Today Importance - 30th April
30-Apr-1030
Sultan Mahmud of Ghazvanid died in his capital.
30-Apr-1843
Marathi novelist and editor Ramchandra Vikaji Gunjikar was born.
30-Apr-1030
Sultan Mahmud of Ghazvanid died in his capital.
30-Apr-1843
Marathi novelist and editor Ramchandra Vikaji Gunjikar was born.
29-Apr-1639
Shah Jahan started the construction of the Red Fort in Delhi by laying the foundation stone. This fort was completed on 13 May 1646.
29-Apr-1848
The famous classicist, eminent painter and great Indian artist Raja Ravi Varma was born in Kilimanoor, Kerala.
28-Apr-1701
John Norris of England met Aurangzeb at Parnell in South India.
28-Apr-1740
27-April-1526
Babur Shah was declared the emperor of Delhi.
27-April-1606
Jahangir arrested Khusro.
27-April-1705
Aurangzeb captured the Bhagin fort.
27-April-1748
26-Apr-1479
Birth of Vallabhacharya, the founder of Pusthimarga sect.
26-Apr-1762
Shyam Shastri, a musician and one of the great artists of India, was born in Tiruvarur.
25-Apr-1906
Dara Nusrawanji Marshall, librarian and academic, is born.
25-Apr-1915
The German Central leadership conceded that chlorine gas bombs and shells were utilized in an assault on the French front at Ypres three days sooner. The effect of the gas attack was to open up a four-mile gap in the Allied line. Canadian troops occupied a flank against the German attack and British and Indian troops filled the breach. Fortunately for the Allies, there were no reserves to push the Germans into the breach. This first use of the new weapon did not provide any strategic advantage. However, the Germans promised that "more effective substances can be expected." Meanwhile, he was condemned for using this novel weapon.
23-Apr-1504
Sikh Guru Guru Angad was born.
23-Apr-1751
Gilbert Elliot Minto, Governor General of the East India Company, was born.
23-Apr-1774
The British commander Colonel Chapman defeated the Rohilla army and occupied Rohilkhand.
22-April-1812
Dalhousie, Governor General of India, was born.
22-April-1840
British research scientist and archaeologist James Prince has passed away.
22-April-1870
19-April-1451
Bulrush Khan Lodi, an Afghan of the Lodi clan, marched towards Delhi.
19-April-1910
Revolutionary Anant Laxman Kanhere was hanged.
19-April-1950
Syama Prasad Mukherjee resigned. He was the first minister in the Union Cabinet.
18-Apr-1336
Founding of the famous Vijayanagara Hindu Empire (1336-1565-1646) in the Deccan region of South India. European visitors marveled at the wealth and progress of its 17-square-mile capital.
18-Apr-1612
Marriage of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal.
18-Apr-1612
Sovereign Khurram was hitched to Arjumand Banu Begum.
17-April-1479
Acharya Surdasji, well known artist in Hindi and extraordinary fan of Ruler Krishna, was conceived.
17-April-1675
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj attacked the Fonda fort and won Karwar.
17-April-1799
Srirangapatnam was surrounded by British Army in the fourth and last Mysore war which began in 1798. Tipu Sultan' was killed in the battle on 4th May. The East India Company announced the Seringapatanam Medal (1799).
15-April-1658
Raja Jaswant Singh was defeated in religion. He was sent by Shah Jahan and Dara Shikoh to oppose Aurangzeb's advance towards Agra.
15-April-1794
Moropant Paradkar, the great poet of Marathi language, died in the Peshwa Empire.
15-April-1874
Trimbak Sitaram Karkhanis, organizer behind 'Maharashtra Natak Mandali', was conceived.
9-Feb-1757
In an agreement between Lord Clive and Siraj-ud-dourah, Clive was authorized to set up a safe guard (fort) in Calcutta and to open a mint. The Nawab paid compensation to the British army.
9-Feb-1874
Birth of Marathi poet Govinda Trimbak Darekar.
9-Feb-1898
The Rover of Persia', a short film made in Kolkata released on 9 February at the Star Theatre, Kolkata.
6-Feb-1827
Music composer and one of India's greatest artists Shyam Shastri passed away at the age of 65.
