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Today in History – 16 February

1927 Rail service started between India and Nepal. 1931 Viceroy Lord Irwin meets Mahatma Gandhi for the first time. 1933 Surya Sen Masterda, revolutionary freedom fighter, who attacked the...

Today in History – 15 February

  1869 Mirza ""Galib"" Asad Ullah Beg Khan, famous Urdu poet and writer, passed away. 1915 In Singapore on this day in 1915, Indian soldiers launch the first...

Today in History – 14 February

269 Saint Valentine was executed outside the Flaminian Gate in Rome on Claudius' command. His command was that,  Valentinus either renounce his faith or he...

Today in History – 13 February

1601 John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London. 1713 Farrukh Siyar becomes Emperor of India after capturing Red Fort. Sultan Jahandar Shah was strangled to...

Today in History – 12 February

1298 Kublai Khan, the conqueror of Asia, dies at the age of 80. 1554 Lady Jane Grey, the Queen of England for thirteen days, is beheaded on...

Today in History – 11 February

1527 Babur declared battle against Rana Sangram Singh. 1818 Britishers captured the 'Ajinkyatara' fort which belonged to the Marathas. 1906 'Daily Tribune' started its printing from Lahore. 1933 The outcome of...

Today in History – 10 February

1691 Job Charnock established the first English factory in Calcutta. 1846 British forces under Hugh Gough defeated Sikhs in the Battle of Sobrahan in India. 1859 General Horsford defeats...

Today in History – 9 February

1757 In a treaty between Lord Clive and Siraj Ud Daulah, Clive was authorised to safe guard (Killa Bandi) and open mint at Calcutta. Nawab...

Today in History – 8 February

1785 Warren Hastings, British Viceroy, left India. 1834 Dmitri Mendeleev, a Russian chemist and inventor. He formulated the Periodic Law, created a farsighted version of the periodic...

Today in History – 7 February

1687 Mughal army won the Gowalkonda fort. Kutubshahi came to end. 1795 Dutch Prince William V accepts British occupation of Dutch Indies. 1856 Wajid Ali Shah, ruler of Oudh,...

Today in History – 6 February

1931 Motilal Gangadhar Nehru, revolutionary, founder of 'Swaraj Party', political leader and barrister, passed away at Lucknow. 1932 Dorabji Jamshetji Tata, great industrialist, passed away. 1949 India to nationalize...

Today in History – 5 February

1922 Chauri Chaura tragedy occurred in Gorakhpur District of United Province on this day, Gandhiji, following Chauri Chaura (U.P.) tragedy in which 22 police constables...

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