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Today in History – 17 April

1479 Acharya Surdasji, famous poet in Hindi and great devotee of Lord Krishna, was born. 1675 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj attacked the Fonda fort and won Karwar. 1799 Srirangapatnam was...

Today in History – 15 April

1794 Moropant Paradkar, great poet of Marathi in Peshwa kingdom, passed away. 1895 Bal Gangadhar Tilak inagurated the Shivaji Mahotsav at Raigad Fort. 1919 British troops killed 400 Indians...

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Today in History – 9 April

1695 Waman Pandit, famous pandit poet, took samadhee at Bhogav. 1756 Ali Bardi Khan of Bengal passed away in Murshidabad. His youngest daughter's son Siraj-ud-Daulah was crowned...

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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...

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),...

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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...

Today in History – 2 August

1763 British troops again defeated Mir Kasim in 'Giriya' battle. 1776 On this day in 1776, members of Congress affixed their signatures to an enlarged copy of...

Today in History – 1 August

1498 Italian explorer Christopher Columbus sets foot on the American mainland for the first time, at the Paria Peninsula in present-day Venezuela. Thinking it an...

Today in History – 30 July

1622 Tulsidas, devotee of God Rama Saint, great poet and writer of Ramayana, died. 1886 Dr. S.Muthulakshmi Reddi, first women M.A.L.A.S, was born. 1933 Gandhiji informed the Government of...

Today in History – 29 July

1748 Boscawen landed 25 km south of Pondicherry. 1876 Indian Science Congress Association was established in Bowbazar Street of Calcutta. 1891 Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, great Indian educationist, social reformer,...

Today in History – 28 July

1868 Following its ratification by the necessary three-quarters of U.S. states, the 14th Amendment, guaranteeing to African Americans citizenship and all its privileges, was officially...

Today in History – 27 July

1776 The secret Congressional emissary to France, Silas Deane, wrote a letter to Congress, informing them that he has been successful beyond his expectations in...

Today in History – 26 July

1614 Jahangir captured Mewar from Rana Amar Singh. A treaty was signed in the Mughal court, Rana and his son were treated with exceptional courtesy. 1775 On...

Today in History – 25 July

1813 First boat race started at Calcutta on the Hooghly river where seven sailing boats had competed. 1941 On this day in 1941, the American automaker Henry...

Today in History – 24 July

1206 Qutubu'd-din Aibak (1206-1210) was crowned at Lahore after the death of Muhammad of Ghuri. He was originally a slave of Turkestan. As he started...

Today in History – 23 July

1555 Humayun reconquered Delhi after defeating Sher - Shah Alias Sikandar Suri in Machiwara and Sarhind battles. It was said that he won the crown...

Today in History – 22 July

1678 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj won the fort of Vellore. 1702 The "English Company of Merchants" and the old East India Company was named the "United Company of...