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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 – 25 October

  1296 Saint Gyaneshwar passed away. (Samadhee). 1854 During the Crimean War, a brigade of British light infantry is destroyed by Russian artillery as they charge down a...

Today in History – 24 October

1505 Don Francis-Di-Almeda of Portugal arrived at Cochin as Viceroy of India. 1579 Jesuit father and first Englishman S.J.Thomas Stephens arrived at Goa in a Portuguese ship....

Today in History – 23 October

1824 Rani Chainema fights with the Britishers at a 'Killa' (fort) in Kitur. 1934 Gandhi resigns as leader of the All India Congress. 1943 Netaji Subash Chandra Bose inaugurated...

Today in History – 22 October

1680 Rana Rajsingh, king of Mewad, died. 1746 Princeton University, in New Jersey, receives its charter. 1764 The historic battle of Baksar started. (22nd October or 23rd October). 1796 Sawai Madhav...

Today in History – 21 October

1296 Alauddin Khalji conquered the throne of Delhi. In July declared himself as the Sultan. 1577 Guru Ramdas, Sikh Guru, established Amritsar city. 1789 Ramshastri Prabhune, justice of Peshwa...

Today in History – 20 October

480 BC Greeks defeat the Persians in a naval battle at Salamis. 1752 The grateful Wazir induced the emperor to make Badan Singh the 'Raja' with the...

Today in History – 19 October

1216 King John of England dies at Newark and is succeeded by his nine-year-old son Henry. 1689 Sambhaji's queen Yesubai and her child surrendered the Raigarh Fort...

Today in History – 18 October

1648 The "shoemakers of Boston" the first labor organization in what would become the United States, was authorized by the Massachusetts Bay Colony. 1813 The Allies defeat...

Today in History – 17 October

1777 British Maj. Gen. John Burgoyne surrenders 5,000 men at Saratoga, N.Y. 1859 Keshavlal Harshrai Dhruv, researcher and translator, was born. 1903 7th Madras Infantry was re-established as 67th...

Today in History – 16 October

1813 Battle of Leipzig, largest battle in Europe prior to WWI, Napoleon's forces defeated by Prussia, Austria, and Russia. 1900 Great Britain and Germany sign the Anglo-German Treaty,...

Today in History – 15 October

1542 Akbar Abul-Fath Djalaluddin, third Mughal Emperor of India (1556-1605), was born at Amarkot in Sind under the protection of Rana Virsal. Humayun had also...

Today in History – 14 October

1066 William of Normandy defeats King Harold in the Battle of Hastings. 1705 The English Navy captures Barcelona in Spain. 1773 Britain's East India Company tea ships' cargo is...