28-February-1568
The Chittorgarh fort was captured by the Mughal emperor Akbar who was besieged from outside on 20 October 1567. This was achieved in collaboration with Vijay Jaimal and Patta.
28-February-1580
First visit of a Goan Jesuit priest to Emperor Akbar's court at Fatehpur Sikri.
28-February-1712
Bahadur Shah I passed on in Lahore at 72 years old in the conflict of progression.
27-Feb-1803
A terrible fire in Bombay.
27-Feb-1854
Lord Dalhousie occupied Jhansi under the East India Company.
27-Feb-1803
A terrible fire in Bombay.
27-Feb-1854
Lord Dalhousie took control of Jhansi under the East India Company.
27-Feb-1912
Vishnu Baman Shirwadkar 'Kusumagraja', great Marathi poet, dramatist, novelist and Bharatiya Jnanpith
awardee, is born.
25-Feb-1510
Portuguese Catholics conquered Goa under then Governor Albuquerque, which marked the beginning of the European conquest and exploitation of India to serve as the capital of their Asiatic maritime empire.
25-Feb-1586
Raja Birbal, a renowned intellectual and one of the 'navaratnas' of Emperor Akbar's court, was killed in a battle with the Yusuf Jard dynasty.
23-February-1768
The Nizam accepted British suzerainty and Colonel Smith signed a peace treaty with the Nizam.
23-February-1792
The Third Mysore War ended with Tipu Sultan signing a peace treaty arranged by Lord Cornwallis and the surrender of his two sons, Abdul Khaliq and Maiz-ud-Din. This is known as the Treaty of Srirangapatam.
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21-February-1672
A French squadron under de la Haye encountered a Dutch fleet off Cape Comorin, hostile to the French.
21-February-1829
Kittur's revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer Rani Channamma passed away.
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20-February-1846
Dalip Singh was recognized as the ruler. The British captured Lahore.
20-February-1847
The Royal Calcutta Turf Club was established.
20-February-1863
Pandit AR Rajavarma, noted Malayalam poet, grammarian and Sanskrit expert, was born.
19-Feb-1389
Sultan Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq Shah, Emperor of Delhi passed away.
19-Feb-1588
Pieter de Carpentier, Flemish Governor-General of the Dutch East-Indies, is born.
19-Feb-1670
Birth of the great Maratha Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
19-Feb-1812
Congregational missionary, 23-year-old Adoniram Judson and his 22-year-old wife Anne first left New England for Calcutta. (Judson eventually concentrated his work on Burma).
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18-Feb-1266
Nasiruddin Muhammad Shah passed away first. His son-in-law Ghiyasuddin Balban succeeded Nasiruddin Mahmud in Delhi.
18-Feb-1486
Vaishnava saint Mahaprabhu Sri Chaitanya Devji alias Gauranga, Vishwambhar Mishra of Bengal was born in Nabadwip, Bengal.
18-Feb-1665
The Portuguese handed over the island of Mumbai to England.
18-Feb-1823
Gopal Hari Deshmukh, philanthropist, is born.
18-Feb-1836
Swami Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (1836-86), was born early in the morning in the village of Kamarpukur in the Hooghly district of West Bengal. His original name was Gadadhar Chattopadhyay. He was the teacher of Swami Vivekananda, a Bengali Shakta saint who was intoxicated with God. He exemplified the devotional dimension of 'strong universalism'.
15-Feb-1865
Birth of Hindi novelist Kishorelal Goswami.
15-Feb-1869
Renowned Urdu poet and writer Mirza "Ghalib" Asad Ullah Baig Khan passed away.
15-Feb-1901
Renowned Kannada poet and writer Muddan passed away.
15-Feb-1920
Trade unionist Kanti Mehta was born in Kolkata.
15-Feb-1924
Maharashtrian great leader Shankarao Bajirao Patil was born.
15-Feb-1924
Mahinder Singh, social activist, born in Amritsar.
15-Feb-1936
Freedom fighter Naveen Chandra Bardaloi passed away. He was known for his patriotism and enthusiasm for creative work and was a powerful and passionate orator and debater and a prominent writer in Assamese literature. He was also a musician and composed many patriotic poems and songs.
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14-February-1483
Zahir al-Din Muhammad Babur Shah (1526–30), prince and founder of the Mughal dynasty in India, is born.
14-February-1556
The Mughal emperor Akbar was proclaimed Humayun's successor at Kalanur in the Gurdaspur district of Punjab at the age of twelve. Babur's grandson Akbar (1542–1605), became the third Mughal emperor at the age of 13. He established Islam as the state religion and declared himself a neutral ruler of Hindus and Muslims. He additionally supported craftsmanship, culture and strict resilience.
12-Feb-1742
One of the most important members of the Peshwa Empire, another Maratha master-diplomat Nana Phadnavis was born.
12-Feb-1794
Alizabahdar Mahadji Shinde passed away.
12-Feb-1824
Maharshi Dayananda Saraswati, founder of Arya Samaj, philosopher, social reformer, religious leader was born at Tankara in Jivapar, Kathiawar near Morbi.
12-Feb-1871
Charles Freer Andrews, a great social worker, humanitarian, leader and true friend of India, was born in Newcastle-on-Tyne, United Kingdom.
12-Feb-1882
Birth of famous Bengali poet Satyendranath Dutta.
12-Feb-1890
Birth of Shastri AR Krishna.
12-Feb-1922
Mahatma Gandhi reported the withdrawal of non-collaboration development.
12-Feb-1928
Bardoli Satyagraha (Gujarat) led by Vallabhbhai Patel against Bombay government's decision to raise cotton revenue by 22 per cent, when international prices had fallen. Finally the government canceled the rent.
11-February-1527
Babur declared war against Rana Sangram Singh.
11-February-1818
The British captured the 'Ajinktara' fort of the Marathas.
11-February-1847
Thomas Alva Edison, the great scientist and inventor of the electric light bulb, was born in Milan, Ohio.
11-February-1861
Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay was born in Khanian village of Bengal.
11-February-1906
The Daily Tribune started publication from Lahore.
11-February-1913
Educationist, politician and writer Surendranath Dwivedi was born in Khandsahi (Orissa).
11-February-1933
The outcome of the conference was the elimination of conflicts in the provinces, the establishment of a federal system at the centre, the separation of Sindh from Bombay, the introduction of communal awards by British Prime Minister Sir Ramsay MacDonald, and the publication of the White Paper. On Indian Reforms. 1933.
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