigator Jacques Cartier became the first European explorer to discover the St. Lawrence River in present-day Quebec, Canada. In 1534, Cartier was commissioned...

Today in History – 8 June

632 In Medina, located in present-day Saudi Arabia, Muhammad, one of the most influential religious and political leaders in history, dies in the arms of...

Today in History – 7 June

1539 Sher Shah defeated Humayun near Buxar at Chausa and became emperor of Delhi. 1606 Guru Arjundev, fifth Guru of Sikhs, passed away. 1631 Begum Mumtaj Mahal, wife of...

Today in History – 6 June

1596 Sikh Guru Har Govindji, the sixth sikh guru, was born. He fashioned a military role for the Sikhs. 1683 The Ashmolean, the world’s first university museum,...

Today in History – 4 June

1903 Gandhiji launched the weekly journal "Indian Opinion" organised at Phoenix farm near Dur. 1911 Gold was discovered in Alaska’s Indian Creek. 1926 Dalai Lama introduced a tax on...

Today in History – 3 June

1818 Maratha wars between British & Maratha Confederacy in India ended. 1864 Some 7,000 Union troops were killed within 30 minutes during the Battle of Cold Harbor...

Today in History – 2 June

1756 Fort William, the English stronghold in Bengal, was surrendered to Siraj-ud-Daulah. 1934 Nissan Motor Company founded. 1908 Sri Aurobindo, freedom fighter, was arrested in Manik Tala Bomb explosion...