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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 – 28 November

1520 Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan begins crossing the Pacific Ocean 1660 The Royal Society forms in London 1821 Panama declares independence from Spain 1890 Mahatma Jyotirao Govindrao Phule died. He led...

Today in History – 27 November

1001 Sultan Mehmud of Ghazni began his first real expedition to India by defeating the Hindu King Jaipal. He won Afghanisthan and Punjab in Peshawar...

Today in History – 26 November

43 BC Second Triumvirate alliance of Roman leader Octavian (later Caesar Augustus), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Mark Antony formed 1778 British explorer Captain James Cook discovers Maui...

Today in History – 24 November

1859 English naturalist Charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species" radically changing the view of evolution and laying the foundation for evolutionary biology 1914 Benito Mussolini...

Today in History – 22 November

1497 Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama rounds Cape of Good Hope on way to first voyage from Europe to reach India 1914 Indian troops take Basra in...

Today in History – 21 November

1517 Ibrahim Lodi (1517-26) succeeded the throne of Delhi, after the death of his father Sikandar Lodi. 1791 Colonel Napoléon Bonaparte is promoted to General and appointed...

Today in History – 20 November

1572 Akbar responded with alacrity and arrived at Ahmadabad and made adequate arrangements for its administration. 1789 New Jersey is 1st state to ratify Bill of Rights 1815 2nd...

Today in History – 19 November

1835 Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi was born in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. She was named Manikarnika and was called 'Manu'. 1838 Keshab Chandra Sen (1838-84), nationalist leader of...

Today in History – 18 November

1477 First English dated printed book "Dictes & Sayengis of the Phylosophers" by William Caxton 1727 Maharaja Jai Singh-II of Amber laid the stone of Jaipur City....

Today in History – 17 November

1525 James Todd, researcher and writer of Rajput history, passed away. 1857 Sir Colin Campbell, British Army Officer, managed to supress Indian Mutiny sepoys at Lucknow. 1921 Princes of...

Today in History – 16 November

1713 Chhatrapati Shahu appointed Balaji Vishwanath, a very remarkable man in Maratha history, as 'Peshwa'.   1860 First group of Indian worker's reached Natal, South Africa. 1921 Nearly 700 Mopalh...

Today in History – 15 November

1492 Christopher Columbus notes 1st recorded reference to tobacco. 1621 Jahangir captured Kakda Fort. 1817 Battle of Yerwada. 1830 Ram Mohun Roy sailed for England. He was the first Indian Brahmin...