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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 – 15 May

1729 Khanderao Dabhade, great warrior in Maratha kingdom, passed away. 1756 The Seven Years War, a global conflict known in America as the French and Indian War,...

Today in History – 14 May

1657 Dharmavir Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj was born at Purandar fort. 1787 On this day in 1787, delegates to the Constitutional Convention begin to assemble in Philadelphia to...

Today in History – 13 May

1648 Construction of the Red Fort at Dehli was completed. 1857 Sir Ronald Ross, bacteriologist, member of Indian Medical service, Nobel awardee and editor of 'Science Progress',...

Today in History – 12 May

1459 Sun City India founded by Rao in Jodhpur. 1666 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj met Aurangzeb and was arrested. 1780 After a siege that began on April 2, 1780, Americans...

Today in History – 11 May

1626 Malik Ambar of Ahmednagar's Nijamshahi kingdom, passed away. 1885 Krishnamohan Bandopadhyay, leader, essay writer and journalist of Bengal, passed away. 1888 Asaf Ali, lawyer, nationalist, writer and connoisseur...

Today in History – 10 May

1526 Babur won the first battle of Panipat and entered in North India's capital Agra. 1857 India's real mutiny begins with the revolt of Sepoys of Meerut...

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...