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Today in History – 31 December

1560 Akbar's Vajir-E-Ajam 'Bairam Khan' was assassinated at Patan, Gujarat by an Afghan assassin Mubarak Khan Lohani ( whose father was slain by Bairam Khan)...

Today in History – 15 December

1675 Guru Tegh Bahadur was beheaded in Delhi by Aurangzeb for his refusal to embrace him. 1749 Shahu Chattrapati, the grandson of Shivaji, died. 1803 East India Company captured...

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Today in History – 31 December

1560 Akbar's Vajir-E-Ajam 'Bairam Khan' was assassinated at Patan, Gujarat by an Afghan assassin Mubarak Khan Lohani ( whose father was slain by Bairam Khan)...

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Today in History – 31 December

1560 Akbar's Vajir-E-Ajam 'Bairam Khan' was assassinated at Patan, Gujarat by an Afghan assassin Mubarak Khan Lohani ( whose father was slain by Bairam Khan)...

Today in History – 16 December

16 December 1515 Affonso de Albuquerque, who is regarded as the real founder of Portuguese power in India, died at the age of 73 years. 16...

Today in History – 15 December

1675 Guru Tegh Bahadur was beheaded in Delhi by Aurangzeb for his refusal to embrace him. 1749 Shahu Chattrapati, the grandson of Shivaji, died. 1803 East India Company captured...

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Today in History – 27 February

1803 Great fire in Bombay. 1844 Dominican Republic gained independence from Haiti. 1854 Lord Dalhousie captured Jhansi under the East India Company. Also Read: How East India Company Established British Empire...

Today in History – 25 February

1510 Portuguese Catholics conquer Goa under Albuquerque, the then Governor, to serve as capital of their Asian maritime empire beginning conquest and exploitation of India...

Today in History – 24 February

1786 Charles Cornwallis appointed Governor-General of India. 1948 The State of Junagarh, whose accession to India was protested by Pakistan in the UN Security Council, voted in...

Today in History – 26 February

320 Chandragupta I succeeded his father Ghatotkacha at Patliputra. He is known for establishing the Gupta dynasty. Gupta era begins. Also Read: The Gupta Empire 1857 First Indian Revolution...

Today in History – 23 February

1768 Nizam accepted British supremacy and Smith Col. signed peace treaty with the Nizam. 1792 The Third Mysore War ended in Tipu Sultan's signing of Peace Treaty...

Today in History – 22 February

1845 Serampore of Hooghly district and Balasore cities from Dutch purchased East Indian Company. 1854 Kawasji Nanabhai Dawar started the first Cloth Mill namely 'Bombay Spinning Mills'. 1873 Sir...

Today in History – 16 February

1927 Rail service started between India and Nepal. 1931 Viceroy Lord Irwin meets Mahatma Gandhi for the first time. 1933 Surya Sen Masterda, revolutionary freedom fighter, who attacked the...

Today in History – 15 February

  1869 Mirza ""Galib"" Asad Ullah Beg Khan, famous Urdu poet and writer, passed away. 1915 In Singapore on this day in 1915, Indian soldiers launch the first...

Today in History – 14 February

269 Saint Valentine was executed outside the Flaminian Gate in Rome on Claudius' command. His command was that,  Valentinus either renounce his faith or he...

Today in History – 13 February

1601 John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London. 1713 Farrukh Siyar becomes Emperor of India after capturing Red Fort. Sultan Jahandar Shah was strangled to...

Today in History – 12 February

1298 Kublai Khan, the conqueror of Asia, dies at the age of 80. 1554 Lady Jane Grey, the Queen of England for thirteen days, is beheaded on...

Today in History – 11 February

1527 Babur declared battle against Rana Sangram Singh. 1818 Britishers captured the 'Ajinkyatara' fort which belonged to the Marathas. 1906 'Daily Tribune' started its printing from Lahore. 1933 The outcome of...