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Today in History – 21 April

753 BC According to tradition, on April 21, 753 B.C., Romulus and his twin brother, Remus, found Rome on the site where they were suckled...

Today in History – 19 April

1451 Buhlul Khan Lodi, an Afghan of Lodi tribe, marched down upon Delhi. 1775 The American Revolution began. 1897 First Boston Marathon held 1902 The last and most powerful of a...

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Today in History – 13 April

1699 Khalsa Panth established. 1772 Warren Hastings, who became the president of their Bengal Council, was appointed in the court of Directors of the East India Company. 1796 The...

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Today in History – 12 April

1621 Guru Teg Bahadur Singh, Sikh Guru, was born. 1799 The Church Missionary Society was organized in London under the original name of the Society for Missions...

Today in History – 11 April

1290 Mu'izzu'd-din Kaiqubad was killed in his bed. He was proved to be an inefficient ruler. 1814 Napoleon Bonaparte, emperor of France and one of the greatest...

Today in History – 10 April

1317 Saint Gora Kumbhar passed away. (Samadhee) 1760 Gerard George Clifford, head of East-Indian Company, passed away at the age of 75. 1875 Swami Dayanand Saraswati established the Arya...

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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...

Today in History – 21 July

365 On this day in the year 365, a powerful earthquake off the coast of Greece caused a tsunami that devastated the city of Alexandria,...

Today in History – 20 July

1296 Allau'd-din Khalji declared himself as King of Delhi after assissinating Jalal'ud-din Khalji. 1531 Tulsidas, Mahakavi Saint, was born. 1636 John Oldham, trader of mass, was murdered by Indians. 1654 Portugal...

Today in History – 19 July

1763 Mir Kasim was defeated in 'Katwa' battle by Britishers. 1799 On this day in 1799, during Napoleon Bonaparte’s Egyptian campaign, a French soldier discovered a black...

Today in History – 18 July

64 The great fire erupted in Rome spreading rapidly throughout the market area in the center of the city and destroyed much of the city on...

Today in History – 16 July

1769 Father Junipero Serra, a Spanish Franciscan missionary, founded the first Catholic mission in California on the site of present-day San Diego. 1790 On this day in...

Today in History – 15 July

1783 Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, great Indian Merchant, Industrialist and philanthrophist, was born in Bombay. He aided famine relief, financed public works like wells, roads, causeways...

Today in History – 14 July

1099 During the First Crusade, Christian knights from Europe captured Jerusalem after seven weeks of siege and began massacring the city’s Muslim and Jewish population. 1636 Aurangzeb...

Today in History – 13 July

1660 Baji Prabhu Deshpande, one of the warriors in Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's kingdom, died. 1787 On this day in 1787, Congress enacted the Northwest Ordinance, structured settlement...