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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 – 6 September

1422 Sultan Murat II ends a vain siege of Constantinople. 1657 Shahjahan fell ill. His four sons Dara Shikoh, Suja, Aurangzeb and Murad advanced towards Delhi to...

Today in History – 5 September

1457 Property Tax was passed. 1612 East India Company's Navy eastablished. 1659 Queen Saibai, wife of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died. 1793 Mir Kasim lost To Britishers near Rajmahal in battle of...

Today in History – 3 September

1189 After the death of Henry II, Richard Lionheart is crowned king of England. 1260 Mamelukes under Sultan Qutuz defeat Mongols and Crusaders at Ain Jalut. 1767 Colonel Smith...

Today in History – 2 September

1573 Akbar won the war near Ahmedabad and captured Gujrat. 1666 The Great Fire of London, which devastates the city, begins. 1789 The Treasury Department, headed by Alexander Hamilton,...

Today in History – 1 September

1668 Mumbai was handed over to East India Company by King of England. 1798 England signs treaty with Nizam of Hyderabad, India. 1870 The Prussian army crushes the French...

Today in History – 31 August

1751 Robert Clive, Britisher, at the age of 26 seizes Arcot in modern Tamil Nadu. He also checked the French advance in South India. 1756 The British...

Today in History – 30 August

1569 Salim Mirza Jahangir, fourth Mughal Emperor and son of Akbar, was born at Fetehpur Sikri. (30 or 31). 1617 Rosa de Lima of Peru becomes the...

Today in History – 29 August

70 The Temple of Jerusalem burns after a nine-month Roman siege. 1612 Battle at Surat in India; English fleet beats Portuguese. 1793 Slavery is abolished in Santo Domingo. 1880 Madhav Shrihari...

Today in History – 27 August

1604 Guru Granth Sahib was established in the Golden Temple of Amritsar. 1776 The Americans are defeated by the British at the Battle of Long Island, New...

Today in History – 26 August

1071 Turks defeat the Byzantine army under Emperor Romanus IV at Manzikert, Eastern Turkey. 1429 Joan of Arc makes a triumphant entry into Paris. 1303 Alauddin Khilji captured Chittorhgarh...

Today in History – 25 August

357 Julian Caesar defeats the Alamanni at Strasbourg in Gaul. 1875 "Captain" Matthew Webb becomes the first man to swim across the English Channel. 1888 Allama Mashriqi, Muslim leader,...

Today in History – 24 August

410 German barbarians sack Rome. 1600 East India Company's first ship 'HECTOR' reached at Surat Port. 1608 The first English convoy lands at Surat. 1689 Calcutta city was established. 1891 Thomas Edison files...