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.
20-August-1597
The first ships of the Dutch East India Company return from the Far East.
20-August-1828
The Brahmo Samaj, the first religious-social reform movement, was founded by Ram Mohan Roy (1772–1833) in Calcutta. Influenced by Islam and Christianity, Ray rejected polytheism, idolatry, the Vedas, incarnation, karma and rebirth, caste, and more. The first session of Adi Brahmo Samaj was held in the rented house of Kamal Bose on Chitpur Road in Jorasanko area of Kolkata.
20-August-1885
The principal meeting of the Indian Public Congress was held.
20-August-1905
Lord George Curzon ruled as the Viceroy of India. He was then succeeded by Lord Minto II, Earl of Minto.
19-Aug-1600
Akbar captured Ahmednagar.
19-Aug-1757
The East India Company minted the first rupee coins in Calcutta.
19-Aug-1887
Freedom fighter and social worker S. Sathyamurthy was born in Thirumayam in the erstwhile Pudukkottai state.
19-Aug-1903
Biographer and critic Gangadhar Devaraj Khanolkar is born.
19-Aug-1907
Birth of Acharya Hazar prasad Dwivedi.
18-Aug-1227
Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan dies.
18-Aug-1700
The second Peshwa Bajirao was born to me.
18-Aug-1800
Fort William College was established in Kolkata.
18-Aug-1872
Pandit Vishnu Digambara Paluskar Gadgil, who gave new heights to North Indian classical music, was born in Kundanwadi in Kolhapur district of Maharashtra.
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.
13-Aug-1638
Social reformer Durgadas Rathore was born in Salwa.
13-Aug-1784
The East India Company was appointed as the centralized regulatory authority through India by the Pitt's India Act, which was passed by the British Parliament in England.
13-Aug-1795
Ahlyabai Holkar died at the age of 70.
13-Aug-1911
Social activist Guha Fullernu was born.
13-Aug-1913
Khawatin Khuma, politician, was born in Fuldongsai, Tripura.
12-August-1602
Akbar's minister Abul Fazl was killed on the orders of Jahangir.
12-August-1868
Frederick Gent Lord Chelmsford, Viceroy of British India (1916–21), was born.
12-August-1897
Major Gegeral Himmat Singh, Governor of Himachal Pradesh and Deputy Defense Minister, was born.
12-August-1905
Japan, Britain reach an agreement to define spheres of influence in the Far East; India will remain with the British.
12-August-1919
Father of Indian space technology and scientist Dr. Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai was brought into the world in Ahmedabad.
12-August-1922
Famous Gujarati solo actor, dramatist, story writer and novelist Chunnilal Kalidas Madia was born.
11-Aug-1347
Alauddin Hasan Gangu alias Zafar Khan. To the south was the Muslim kingdom of the Bahmani dynasty in the form of Sultan Ala-ud-din Khilji. He renamed his capital Gulbarga to Hasanabad.
11-Aug-1893
First Hindu-Muslim riots in Maharashtra.
11-Aug-1908
On this day at the age of 19, Khudiram Bose was hanged at the Central Jail in Muzaffarpur, Bihar. He along with cheerful Chucky planned to bomb a train carrying Kingsford, unfortunately they were betrayed and caught and eventually sentenced to death and hanged. This day is celebrated as 'Martyr's Day' in memory of the great freedom fighter. Even today, soul-stirring songs composed in his honor are sung by Bengali folk-singers.
11-Aug-1911
Birth of great journalist Prem Bhatia.
10-August-1581
The great Mughal emperor Akbar conquered Kabul.
10-August-1755
Birth of Narayana Peshwa.
10-August-1758
The Marathas captured and won.
10-August-1855
Birth of Alladiya Khan, famous singer of Kolhapur court.
9-Aug-1788
Golam put out the eyes of Shah Allam II, King of Delhi with the knife of Qadi.
9-Aug-1892
Sri Shealy Ram Amrit Ranganathan, noted writer and first librarian of Madras University, was born.
9-Aug-1893
Renowned Hindi storyteller and novelist Shivpujan was born in a middle-class family in Sanai Bihar.
9-Aug-1902
King Edward VII was crowned Emperor of Great Britain at Westminster Abbey after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria. Earlier he hosted a grand function where around 4,56,000 invitees celebrated the royal festival.
9-Aug-1909
Eminent Kannada poet, dramatist, literary critic, educationist and Jnanapeeth awardee Vinayak Krishna Gokak was born in Savour.
7-August-1868
The first modern Bengali poet and critic Pratham Chaudhary (Birbal) was born.
7-August-1871
The great modern artist and painter Abanindranath Tagore was born in Jorasanko, Kolkata.
7-August-1887
Kasturi Srinivasan Iyana, politician and journalist, was born.
7-August-1888
Literary critic and versatile Gujarati writer Balram (Naval ram Lakshmi ram Pandya) passed away.
7-August-1905
Indian National Congress declared boycott of British goods for the first time against the partition of Bengal and also called for buying 'Swadeshi'.
6-August-1905
Chittaranjan Das "Desh Bandhu", freedom fighter and advocate, started an organisation named "Swadeshi Mandali". He also founded magazine named Narayana in 1914 and a Bengali weekly in 1922 and the daily 'Forward'.
6-August-1920
'Shakuntala' made by Oriental Film Mfg. Co. was released.
6-August-1920
Star Films Ltd., Bombay, was founded by Ardeshir M. lrani and Bhogilal K. M. Dave.
6-August-1920
Film Censor Board at Bombay started working. The first film censored and granted a Censor Certificate No. 1 was a short film of 600 ft., produced by Gaumont Company and it was titled as 'Gaumont Graphic No. 963-964'. The Regional Film Censor Boards were also set-up in Calcutta, Madras and Rangoon.
5-Aug-1604
John Eliot, "Apostle to the Indians," Bible Translator, Baptized.
5-Aug-1905
Social reformer Dr. Raja Sir Mattia Chattier was born.
5-Aug-1905
Birth of famous Hindi poet Subhadrakumari Chauhan.
5-Aug-1907
Politician and trade unionist Kashi Nath Pandey was born in Fursatpur village.
5-Aug-1909
The great poet and educationist Dwijahansa Kalika Prasad Dixit was born in Dedani village in Uttar Pradesh.
5-Aug-1921
Modern Sindhi novelist Mali Govender is born.
4-August-1845
Firoz Shah Mehta, who published the first Hindi newspaper and one of the founders of the Indian National Congress, was born in Bombay.
4-August-1894
Famous Hindi writer Narayan Sitaram Phadke was born in Karja.
4-August-1906
Dr. Jaswant Singh Parmar, the architect and dynamic Chief Minister of modern Himachal Pradesh, was born in Chanhalag village of Sirmour.
4-August-1914
Gandhiji reached London and formed the Indian Volunteers.
4-August-1923
Nagpur University started functioning.
4-August-1928
Udham Singh, Indian field hockey player (Olympic-Gold-1952, 56, 64), was conceived.
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.
1-Aug-1672
East India Company and English law first applied in India. It was established by court order.
1-Aug-1846
Hindu philanthropist Dwarkanath Tagore died in London.
1-Aug-1879
Birth of famous writer and journalist Achyut Balwant Kolhatkar.
1-Aug-1882
The great leader and editor Purushottamdas Tandon was born in Allahabad (UP).
1-Aug-1899
Kamala Nehru was born as the wife of the great revolutionary freedom fighter and social worker Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
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