DECEMBER 9, 2022, to DECEMBER 15, 2022 09 DECEMBER 1946 The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly that made the country’s highest law was on this day. 1946 UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi was born. 1971 […]
38 years have passed since ‘Operation Blue Star’, when Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India, ordered an attack on the Sikh Golden Temple in June 1984. The aim was to silence demands for […]
On the morning of October 31, 1984, Indira Gandhi,’ the Iron Lady’ of India, was assassinated. She was India’s then Prime Minister. The assassination was carried out by Satwant Singh and Beant Singh, her ‘Sikh […]
23 SEPTEMBER 1908 Rashtrakavi Ramdhari Singh Dinkar was born on this day. 1803 The British East India Company defeated the Maratha army in the Battle of Asa. 1862 Birth of great patriot and politician Srinivas […]
02 SEPTEMBER 1969 The ATM machine came in the banking world for the first time today. 1573 Akbar, the third ruler of the Mughal dynasty, won the decisive battle near Ahmedabad and captured Gujarat. 1946 […]
“History is not the past. It is the present. We carry our history with us. We are our history. If we pretend otherwise, we are literally criminals.” – James Baldwin July 29 Birthday – Benito […]
“What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the future on the past.” – Victor Hugo July 15 July 15, 1918 – During the Battle of the Marne in […]
Maharaja Ranjit Singh, renowned as the Lion of the Punjab or Sher-e-Punjab was born on November 13, 1780, in Gujranwala, (now in Pakistan). The great ruler and great warrior was the founder of the Sikh […]
History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.-Napoleon Bonaparte June 17 June 17, 1972 – Following a seemingly routine burglary, five men were arrested at the National Democratic Headquarters […]
03 JUNE 1867 Birth of India’s famous educationist, politician, social reformer, jurist and writer Harvilas Sharda. 1901 Birth of first winner of Jnanpith Award Mahakavi Ji Shankar Krup. 1915 The British government conferred the title […]
13 MAY 1905 Birth of former President of India Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed. 1952 The first session of Parliament was called in independent India. 1962 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan became the second President of the country. 1978 The […]
06 MAY 1944 Gandhiji released from Aga Khan Palace in Pune. 1967 Zakir Hussain became the first Muslim President of India. 2010 Ajmal Amir Kasab, convicted for the 26/11 attack in Mumbai, was sentenced to […]
22 APRIL 1921 Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose resigned from the Indian Civil Service in 1921. 1970 Earth Day was celebrated for the first time in the world. 1958 Admiral RD Katari became the first chief […]
“History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.” – B. C. FORBES April 15 April 15, 1817 […]
15 APRIL 1469 Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, was born in 1469. 1976 India announces sending its envoy to Beijing for the first time in 15 years. 1980 Six non-government banks were nationalized. Earlier […]
“The Spirit of Charhdi-kala is all about rising to the occasion, whenever standing up and speaking out becomes quintessential, whether for one’s own rights or to protect another who is being subjugated, oppressed, tormented and […]
“What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the April 8 April 8th – Among Buddhists, celebrated as the birthday of Buddha (563-483 B.C.). An estimated 350 million persons […]
Ram Navami is the celebration of the birth anniversary of Lord Rama, who is believed to be the seventh incarnation of Lord Vishnu on Earth. Lord Rama’s birth was intended to end the rule of […]
08 APRIL 1857 On the day of 1857, Mangal Pandey, a soldier of the Barrackpore Regiment of British India, was hanged for the crime of breaching military discipline and murder. 1894 Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, the […]
“If you don’t know history, then you don’t know anything. You are a leaf that doesn’t know it is part of a tree.” – MICHAEL CRICHTON March 25 March 25, 1807 – The British Parliament […]
25 MARCH 1788 First advertisement of Indian language Bangla published in the newspaper ‘Calcutta Gadget’. 1898 Swami Vivekananda gave initiation of celibacy to Sister Nivedita. 1954 The country’s first helicopter “S-55” was launched in 1954 […]
“History is a narration of the events which have happened among mankind, including an account of the rise and fall of nations, as well as of other great changes which have affected the political and […]
18 MARCH 1910 On 18 March 1910, Gopal Krishna Gokhale proposed before the British Legislative Council for the provision of free and compulsory primary education. 1944 On 18 March 1944, Azad Hind Fauj of Netaji […]
Shaheed Diwas or Martyrs’ Day is observed on March 23 every year throughout the country. It marks the death anniversary of young freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru. On March 23 in […]
March 11 March 11, 1918 – The ‘Spanish’ influenza first reached America as 107 soldiers become sick at Fort Riley, Kansas. One quarter of the U.S. population eventually became ill from the deadly virus, resulting […]
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