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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 – 22 May

1545 Sher Shah Sur died. He was fatally wounded in an explosion on Kalanjara fort while preparing for an attack. He introduced the new silver...

Today in History – 21 May

1863 On this day The Siege of Port Hudson began under the commandership of Nathaniel Banks. Port Hudson was considered an important installation for the South since...

Today in History – 20 May

1378 Daud Shah assasinated Mujahid Shah to become the fourth Bahmani Sultan, but himself was murdered by a slave. 1399 Saint Kabir was born. 1498 Portuguese explorer Vasco de...

Today in History – 19 May

1588 A massive Spanish fleet, known as the “Invincible Armada,” set sail from Lisbon on a mission to secure control of the English Channel and...

Today in History – 18 May

1772 Janoji Bhosle, warrior in Peshwa kingdom, passed away. 1775 Warren Hastings expressed doubt on hanging Nandkumar. 1872 Bertrand Russell, great philosopher, mathematician, author and Chairman of the Indian...

Today in History – 17 May

1498 Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Portuguese navigator, arrived in India. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to Calicut, Kerala with three vessels and...

Today in History – 16 May

1911 Pumping Station of Calcutta was commissioned at Tallah. 1929 On this day in 1929, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences handed out its first...

Today in History – 15 May

1729 Khanderao Dabhade, great warrior in Maratha kingdom, passed away. 1756 The Seven Years War, a global conflict known in America as the French and Indian War,...

Today in History – 14 May

1657 Dharmavir Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj was born at Purandar fort. 1787 On this day in 1787, delegates to the Constitutional Convention begin to assemble in Philadelphia to...

Today in History – 13 May

1648 Construction of the Red Fort at Dehli was completed. 1857 Sir Ronald Ross, bacteriologist, member of Indian Medical service, Nobel awardee and editor of 'Science Progress',...

Today in History – 12 May

1459 Sun City India founded by Rao in Jodhpur. 1666 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj met Aurangzeb and was arrested. 1780 After a siege that began on April 2, 1780, Americans...

Today in History – 11 May

1626 Malik Ambar of Ahmednagar's Nijamshahi kingdom, passed away. 1885 Krishnamohan Bandopadhyay, leader, essay writer and journalist of Bengal, passed away. 1888 Asaf Ali, lawyer, nationalist, writer and connoisseur...