6-Feb-1887
Manvendra Nath Roy (his childhood name Narendranath Bhattacharya), left-wing thinker, great Indian politician and philosopher, was born in the village of Arbelia in the Twenty-four Parganas of West Bengal. After leaving the Congress during World War II, he founded the 'Radical Democratic Party'.
5-February-1630
Sikh Guru Har Rai was born.
5-February-1919
Veteran Congress leader Sitaram Kesari is born.
5-February-1922
Gandhiji, after the Chauri Chaura (U.P.) tragedy, in which 22 police constables and a sub-inspector were burnt to death by a mob, went on a five-day fast and abandoned the plan for a Satyagraha movement.
5-February-1922
Amar Nath Sehgal, sculptor, born in Campbellpore (West Pakistan). His important works are "Voice of Africa (Ghana-1958), A Cricketer (1961) and Mahatma Gandhi, Amritsar, Two Spaces Unknown (Bronze, Moscow-1963)".
5-February-1924
Gandhi was discharged after undergoing an operation for appendicitis at Pune's Sassoon Hospital.
5-February-1931
The Krishna Film Company, Bombay produced the 7,659 ft long 'Krishtoon Talkie Program No. 1', which was released before the release of India's first talkie film 'Alam Ara'. Krishnatone program by C.C. was censored. 5 February 9906 and the program consists of the following: (1) Arabic Song (2) Indian Orchestra No. 1 (3) Indian Orchestra No. 2 (4) Indian Orchestra No. 3 (5) Jal Tarang Solo (6) ) Hindi Tune No. 1 (7) Hindi Song No. 2 (8) Hindi Song No. 3 (9) Bengali Song (10) Garba No. 1 (11) Garba No. 2 (12) Gujarati Comic Tune (13) Hindi Ensemble Melody No. 1 (14) Hindi Chorus Song No. 2 (15) Dilruba Solo (16) Violin Solo (17) Govani Song.
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5-February-1936
Baba Maharaj Satarkar (Neelkanth Dnyaneshwar Gore - Satarkar) was born.
5-February-1949
Gandhi assassination verdict; Godse and Apte will be hanged.
5-February-1968
Veteran Hindi writer Narottam Nagar passed away.
5-February-1970
Kauai Adhinam, the site of the Hindu monastery, Kadavul Hindu Temple, the headquarters of the Shaiva Siddhanta Church, the San Marga Sanctuary and the editorial offices of Hinduism Today are located in Hawaii's Garden Island today.
5-February-1981
Kuda Baksh, the great Indian mystic (I would like to see), dies at the age of 75.
5-February-1986
Noted Marathi and Konkani writer Laxmanrao Sardesai passed away.
5-February-1991
The last of the 1.2 lakh Indians in Kuwait managed to return to India.
5-February-1992
Ajit Singh elected 'true JD' president
5-February-1992
DD Lapang took charge as the new Chief Minister of Meghalaya.
5-February-1992
Dilip Vengsarkar's last day of Test cricket.
5-February-1993
The Supreme Court ordered the Center to compel the appearance of Manipur Speaker Dr Borobabu Singh in a contempt case on March 23.
5-February-2000
A.B. Vajpayee, the Prime Minister, supported the Gujarat government's order to lift the ban on government employees from participating in RSS activities.
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4-Feb-1318
Banka Mahar, 'Bhagavat Bhakta', took Samadhi and breathed his last.
4-Feb-1628
Shah Jahan was enthroned at Agra and proclaimed emperor.
4-Feb-1757
When Lord Clive was on his way to Calcutta he failed after sending two envoys to negotiate a treaty with Siraj-ud-daulah.
4-Feb-1909
Narayan Dattatreya Sane, two-Test cricket umpire 1959–60, left-arm opening batsman and fast bowler, was born in Vidarbha.
4-Feb-1910
New Press Censorship Bill Announced; State the repressive measures required by the government to stop unrest.
4-Feb-1924
Mahatma Gandhi was unconditionally released from Bombay Jail.
4-Feb-1924
Kocharil Raman Narayan, ninth Vice President of India and currently President of India, is born.
