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Today in History – 26 April

1479 Vallabhacharya, founder of 'Pushthimarg Panth', was born. 1841 Bombay Gazette began publishing on silk. 1865 John Wilkes Booth was killed when Union soldiers tracked him down to a...

Today in History – 24 April

1311 General Malik Kafur returns to Delhi after campaign in South India. 1800 President John Adams approves legislation to appropriate $5,000 to purchase “such books as may...

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Today in History – 18 April

1336 The famous Vijaynagar Hindu Empire established (1336-1565-1646), Deccan region of South India is founded. European visitors are overwhelmed by the wealth and advancement of...

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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 – 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 – 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 – 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...

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...