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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 – 1 June

1774 The British government ordered the port of Boston to be closed. 1786 Madras General Post Office started functioning. 1790 A trilateral treaty was signed between Marathas, Britishers and...

Today in History – 31 May

1756 Jose Cusodio Faria was born in Candolim of Goa. He was a revolutionary scientist and also known as Abbe Faria 1818 Samachar Darpan, the first vernacular...

Today in History – 30 May

1431 Hundred Years' War: in Rouen, France, 19-year-old Joan of Arc was burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal. 1539 Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto discovered...

Today in History – 29 May

585 BC A solar eclipse interrupts a battle outside of Sardis in western Turkey between Medes and Lydians. The battle ends in a draw. 1658 Dara Shukoh...

Today in History – 28 May

1414 Khidr Khan Syed, Governor of Lahore, replaced Daulat Khan Lodi on Delhi's throne. 1754 On this day in 1754, a 22-year-old lieutenant colonel of the Virginia...

Today in History – 27 May

1857 Nana Sahib was captured at Kanpur. 1906 Gandhiji writes to his brother Lakshimidas, stating his disinterestedness in worldly possessions. 1906 Maharashtra Sahitya Patrika Day. 1910 Robert Koch, famous French scientist,...

Today in History – 26 May

1739 Afghanistan was separated from the Indian empire as a result of a treaty signed between Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah and Nadir Shah. 1864 Anxious to create...

Today in History – 25 May

1606 Guru Arjun Dev, spiritual leader of Sikhs and Hindus, was massacred at the instruction of Emperor Jahangir. 1611 Emperor Jahangir married Meherunnisa, widow of Sher Afghan....

Today in History – 24 May

1543 On May 24, 1543, Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus died in what is now Frombork, Poland. The father of modern astronomy, he was the first...

Today in History – 23 May

1701 At London’s Execution Dock, British privateer William Kidd, popularly known as Captain Kidd, was hanged for piracy and murder. 1805 Lord Wellesley, Governer General of India,...

Today in History – 22 May

1545 Sher Shah Sur died. He was fatally wounded in an explosion on Kalanjara fort while preparing for an attack. He introduced the new silver...

Today in History – 21 May

1863 On this day The Siege of Port Hudson began under the commandership of Nathaniel Banks. Port Hudson was considered an important installation for the South since...