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Today in History – 16 April

1853 The first Railway Train on Indian sub-continent, while celebrating its birth, covered a streach of 21 miles i.e. 35 kms from Bombay to Thane....

Today in History – 14 April

1469 Guru Nanak Dev, originally known as Nankana Sahib, was born on Baisakhi in a Khatri family in Talwandi Rae Bhoe in Pakistan. Guru Nanak's...

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Today in History – 8 April

563 Buddhists celebrate the commemoration of the birth of Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, who is believed to have lived in India from 563...

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Today in History – 7 April

1506 Saint Francis Xavier, Jesuit priest, Spanish missionary teaching in India and Japan, was born in the Spanish kingdom of Navarre. 1541 Father Francis Xavier, Spanish founder...

Today in History – 6 April

1606 Prince Khusru after rebelling against his father, Jahangir, fled from Agra. 1664 Sikh Guru Harkhishan Singh, died. 1773 James Mill of Scotland, great philosopher and historian (British India),...

Today in History – 5 April

1581 Mahmud Gawan was appointed as Prime Minister, an office which he held till his execution. 1614 Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe. 1663 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj...

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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 – 12 August

30 Cleopatra, queen of Egypt and lover of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, took her life following the defeat of her forces against Octavian, the future...

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...

Today in History – 8 August

1869 George Davidson, a prominent astronomer and explorer, impressed Alaskan Native Americans with his ability to predict a total solar eclipse. 1905 Dhyanchand, great Hockey player, was...

Today in History – 6 August

1787 In Philadelphia, delegates to the Constitutional Convention began debating the first complete draft of the proposed Constitution of the United States. 1890 At Auburn Prison in...

Today in History – 5 August

1604 John Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, bapti was born. 1858 After several unsuccessful attempts, the first telegraph line across the Atlantic Ocean was completed, a...

Today in History – 4 August

1753 Washington received highest Freemason rank. 1845 Pherozeshah Mehta, who published the first Hindi newspaper and one of the founders of Indian National Congress, was born in...