4-Feb-1934
Madhusudan Das left "Utkal Gaurav". He was described as a great Indian patriot, giving form and reality to various nation-building schemes. He wrote many essays and poems in both Oriya, English and Bengali languages to inspire enthusiasm and patriotism among the people. He was first the private vice-president and later the president of Cuttack District Board.
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4-Feb-1938
Birth of famous Kathak dancer "Guru" Birju Maharaj.
4-Feb-1944
The Japanese went after the Indian Seventh Armed force in Burma.
4-Feb-1946
Dr. Satnarayan Nathulal was brought into the world in Jatiya Jawad, Distt. Mandsaur (Madhya Pradesh).
4-Feb-1948
Ban on Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). The Finance Minister announced the nationalization of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) after September 30, 1948.
4-Feb-1948
Rakeshchandra Satchidananda Shukla, cricket leg-spinner (1st Test India v Sri Lanka 1982), was born in Kanpur.
4-Feb-1953
India-Pak talks on Kashmir started under the leadership of Dr. Graham in Geneva.
4-Feb-1973
The 88,000 DWT supertanker "Jawaharlal Nehru", the then-largest commercial vessel in India's merchant fleet, commenced her service in the nation.
4-Feb-1974
Eminent Mathematician, Professor and Physicist Satyendra Nath Bose passed away in Kolkata. He made major contributions to static mechanics, electromagnetic properties of the ionosphere, principles of X-ray crystallography and thermoluminescence, and unified field theory. Bose laid out "Planck's Regulation and the Speculation of Light Quantum" in 1924.
4-Feb-1976
The term of the Lok Sabha was reached out by one year.
4-Feb-1990
Ernakulam was announced as India's most memorable completely educated locale.
4-Feb-1991
A 24-year-old man's failed attempt to hijack a Kolkata-Agartala flight.
4-Feb-1992
Establishment of National Reform Fund for Industry.
4-Feb-1993
Eminent scientist and educationist DC Kothari passed away.
4-Feb-1994
India was chosen for the leader sheets of UNDP, UN Populace Asset and UNICEF.
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3-February-1760
A large Maratha army under Sadashiv Bhau defeated the Nizam at the Battle of Udgir.
3-February-1873
Prabhatkumar Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali short story writer and novelist, is born.
3-February-1900
Freedom fighter and leader Birsa Munda was finally arrested in the Chakradharpur forest.
3-February-1900
Thiruvenkat Rajendra Seshadri, one of the founders of organic chemistry in India, was born in Kulithalai, Tamil Nadu.
3-February-1905
The great industrialist Sir Padmapat Singhania was born in Kanpur.
3-February-1912
Birth of Vardhanananda Chatterjee, chemist.
3-February-1916
Banaras Hindu University was opened under the direction of Madan Mohan Malaviya.
3-February-1921
The Evans Report on Indian Cinema 1921' was presented to the government. On 3 February.
3-February-1925
The first electric train started from Bombay V. T. (now known as C.S.T.) to Kurla. This train was in Central Railway, Bombay.
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3-February-1928
The Simon Commission under Lord Irwin came to India and serious riots broke out on its arrival.
3-February-1928
Chandrashekhar Baman Gadkari, cricketer (Indian batsman in 6 Tests 1953–55), born in Pune.
3-February-1929
"Times of India Illustrated Weekly" was renamed as "The Illustrated Weekly of India".
3-February-1954
More than 350 Hindus were killed in a stampede at a religious ceremony in New Delhi.
3-February-1954
More than 500 pilgrims died in a river accident at the "Kumbh Mela" in Allahabad.
3-February-1969
Thiru Konjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai "Anna", a great patriot, writer, editor, orator, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and pioneer of the Dravidian movement, passed away. He was a key figure in the formation of the Anna DMK party.
3-February-1977
The government relaxed emergency rules to allow normal political activity and election campaigning.
3-February-1983
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of 'Pragjyotishpur', the new capital of Assam.
3-February-1984
Abducted Indian diplomat Ravindra Mathare was murdered in England.
3-February-1986
Pope John Paul II met Mother Teresa in Calcutta.
3-February-1988
INS Chakra was inducted into the Indian Navy when the first Soviet SSN Victor 1 class nuclear powered submarines joined India's naval nuclear force.
