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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 – 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...

Today in History – 10 February

1691 Job Charnock established the first English factory in Calcutta. 1846 British forces under Hugh Gough defeated Sikhs in the Battle of Sobrahan in India. 1859 General Horsford defeats...

Today in History – 9 February

1757 In a treaty between Lord Clive and Siraj Ud Daulah, Clive was authorised to safe guard (Killa Bandi) and open mint at Calcutta. Nawab...

Today in History – 8 February

1785 Warren Hastings, British Viceroy, left India. 1834 Dmitri Mendeleev, a Russian chemist and inventor. He formulated the Periodic Law, created a farsighted version of the periodic...

Today in History – 7 February

1687 Mughal army won the Gowalkonda fort. Kutubshahi came to end. 1795 Dutch Prince William V accepts British occupation of Dutch Indies. 1856 Wajid Ali Shah, ruler of Oudh,...