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Today in History – 2 April

1679 Aurangzeb reimposed Jizya Tax to finance the spread of Islam among Hindus.This Jeziya tax was abolished by Akbar. 1702 Balaji Vishwanath Bhat, first Peshwa, passed away. 1870 Poona...

Today in History – 31 March

1867 Prarthana Samaj was established by Ranade, Bhandarkar and others at Mumbai in 1864. 1871 Gangadhar Balkrishna Deshpande, freedom fighter and loyal Congress leader 'Lion of Karnataka',...

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Today in History – 2 April

1679 Aurangzeb reimposed Jizya Tax to finance the spread of Islam among Hindus.This Jeziya tax was abolished by Akbar. 1702 Balaji Vishwanath Bhat, first Peshwa, passed away. 1870 Poona...

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Today in History – 2 April

1679 Aurangzeb reimposed Jizya Tax to finance the spread of Islam among Hindus.This Jeziya tax was abolished by Akbar. 1702 Balaji Vishwanath Bhat, first Peshwa, passed away. 1870 Poona...

Today in History – 1 April

1839 Medical College Hospital in Calcutta having only 20 beds was opened for male patients . 1855 Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's first Bengali primer 'Varnaparichay' was published. 1869 Income Tax...

Today in History – 31 March

1867 Prarthana Samaj was established by Ranade, Bhandarkar and others at Mumbai in 1864. 1871 Gangadhar Balkrishna Deshpande, freedom fighter and loyal Congress leader 'Lion of Karnataka',...

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Today in History – 9 May

1540 Maharana Pratap, great soldier and a great King , was born. 1753 Maharaja Surajmal attacked on Delhi. 1791 On this day in 1791, Francis Hopkinson, signer of the...

Today in History – 8 May

1541 On May 8, 1541, south of present-day Memphis, Tennessee, Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto reached the Mississippi River, one of the first European explorers...

Today in History – 7 May

1834 East India Company annexed Coorg. King Raja Veer Rajendra, who was a cruel ruler, after formally declaring a war had captured Durg State. 1849 Bethune College...

Today in History – 6 May

1529 Babur Shah, Mughal Emperior, defeated Afghan Nawab Nasrat Shah, king of Bengal, on the banks of the Gand and the Ghaghra river. 1589 Mian Tansen, famous...

Today in History – 5 May

1818 Karl Marx, great journalist, chief editor, writer and social worker, was born at Trier, Germany. 1895 On this day the first color cartoon strip - the...

Today in History – 4 May

1783 Tipu Sultan was enthroned as the ruler of Mysore after the death of Haider Ali in a simple ceremony at Bednur. He continued the...

Today in History – 3 May

1469 The Italian philosopher and writer Niccolo Machiavelli was born. A lifelong patriot and diehard proponent of a unified Italy, Machiavelli became one of the...

Today in History – 2 May

174o Patriot Elias Boudinot was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Boudinot had served in numerous positions during the War for Independence, culminating in his role as...

Today in History – 1 May

1867 Sri Kasinadhuni Nageswara Rao Pantulu, great freedom fighter, journalist, nationalist, politician, pioneer in library movement and litterateur, was born at Elakurru village in Gudivada...