3-February-1992
Kapil Dev became the second highest wicket-taker in Test cricket when he took Mark Taylor's 400th wicket in the Perth Test (Richard Hadlee of New Zealand was the first with 431 wickets).
3-February-1994
Akash missile was successfully launched.
3-February-1995
The notified Human Organ Transplantation Act has come into force 7 months after the assent of the President.
3-February-1997
The Calcutta Book Fair was reduced to ashes in a fierce fire.
3-February-1998
BJP released election manifesto promising to make India a nuclear country; Build Ram Mandir in Ayodhya and work for Uniform Civil Code.
3-February-2000
Reserve Bank of India Governor Dr. Bimal Jalan unveiled a seven-point agenda for banking sector reforms.
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See below about 21st December in Indian history or special day of 21st December in India. Searching for data about the flavour of the day in India? If not, see below. Today on this special day of 21st December in Indian history, the birthdays and death anniversaries of various famous people of India come. You will also learn about the events that make this day special in India. Pictures of 21st December in Indian History
23-Jan-1565
Krishna's battle was fought between two villages, Rakshasa and Tanged.
23-Jan-1664
Shahidi Raje died in an accident.
23-Jan-1809
Freedom fighter and revolutionary hero Surendra Sai was born in Khandwa village north of Sambalpur in Odisha.
22-Jan-1666
Shah Jahan (Zihab al-Din Sultan c Shah de Jahan), the great Mughal emperor, died in captivity at Agra Fort and was laid to rest alongside Mumtaz at the Taj Mahal. The Jahans arranged to keep Shah Jahan.
22-Jan-1683
Shri Samarth Ramdas passed away.
22-Jan-1760
After their victory over the French at the Battle of Wandiwash (India), the British had virtually no European rivals left in India.
10-Jun-1246
King Alauddin Masud Shah of Delhi was removed.
10-Jun-1832
Edwin Arnold, English essayist (Light of India), is conceived.
10-Jun-1833
Azad Muhammad Jussain, Urdu poet and educationist, is born.
10-Jun-1888
Birth of revolutionary Balraj Bhalla.
10-Jun-1890
Sunday was introduced as a weekend holiday.
3-May-1718
The great freedom fighter, social reformer and leader Baba Jasa Singh Ahluwalia was born in Ahlu village of Lahore.
3-May-1764
Mir Qasim attacked Patna with the help of the Emperor of Delhi but this weak Emperor was defeated by the British. The British became the rulers of Bengal, India's richest province.
3-May-1765
After returning to Calcutta, Clive became the Governor of Bengal for the second time from England.
3-May-1896
Vengil Krishnan Krishna Menon, extraordinary patriot, legal counselor, political dissident, lawyer and individual from Rajya Sabha, was brought into the world in Panniyankara, Calicut, Kerala.
3-May-1913
Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, commonly known as Dadasaheb Phalke, was responsible for producing India's first completely indigenous silent four-reel feature film 'Raja Harishchandra', which marked the birth of the Indian film industry. The film had Hindi and English titles and was delivered on May 3, 1913 at the Royal celebration Cinematograph in Bombay.
3-May-1927
In Lahore, riots between Sikhs and Muslims left 14 dead and 100 injured.
3-May-1936
Engelbert Humperdinck [Arnold George Dorsey], popular artist, was brought into the world in Madras, India.
3-May-1945
Squadrons equipped with Hurricanes played a major role in the Arakan Offensive beginning in December 1944, disrupting enemy lines of communication and continually harassing Japanese forces until victory was achieved by the recapture of Rangoon.
3-May-1947
Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) was founded.
3-May-1959
Sadhvi Uma Gulab Singh Bharti was born in Dunda district. Tikamgarh (Madhya Pradesh).
3-May-1962
Hundreds of Muslims were killed in clashes with Hindus in West Bengal.
3-May 1969
Sri Varahgiri Venkatagiri (1884-1980) turned into the Acting Leader of India.
3-May 1969
Dr. Zakir Hussain (1897-1969), the third President of India and the first Muslim to hold the office, died on May 13, 1967. He is likewise recognized as a teacher.
3-May-1971
Eminent economist Dhananjaya Ramchandra Gadgil passed away.
