Today in History
Today in History – 11 November
1675
Aurangzeb executes Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur thus beginning the Sikh-Muslim feud that continues to this day.
1793
English pioneer missionary William Carey, 32, reached Calcutta five...
Today in History
Today in History – 10 November
1659
Chhatrapati Shivaji killed Afzal Khan near Pratapgarh Fort. Afzal Khan was general of Adilshahi forces. Battle of Pratapgarh was the first significant military victory...
Today in History
Today in History – 9 November
1236
Ruknud-din Firuz Shah, son of Emperor Iltutmish, was assassinated.
1841
Edward VII, King of England (1901-10), was born.
1877
Muhammad Iqbal, Urdu poet, was born in Sialkot (now...
Today in History
Today in History – 8 November
1661
Guru Har Rai passed away. Second son Har Kishan became the eighth Sikh Guru age of 5 years 4 Months. He passed away at...
Today in History
Today in History – 7 November
1648
Thirty Years War ends.
1858
Bipinchandra Ramchandra Pal, a powerful revolutionary, and a journalist were born in a place called Silhat (now in Bangladesh). He was...
Today in History
Today in History – 6 November
1860
Abraham Lincoln elected as the president of United States. He served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his...
Today in History
Today in History – 5 November
1509
Don Francis-Di-Almeda of Portugal was succeeded as the Viceroy of Portuguese India by Affonso de Albuquerque, who is regarded as the real founder of...
Today in History
Today in History – 4 November
1618
Aurangzeb, (Alamgir), the Mughal emperor (1658-1707), was born at Dohad in Gujarat. (however, his date of birth is in dispute 3/11 or 4/11 or...
Today in History
Today in History – 2 November
1858
Her Majesty Queen Victoria was no longer amused with the Company's loss of control, and India came directly under the Crown of 'Princes, Chiefs...
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539 BC
King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost 70 years of exile and making...
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