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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 – 20 March

1351 Muhammad Tughluq Shah II passed away at Sindh. 1602 United East India Company of the Netherlands i.e. Dutch East India Company was chartered by States-General of...

Today in History – 21 March

1791 Tipu Sultan capitulated to Lord Cornwallis. 1836 National Library was established. 1921 Indian National Congress decided it's Flag. 1957 India's national calender came into force. 1966 Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-P3) placed...

Today in History – 19 March

1848 Lokhitwadi started his column 'Shatpatra' in the newspaper named 'Prabhakar'. 1916 Eight Curtiss “Jenny” planes of the First Aero Squadron take off from Columbus, New Mexico,...

Today in History – 18 March

1896 Pandit Kunjilal Dubey, freedom fighter, educationalist and politician, was born at Amgaon, District Narsinghpur. 1915 British Government approved Indian Security Act to have greater control on...

Today in History – 17 March

461 AD Saint Patrick, Christian missionary, bishop and apostle of Ireland, dies at Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland. 1527 Rana Sangram Singh, King of Mewad, fought Babur near Kanwa...

Today in History – 16 March

1527 Rana Sangram Singh, King of Mewad, attacked on Mughal Emperor Babur near Kanwa at Agra. 1751 On this day in 1751, James Madison, drafter of the...

Today in History – 15 March

44 BCE Julius Caesar, the "dictator for life" of the Roman Empire, was murdered by his own senators at a meeting in a hall next...

Today in History – 14 March

1879 Albert Einstein was born, the son of a Jewish electrical engineer in Ulm, Germany. Einstein’s theories of special and general relativity drastically altered man’s...

Today in History – 12 March

1930 Mahatma Gandhi started Dandi March from Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad to break salt law. This march stretched of 375 km. was covered in 26...

Today in History – 11 March

1399 While returning to his country, Timur Lung looted and destroyed Delhi and parts of North India including Hardwar, the Ganga pilgrimage town, and crossed...

Today in History – 10 March

1873 Maulana Shaukat Ali, freedom fighter, nationalist and Muslim politician, was born. 1876 On this day, the first discernible speech is transmitted over a telephone system when...

Today in History – 9 March

1500 Pedro Cabral departs from Portugal with 13 ships to India. 1650 Saint Tukaram Maharaj, famous saint of Maharashtra, passed away. 1862 On this day in 1862, one of...