3-May-1977
Hamid Dalwai, the father of Maharashtra's Muslim Satyashodak Mandal, has passed away.
3-May-1994
Election Commission M. Perceives the Karunanidhi-drove DMK as the legitimate inquirer of the rising sun image and the banner saved for it
3-May-1997
Vijay Pradhan, Additional Senior Advocate of the Sri Krishna Commission investigating the 1992-93 riots in Mumbai, has resigned. He is not being allowed to cross-examine Chief Minister Manohar Joshi.
3-May-1998
Kushavau Thackeray has taken over as the new president of BJP.
3-May-1999
Cochin Port Trust Men and Southern Rail line Ladies won the 21st Organization Cup Volleyball titles in Pathanamthitta.
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17-March-1527
King Rana Sangram Singh of Dewar fought Babur near Kanwa in Agra and lost the battle and later died. He vowed not to enter Chittagong without victory.
17-March-1769
To establish the textile business of the English mills, the East India Company imposed various restrictions on the weavers of Bengal to destroy the Muslim and textile industries of Bengal, which were aimed at destroying the Indian textile and 'goods' industry.
24-February-1483
Sheikh Mirza, head of the Fargana state, was born in Turkmenistan.
24-February-1674
Prataprao Gurjar, a great Maratha warrior, died during the reign of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
24-February-1786
Charles Cornwallis was selected the Lead representative General of India.
24-February-1867
Kedarnath Das, gut physiologist, is born.
24-February-1880
The great Kannada poet Satyanarayana was born.
24-February-1899
Film distributor Mahesh Chandra Burjarjee was born in Billimoria.
24-February-1922
Kanwar Rai Singh, cricketer (batted in 1948 MCG Test for India), born in Darkati, Punjab.
24-February-1924
Mahatma Gandhi was released from jail.
24-February-1936
Famous Marathi poetess Lakshmibai Tilak passed away.
24-February-1946
Shrimati Kashibai and Shrimati Babai Laxman, freedom fighters, were killed in police firing.
24-February-1948
The state of Junagadh, whose accession was opposed by Pakistan in the United Nations Security Council, voted in favor of India in a popular referendum held on 20 February.
24-February-1950
G.J.M.Gazdar, computational linguist, is born.
24-February-1957
The Indian General Election (2nd) has begun.
24-February-1961
The name of the Madras State Government was changed to Tamil Nadu.
24-February-1986
Rukmini Devi passed away.
24-February-1988
Prithvi, India's first indigenously designed 250 km surface-to-surface tactical missile, was successfully test fired from Sriharikota. India is the fifth country to develop such a missile.
24-February-1994
Sharp increase in freight rates in the Railway Budget for 1994-95; The Pre-Budget Economic Survey puts the GDP growth rate at 3.8% for 1993-94.
24-February-1995
Twenty-five jawans were killed in a blast on the Brahmaputra train near Neellong station, about 200 km from Guwahati.
24-February-1995
A full bench comprising Chief Justice M.M. The Kerala High Court in Parida Pillai, TV Ramakrishna and P. Shanmugam struck down the words "adultery with adultery", "adultery with cruelty" and "abandonment with adultery" in Section 10 of the Indian (Christian) Divorce Act.
24-February-1995
Rishang Keishing (Congress-I) took oath as the 15th Chief Minister of Manipur.
24-February-1996
Naresh Chandra was designated India's diplomat to the US.
24-February-1996
South Korean President Kim Yong Sam is on a visit to India.
24-February-1997
Notorious murder suspect Charles Chavez will be extradited to France after spending 20 years in Tihar Jail.
24-February-2000
Subrahmanyam committee report tabled in Lok Sabha The panel concluded that Pakistan's intrusion in Kargil caught Indian security agencies by surprise.
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22-February-1845
The towns of Srirampur and Balasore in Hooghly district were purchased by the East India Company from the Dutch.
22-February-1854
Kawasji Nanabhai Davar started the first textile mill called 'Bombay Spinning Mills'.
22-February-1858
Ganno, a resident of Samosa Gali, Delhi, was hanged on the charges of revolutionary activities.
22-February-1873
Sir Muhammad Iqbal, composer of the song 'Saare Jahan Se Achhi', was born.
