31-Aug-1569
Mirza Nur-ud-Din Beg Mohammad Khan Salim alias Salim Mirza Jahangir was born in Fatehpur Sikri, the son of the fourth Mughal emperor and Akbar.
31-Aug-1751
British Robert Clive captured Arcot in modern Tamil Nadu at the age of 26. He also investigated the French invasion of South India.
31-Aug-1870
The great teacher, philanthropist and educator Dr. Maria Montessori was born in Italy.
31-Aug-1914
Journalist Anil Kumar Chakraborty was born in Kushtia.
30-August-1645
The Indians and the Dutch signed a peace treaty.
30-August-1659
Aurangzeb conspired to kill his brother Dara Shiloh and beheaded him. He was covered in a vault under the arch of Human's Burial chamber.
30-August-1751
Sir Robert Clive did a heroic deed when the British troops occupied Arcot Farm Chanda Sahib.
30-August-1773
Narayan Rao Peshwa was killed by his uncle Raghunath Rao, also known as Raghoba, who then declared himself Peshwa.
29-August-1612
Battle of Surat, India; The English fleet defeated the Portuguese.
29-August-1880
Birth of great freedom fighter Madhav Srihari Anna.
29-August-1905
Major Dhyanchand was born in a Rajput family in Prayag, Uttar Pradesh. He is remembered as the master of hockey. India commends this day as Public Games Day.
29-August-1923
Hiralal Ghasulal Gaikwad, the cricket all-rounder who played Test for India in 1952–53, was born in Nagpur.
27-August-1604
The Master Granth Sahib was laid out at the Brilliant Sanctuary in Amritsar.
27-August-1781
The Battle of Palilloor was fought between Hyder Ali and the British.
27-August-1859
Dorabji Jamshedji Tata, great industrialist, was born.
27-August-1870
The Sharmajivi Sangh was founded by Shashipad Banerjee in Calcutta.
27-August-1910
Nobel laureate and social worker Mother Teresa, [Agnes Gisha Bojaxiu] was born in Skopje, Macedonia, Yugoslavia.
26-Aug-1303
Alauddin Khilji defeated Rana Bhim Singh and captured Chittorgarh. Before being captured, the beautiful queen Padmini sacrificed herself in fire (jaohar pratha) along with hundreds of women. This whole war happened because of Padmini.
26-Aug-1852
Bombay Association established.
26-Aug-1874
Politician and philosopher Ishwarsharan Munshi was born.
26-Aug-1909
Birth of great historian Dr. Moti Chandra.
26-Aug-1914
Bengali revolutionaries looted 46,000 bullets and pistols from Calcutta port for their revolutionary activities.
25-Aug-1888
Birth of Muslim leader Allam Moshiri.
25-Aug-1917
The first important step towards Indenisation of the army began when seven selected Indians serving in the army were given king's commissions in the infantry and cavalry. Before the end of the World War, two more Indians, who had previously held temporary commissions, were granted King's commissions.
25-Aug-1919
Birth of Videshbari Prasad Mandal, former Chief Minister of Bihar and Chairman of Mandal Commission.
25-Aug-1948
Until the Constituent Assembly takes a final decision, the temporary national anthem will be the People's Mind.
24-August-1600
The first ship of East India Company 'Hector' arrived at Surat port.
24-August-1608
The first British convoy landed in Surat.
24-August-1689
The city of Calcutta was established.
24-August-1690
This date is celebrated as Calcutta Day, because Job Charnak settled in Calcutta.
23-Aug-1573
Akbar left for Agra after receiving news of a massive rebellion. He reached Ahmedabad by forced march on eleventh day.
23-Aug-1872
Tanguturi Prakasam, the extraordinary legal advisor, columnist, patriot, legislator, pioneer, social reformer and previous Boss Pastor of Andhra Pradesh, was brought into the world in Kanuparthi town of Ongole area, Andhra Pradesh.
23-Aug-1933
Mahatma Gandhi was released from government custody at the Poona Civil Hospital after doctors warned that his hunger strike could endanger his life. Gandhi, who fasted for eight days before being re-arrested by the British authorities, weighed 90 pounds at the time of his release. There was much speculation about what the nationalist leaders would do if they regained power, but the general belief was that the British authorities would arrest them again if they resumed civil disobedience.
22-August-1818
Warren Hastings, the main Lead representative General of India (1773-84), died at 85 years old.
22-August-1877
Previous extraordinary painter, scholar, etymologist, pundit, workmanship analyst Ananda Kentish Kumaraswamy was brought into the world in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
22-August-1915
Shambhu Mishra, Bengali entertainer, chief and writer, was conceived.
22-August-1919
Famous modern Hindi poet Girijakumar Mathur was born.
17-August-1761
The first English missionary William Carey was born in India. He taught at the newly established Fort William College in Calcutta from 1801 until his death, and helped establish the Sriram pore Press, which brought the Bible to over 300 million people.
17-August-1780
Indian Governor General Warren Hastings clashed with Francis over personal and official feuds. Francis is injured but survives.
17-August-1848
Ramesh Chandra Dutta, great political leader, writer and social worker, was born.
17-August-1882
Sir Ram Nath Chopra, renowned professor of pharmacology, was born.
16-Aug-1886
Swami Ramakrishna Paramahamsa breathed his last at the age of 50. His original name was Gadadhar Ghatji. An Indian spiritualist, pioneer and holy person, he taught the solidarity of religions. Swami Vivekananda was his disciple.
16-Aug-1901
Journalist and critic Shripad Ramchandra Tikekar is born.
16-Aug-1922
The great industrialist and philanthropist Raunak Singh was born in Daska.
16-Aug-1923
Famous Marathi writer and journalist Narayan was born in Athawal.
3-Aug-1780
The British officer Captain Bruce defeated Scandia and captured the Gwalior fort under the command of Major Popham.
3-Aug-1886
Maithili Sharan Gupta, the first man of modern Hindi poetry and literature, writer, patriot and social activist was born in Chignon village near Jhansi.
3-Aug-1890
Freedom fighter, eminent writer and AICC member Shri Prakash was born in Varanasi.
3-Aug-1898
Birth of modern Hindi dramatist, poet and novelist Udaya Shankar Bhatt.
3-Aug-1900
Birth of the great revolutionary Nana Patel.
3-Aug-1905
Famous writer Uma Dutta Saraswat was born in the twenties of UP.
3-Aug-1930
Educationist Jayaprakash was born in Jaipur.
2-August-1763
British troops again defeated Mir Kasim in the battle of 'Giriya'.
2-August-1781
Sakharambapu Bokel, the great politician of the Maratha Empire passed away.
2-August-1858
The English Parliament passed the Demonstration to move the organization of India from the East India Organization to the English Government. The supreme British ruler in India was called 'Viceroy' after the ceremony.
2-August-1861
Chemist and great patriot Parafulla Chandra Roy was born in Raruli-Katipara village of Jessore district.
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