Today Importance - 28th July

Today Importance - 28th July

28-Jul-1872

Albert P. Sarwat, French Governor-General of Indo-China (1911..19)/PM (1933/36), is born.

28-Jul-1909

The politician Brahmananda Reddy Kasu was born in Madras.

Today Importance - 27th July

Today Importance - 27th July

27-July-1887

Sardar Dadar Teymuraz Kakashi, social worker and lawyer, was born.

27-July-1889

The British India Committee, a wing of the Indian National Congress, was founded under the leadership of Dadabhai Nairobi.

27-July-1910

Vande Ali Khan, veteran singer of 'Benkar' and 'Kirana Gharana' passed away.

Today Importance - 23th July

Today Importance - 23th July

23-Jul-1555

Human recaptured Delhi after defeating Sher-Shar alias Sikandar Suri in the battles of Machida and Sir hind. He is said to have won a kingdom but not an empire.

23-Jul-1856

Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, scholar, mathematician, philosopher, militant nationalist Indian leader and who helped lay the foundations of India's independence, was born in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra.

23-Jul-1898

Birth of famous Bengali novelist Tarashankar Banerjee.

23-Jul-1904

The Great Indian Peninsula Railway has introduced first class restaurant cars in its mail trains.

Today Importance - 22th July

Today Importance - 22th July

22-Jul-1678

Chhatrapati Sivaji Maharaj conquered the fort of Vellore.

22-Jul-1702

The "English Company of Merchants" and the old East India Company were renamed the United Company of Merchants of England East Indies. In 1833, the name was finally changed to East India Company.

22-Jul-1875

Nandkishore Bal, the great Oriya poet, novelist and critic, is born.

22-Jul-1918

During World War I, India's first fighter pilot Indra Lal Rai's plane was shot down by German aircraft near London. Rai fought for the British Army.

Today Importance - 21st July

Today Importance - 21st July 

21-Jul-1658

Aurangzeb celebrates becoming emperor of the Mughal Empire in Delhi. He ascended the throne informally.

21-Jul-1883

Star Theatre opened in Calcutta.

21-Jul-1891

The great leader, journalist and freedom fighter Jairamdas Daulatram was born in Karachi.

21-Jul-1906

Welcome. Banerjee, first president of Indian National Congress, passed away.

21-Jul-1907

Former Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Ghulam Mohammad Baksh was born.

Today Importance - 20th July

Today Importance - 20th July

20-July-1296

After the murder of Jalaluddin Khilji, Alauddin Khilji declared himself the king of Delhi. (190R20).

20-July-1531

Mahakavi Sadhak Tulsidas was born.

20-July-1636

Large trader John Oldham was murdered by the Indians.

20-July-1654

Portugal was occupied by the British.

20-July-1680

Chhatrapati Sambhaji was on the throne.

20-July-1829

Jankibai died in jail.

Today Importance - 19th July

Today Importance - 19th July

19-Jul-1309

Barkari poet-saint Sant Bisoba Khechra of Maharashtra, who was the yoga-guru of Saint Ramdev, took samadhi.

19-Jul-1763

Mir Qasim was defeated by the British in the Battle of 'Katwa'.

19-Jul-1925

Freedom fighter and politician Dinesh Singh was born in Kalakankar (UP).

19-Jul-1938

The great Indian space scientist and mathematician Jayant Vishnu Narlikar was born in Kolhapur, Maharashtra.

19-Jul-1949

The Raja of Tehri Garhwal announced his accession to the Indian Union

Today Importance - 17th July

Today Importance - 17th July

17-July-1489

Nizam Shah became the Sultan of Delhi.

17-July-1893

Lokmanya Tilak was arrested for 18 months.

17-July-1903

Joseph, the versatile Malayalam writer and critic, was born in Batshaw.

17-July-1930

British Viceroy Lord Irwin allowed Indian moderates to visit Gandhi in prison.

17-July-1935

Dr. Ram Babu Gupta, cricket Test umpire for 11 Test matches from 1986–89, born in Delhi.

17-July-1937

95 people died when the Delhi-Kolkata Express train derailed near Patna.

17-July-1947

550 lives were lost in the Ramdas coastal steamer Bombay.