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 author of India’s national song “Vande Mataram”, died in 1894.

1929  On this day in 1929, revolutionary Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw bombs at the Central Legislative Assembly at Delhi.

1950  After the 1950 India-Pakistan partition, on this day both countries had entered into an agreement with a view to securing the rights of the minorities living in their respective countries and ending the possibilities of war between the two countries in future.

1831  The famous social reformer Raja Ram Mohan Roy arrived in England in 1831.

1985  The border war between India and Pakistan started in 1985, also known as the Second War of Kashmir.

2008  The governments of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka declared Sikhs as a minority in their state.

09 APRIL

1669  Aurangzeb, the emperor of the Mughal Empire, ordered the demolition of all Hindu schools and temples in 1669.

1965  A battle broke out between the Indian and Pakistan Army in the Rann of Kutch.

2004  The Supreme Court of Portugal asked for a re-review of the extradition order of India, the wanted mafia kingpin Abu Salem, in several criminal cases in India.

2011  IIPM Rabindranath Tagore International Peace Prize was announced to Anna Hazare for anti-corruption campaign in 2011.

1893  Rahul Sankrityayan was born, he is given the title of Mahapandit. Rahul Sankrityayan is counted among the leading writers of Hindi. His research on Buddhism is considered epoch-making in Hindi literature.

10 APRIL

1894  Birth of Indian industrialist Ghanshyamdas Birla.

1995  Fifth Prime Minister of India Morarji Desai passed away with Bharat Ratna.

1875  Swami Dayanand Saraswati founded the Aryasamaj in 1875.

1889  Ram Chandra Chatterjee became the first Indian to fly in a hot balloon in 1889.

1930  Synthetic Rabak was first produced in 1930.

1982  Successful launch of India’s multi-purpose satellite “INSAT-1A” in 1982.

2001  Tehran Declaration signed between India and Iran.

1897  Born in 1897 to Prafulla Chandra Sen, a prominent Congress leader of Bengal, a follower of Mahatma Gandhi and a freedom fighter.

1894  Birth of Indian industrialist Ghanshyamdas Birla in 1894.

11 APRIL

1869  Kasturba Gandhi, wife of Mahatma Gandhi, was born in 1869.

1919  The International Labor Organization was established in 1919.

1921  The first live commentary of the Games was broadcast on radio.

1930  A 124-meter swinging bridge made of steel wires was opened to the public in Rishikesh. It was named Laxman Jhula.

1999  The Agni 2 missile was tested in 1999.

2011  Pulitzer Prize for Indian-origin American writer Jhumpa Lahiri for her debut work ‘Interpreter of Melladies’.

1964  The Communist Party of India was divided into two parts. The main party is called the Communist Party of India and the second party that was divided was named Communist Party (Marxist).

1910  Anant Laxman Kanhere, one of the young revolutionaries who sacrificed his life for the independence of the country, died in 1910.

1801  Ranjit Singh himself declared Maharaja of Punjab.

12 APRIL

1885  Birth of famous historian Rakhaldas Banerjee who discovered Mohenjodaro.

2007  Pakistan approves India on Iran Gas Pineline.

1621  Birth of Sikh Guru Teg Bahadur in 1621.

1978  The country’s first double-decker train Sinhagad Express was run from the Victoria Terminal of Bombay (now Mumbai) to Pune to mark 125 years of Indian Railways.

2008  Three people, including two Indian engineers, were killed in a suicide attack on a convoy of Indians in Afghanistan in 2008.

2014  The famous lyricist Gulzar was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2013 in 2014.

13 APRIL

1699  The tenth Sikh Guru Govind Singh founded the Khalsa Panth. The festival of Baisakhi is made on this day every year.

1919  Jallianwala Bagh massacre, indicative of the culmination of the atrocities of the British, was carried out.

1984  The Indian Army started a campaign of armed forces to occupy the Siachen Glacier in Kashmir.

1947  Diplomatic relations established between India and Pakistan.

1984  Indian cricket team won the Asia Cup for the first time by defeating Pakistan by 58 runs in Sharjah.

1648  Construction of the Red Fort was completed in 1648.

1939  The Hindustani Red Army (Indian Red Army) was formed in India in 1939 for an armed struggle with the British.

1952  The session of the first parliament of independent India started in 1952.

1978  The first flag carrier of the country “INS” was demoted to Delhi in 1978.

1994  The Golden Jubilee session of Escape concluded in 1994 in New Delhi.

2000  Lara Dutta was elected Miss Universe in 2000.

2005  Vishwanathan Anand became ‘World Chess Champion’ for the fourth time in 2005.

14 APRIL

1891  Architect of Indian Constitution BR Ambedkar born.

2008  Start of passenger rail service between Kolkata in India and Dhaka in Bangladesh for the first time since 1965.

1659  Aurangzeb defeated Dara in 1659 at the Battle of Delhi.

1563  Arjun Dev, the tenth Sikh Guru, was born in 1563.

1944  A ship loaded with weapons exploded in the port of Mumbai, killing more than 1200.

1962  Renowned Indian engineer M. Visvesharaya, who was awarded Bharatharatna, died in 1962.

1995  India became the Asia Cup cricket champion for the fourth time in 1995.

2005  India and the US entered into an agreement to open their own flight areas to each other’s airlines.