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Today in History – 11 August

1347 Allau'd-din Hasan Gangu alias Jafar Khan. The Muslim kingdom of Bahmani dynasty in the south as Sultan Allau'd-din Khalji. He renamed Gulbarga, his capital...

Today in History – 10 August

1581 Akbar, great Mughal Emperor, won Kabul. 1758 Marathas won the Atak. 1776 On this day in 1776, news reached London that the Americans had drafted the Declaration of...

Today in History – 9 August

1788 Gulam Kadir removed the eyes of Shah Alam 2nd, King of Delhi with a knife. 1892 Shri Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, prolific author and first librarian of...

Today in History – 8 August

1869 George Davidson, a prominent astronomer and explorer, impressed Alaskan Native Americans with his ability to predict a total solar eclipse. 1905 Dhyanchand, great Hockey player, was...

Today in History – 6 August

1787 In Philadelphia, delegates to the Constitutional Convention began debating the first complete draft of the proposed Constitution of the United States. 1890 At Auburn Prison in...

Today in History – 5 August

1604 John Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, bapti was born. 1858 After several unsuccessful attempts, the first telegraph line across the Atlantic Ocean was completed, a...

Today in History – 4 August

1753 Washington received highest Freemason rank. 1845 Pherozeshah Mehta, who published the first Hindi newspaper and one of the founders of Indian National Congress, was born in...

Today in History – 2 August

1763 British troops again defeated Mir Kasim in 'Giriya' battle. 1776 On this day in 1776, members of Congress affixed their signatures to an enlarged copy of...

Today in History – 1 August

1498 Italian explorer Christopher Columbus sets foot on the American mainland for the first time, at the Paria Peninsula in present-day Venezuela. Thinking it an...

Today in History – 30 July

1622 Tulsidas, devotee of God Rama Saint, great poet and writer of Ramayana, died. 1886 Dr. S.Muthulakshmi Reddi, first women M.A.L.A.S, was born. 1933 Gandhiji informed the Government of...

Today in History – 29 July

1748 Boscawen landed 25 km south of Pondicherry. 1876 Indian Science Congress Association was established in Bowbazar Street of Calcutta. 1891 Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, great Indian educationist, social reformer,...

Today in History – 28 July

1868 Following its ratification by the necessary three-quarters of U.S. states, the 14th Amendment, guaranteeing to African Americans citizenship and all its privileges, was officially...

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