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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 – 29 June

1533 Chaitanya Maha Prabhu, vaishnav Sant, passed away. His mortal remained at Puri. 1757 Mir Zafar was inducted on the throne as the Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and...

Today in History – 28 June

1787 Sir Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, was born. 1836 On this day in 1836, James Madison, drafter of the Constitution, recorder of the...

Today in History – 27 June

1838 Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (Chatterjee), famous novelist, "the father of modern Indian fiction" and writer of national song 'Vande Mataram', was born at Katalpara near...

Today in History – 26 June

1243 The Seljuk Turkish army in Asia Minor is wiped out by the Mongols. 1794 The French defeat an Austrian army at the Battle of Fleurus. 1888 Ghanshyam Das...

Today in History – 25 June

1529 Babar reached to his capital Agra after winning Bengal. 1658 6th Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb arrested his father Shahjahan and put him in Agra Fort Jail. 1876 On this...

Today in History – 24 June

1675 In colonial New England, King Philip’s War began when a band of Wampanoag warriors raid the border settlement of Swansee, Massachusetts, and massacre of...

Today in History – 23 June

1661 Princess Catherine of Portugal wed King of England Charles II. Portugal gave island of Mumbai to England as present. The British got Bombay as...

Today in History – 22 June

1555 Humayun crossed the Indus and captured Lahore and ousted Sikandar Suri of Delhi throne. 1880 Nilmoni Phukan, greatest social reformer, prolific writer of Assam, poet, editor,...

Today in History – 21 June

1576 Mughal army defeated Rana Pratap Singh in the battle of Haldighat. 1779 On this day in 1779, Spain declares war on Great Britain, creating a de...

Today in History – 20 June

712 Muhammad of Bin Quasim (Kasim), Arabs, attacked on Sindh and captured it. Muhammad defeated and killed King Dahir, Hindu king, at Rawar. 1574 Akbar himself left...

Today in History – 19 June

240 BC Eratosthenes estimated the circumference of Earth using two sticks. 1566 James I, King of England (1603-1625), was born. 1747 Nadirshaha passed away. 1867 Mexican Emperor Maximilian was executed. 1934 The National...

Today in History – 18 June

1633 Revairu Diogu, dictionary creator of Konkani language and Jezoet Priest, died. 1658 Aurangzeb managed to capture the Agra Fort and later arrested his father Emperor Shahjahan. 1812 The...