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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 – 17 June

1674 Jijabai, mother of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died. 1756 Nawab Sira-ud-Daulah attacked on Calcutta with 50,000 soldiers and captured it on June 21. 1824 Bureau of Indian Affairs established. 1839 Lord...

Today in History – 16 June

1605 Akbar (Abul-Fath Djalal-ud-Din), Mughal emperor of India (1556-1605), passed away of diarrhoea or dysentery at the age of 63 years. At Akbar's graveside, stood...

Today in History – 15 June

1659 Aurangzeb declared as the Emperor at Delhi. 1776 On this day in 1776, the Assembly of the Lower Counties of Pennsylvania declared itself independent of British...

Today in History – 14 June

1777 During the American Revolution, the Continental Congress adopts a resolution stating that “the flag of the United States be thirteen alternate stripes red and...

Today in History – 13 June

323 Alexander the Great, the young Macedonian military genius who forged an empire stretching from the eastern Mediterranean to India, died in Babylon, at the...

Today in History – 11 June

1776 On this day in 1776, the Continental Congress selected Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, John Adams of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, Roger Sherman of...

Today in History – 10 June

1246 Allauddin Masood Shah, Sultan of Dehli, was thrown off the throne. 1752 On this day in 1752, Benjamin Franklin flied a kite during a thunderstorm and...

Today in History – 9 June

1534 French navigator Jacques Cartier became the first European explorer to discover the St. Lawrence River in present-day Quebec, Canada. In 1534, Cartier was commissioned...

Today in History – 8 June

632 In Medina, located in present-day Saudi Arabia, Muhammad, one of the most influential religious and political leaders in history, dies in the arms of...

Today in History – 7 June

1539 Sher Shah defeated Humayun near Buxar at Chausa and became emperor of Delhi. 1606 Guru Arjundev, fifth Guru of Sikhs, passed away. 1631 Begum Mumtaj Mahal, wife of...

Today in History – 6 June

1596 Sikh Guru Har Govindji, the sixth sikh guru, was born. He fashioned a military role for the Sikhs. 1683 The Ashmolean, the world’s first university museum,...

Today in History – 4 June

1903 Gandhiji launched the weekly journal "Indian Opinion" organised at Phoenix farm near Dur. 1911 Gold was discovered in Alaska’s Indian Creek. 1926 Dalai Lama introduced a tax on...