22-February-1885
Birth of great nationalist leader Jatindra Mohan Sen Gupta.
22-February-1905
Industrialist and philanthropist Purushottam Singh Bajaj was born in Shikarpur (Sindh).
22-February-1913
Justice Mirza Hamidullah Baig, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India, was born in Lucknow.
22-February-1944
Kasturba Gandhi died in British custody at the Aga Khan Palace in Pune.
22-February-1946
Curfew has been imposed till 9 pm. Rioting and looting by the British in Bombay continued for the second day as well.
22-February-1947
Nehru welcomes British offer of independence, invites Muslims to join him in New Delhi.
22-February-1948
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa was born.
22-February-1958
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad died in New Delhi, India. He was a great leader, great orator, revolutionary and national freedom fighter. Some of his works which are the masterpiece of Urdu language are "Ghubri-Khatir" and Tadkirah. He was the first Education Minister in the Government of India.
22-February-1977
Emergency and 'MISA' Act repealed.
22-February-1978
Justice Yashwant Vishnu Chandrachud became the Chief Justice of India. He held this position till 11/07/1985.
22-February-1982
The South-South Conference began in New Delhi.
22-February-1990
Day 1 of India vs New Zealand cricket in Auckland. New Zealand 5-78, 9-387 at stumps at lunch.
22-February-1993
Maharashtra Chief Minister Sudhakrao Naik resigned due to party disputes.
22-February-1993
Vinod Kambli scored 224 runs in 411 balls with the help of 23 fours against England in Bombay.
22-February-1994
Amritsar has put Punjab back on the international aviation map after 10 years by starting flights to 8 countries from Rajsansi airport.
22-February-1996
Delhi Chief Minister Madan Lal Khurana resigns (Hawala scandal).
22-February-1996
Indian police have charged 14 more politicians in a corruption scandal that has already led to the resignation of Prime Minister Narasimha Rao's government.
22-February-1997
India, Turkmenistan and Iran have signed a transit agreement.
22-February-1997
India beat Poland in the last hockey 'Test' to win the series 2-0.
22-February-1997
Jockey Mark Gallagher injured after being shot in Bengaluru.
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7-Apr-1506
Holy person Francis Xavier, Jesuit cleric, Spanish evangelist showing in India and Japan, was brought into the world in the Spanish realm of Navarre.
7-Apr-1541
The Spanish founder of the Jesuits, Father Francis Xavier, 35, and three friends left for Goa from Lisbon, Portugal. He was the first Roman Catholic missionary to visit India.
6-April-1606
Prince Khusrau and his father Jahangir rebelled and fled from Agra.
6-April-1664
Abraham Shipman died without capturing the Bombay Islands from the Portuguese.
6-April-1664
Sikh Guru Harkishan Singh passed away.
4-Apr-1786
Burke brought 11 charges of corruption against Indian Governor General Warren Hastings in the British Parliament.
4-Apr-1858
Rani Lakshmibai fled to Gwalior via Kalpi after inflicting heavy blows on the British troops.
4-Apr-1889
Makhanlal Chaturvedi, the renowned Hindi artist, author, Hindi literati and All India President, was brought into the world in Babai town in Madhya Pradesh.
3-April-1670
Tanaji, the right hand of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died during the battle of Sinhalese fort in Malraux.
3-April-1680
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the incomparable Maratha head, loyalist, warrior, political dissident, progressive and extraordinary child of India died at Raigad Post. His son Sambhaji ascended the throne.
3-April-1700
Sikandar, the former Sultan of Bijapur, died in Satara in Mughal captivity.
2-April-1679
Aurangzeb re-imposed Jizya tax on Hindus to finance the spread of Islam. Akbar abolished this Jizya tax.
2-April-1702
The first Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath Bhat died.
2-April-1870
Poona public meeting was held. During its inception 95 members from different parts of Maharashtra gathered in Pune.
1-Apr-1839
The Calcutta Clinical School Emergency clinic with just 20 beds was opened for male patients.
1-Apr-1855
Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar's first Bengali primer 'Barnaprachar' was published.
1-Apr-1869
Income tax is levied. The new Indian Divorce Act came into force on the same day.
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