26 NOVEMBER 1949 The supreme law of the country adopted our constitution. 2009 The Constitution of India adopted the Constitution. 1960 Telephone STD service started between Lucknow and Kanpur for the first time in India. […]
12 NOVEMBER 1936 The temples of Kerala are open to all Hindus. 1946 Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya, founder of Banaras Hindu University and honored with Bharat Ratna, died in Uttar Pradesh. 1927 Mahatma Gandhi made […]
05 NOVEMBER 1556 In the second battle of Panipat, the Mughal ruler Akbar defeated Hemu. 1920 Indian Red Cross Society was established. 1961 India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru visited New York. 2001 India and […]
“History is a race between education and catastrophe.” -H.G. Wells November 5th – Remembered as Guy Fawkes Day in Britain, for the anniversary of the failed “Gunpowder Plot” to blow up the Houses of Parliament […]
29 OCTOBER 1985 Boxer Vijendra Singh, who won India’s first Olympic medal in boxing, was born. 1999 About 150 people died and five lakh people were affected by the Mahatufan, which came at a speed […]
Diwali is undoubtedly the favorite time of the year for most of us. Diwali traditions such as annual cleaning of the house, bursting of crackers and exchanging gifts make the festival special. In this ever-changing […]
“What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the future on the past.” – Victor Hugo October 29 October 29, 1618 – British explorer Sir Walter Raleigh was executed […]
22 OCTOBER 1680 Rana Raj Singh of Mewar passed away. 1796 Death of Rana Raj Singh of Mewar. 1962 India’s largest multipurpose river valley project ‘Bhakra Nangal’ dedicated to the nation 2008 Chandrayaan-1 was successfully […]
15 OCTOBER 1931 11th President of India A.K. P.J. Abdul Kalam was born. 1932 The Tata Company airplane took its first flight. After the acquisition by the Government of India, this company was called Air […]
“A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.” – MAHATMA GANDHI October 15 October 15, 1815 – Napoleon Bonaparte arrived on the Island […]
08 OCTOBER 1932 Indian Air Force was established. 1936 Famous Hindi writer and novelist Premchand died. 1998 India became a member of the Flight Safety Foundation. 2004 Monsanto’s patent on Indian wheat revoked. 2005 Thousands […]
01 OCTOBER 1568 The Mughal emperor Akbar attacked Chittorgarh. 1962 The war started between India and China over the border dispute. 1574 The third Sikh Guru Amardas died. 1847 Anne Besant, a member of the […]
Mahatma Gandhi was the primary leader of India’s independence movement and also the architect of a form of non-violent civil disobedience that would influence the world. Until Gandhi was assassinated in 1948, his life and […]
Gandhi Jayanti is observed on October 2 every year to honor Mahatma Gandhi for his invaluable contributions to India’s freedom struggle. The Indian Panorama pays tribute to Father of the Nation on his 152nd birth […]
October 1 October 1, 1908 – Henry Ford’s Model T, a “universal car” designed for the masses, went on sale for the first time. October 1, 1938 – Hitler’s troops occupied the Sudetenland portion […]
“We are not makers of history. We are made by history.” Martin Luther King, Jr. September 24 September 24, 1957 – President Dwight Eisenhower ordered the National Guard to enforce racial integration of schools in […]
11 SEPTEMBER 1895 Birth of freedom fighter fighter, social activist and famous Gandhian leader Vinoba Bhave. 1906 Mahatma Gandhi named the first non-violence movement in South Africa as ‘Satyagraha’. 1961 World Wildlife Fund was established. […]
Lord Shankaranarayana is a combined deity form of Shiva (Shankara) on the right with Nandi, and Vishnu (Narayana) on the left with Garuda. Shankaranarayana is also called Harihara – Hari (Vishnu) and Hara (Shiva). Lord […]
“People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.”- James Baldwin August 27 Birthday – Charles Dawes (1865-1951) was born in Marietta, Ohio. He served as U.S. Vice President from 1925-29, and is […]
August 20 1597: Dutch East India Company’s first ship returned from East Asia. 1828: The first session of Raja Ram Mohan Roy’s Brahmo Samaj was held in Calcutta (now Kolkata). 1897: Ronald Ross identified […]
August 13 1784: Pitt’s India Bill was introduced in the British Parliament for improvement of administration in India. 1795: Queen Ahilyabai Holkar died. 1891: The three great defenders of Manipur, Senapati Tikendrajit Singh, his brothers, […]
Har Dayal, the gentleman revolutionary and the architect of the Ghadar Party who was recognized in 1912 in America as ‘the greatest man of India’ and the New York Times termed him the ‘brainiest man […]
Post-Independence, Indian cinema started evolving at a breakneck pace. While the film industry did suffer huge losses in terms of actors, writers, and technicians who decided to move to Pakistan, the industry greatly gained from […]
Children orphaned by COVID The second wave of COVID-19 brought with it unimaginable grief, agony, and frustration. India saw a sharp increase in the number of deaths, especially among younger people, which meant that many […]
Independence day special Until February 2021, India had only ever had five months where goods exports had surpassed $30 billion. These five months were spread over the preceding decade. Since March 2021, India has had […]
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