25-May-1606
Guru Arjun Dev, the spiritual leader of the Sikhs and Hindus, was killed on the orders of Emperor Jahangir.
25-May-1611
Emperor Jahangir married Mehrunnisa, widow of Sher Afghan. He received the title of Noor Jahan.
25-May-1877
Sir John Lawrence - a traveler liner of Maclean and Co., Calcutta - sank off the shoreline of Orissa in a tempest. There were 732 passengers on this ship.
24-May-1557
Sikandar Sur was forced to surrender Mankot in Punjab.
24-May-1813
Leader, essayist and journalist Krishna Mohan Bandyopadhyay was born in Bengal.
23-May-1805
The Governor General of India, Lord Wellesley, issued a permanent provision of Delhi to the Mughal Emperor.
23-May-1895
Sivaprasad Setar-e-Hind left.
1176 Assassination attempt by "assassins" on Saladin near Aleppo
1200 Treaty of Le Goulet is signed between France and England
1377 Pope Gregory XI issues five papal bulls condemning the doctrines of English theologian John Wycliffe.
1455 Early battle of England's 30 Years' War of the Roses. Richard of York captures King Henry VI and captures St Albans
1526 Pope Clement VII, France, Genoa, Venice, Florence and Milan form the Anti-French League of Cognac
1594 The siege of the Spanish-held city of Groningen begins with Dutch and English forces led by Maurice of Orange.
21-May-1835
Birth of Bengali poet Bihari Lal Chakraborty.
21-May-1855
Rani Rasmani was anointed at the Bhavatarini Kali temple in Dakshineswar.
20-May-1378
Daud Shah killed Mujahid Shah to turn into the fourth Bahmani Ruler, however was himself killed by a slave.
20-May-1399
Sadhak Kabir was born.
18-May-1772
Janoji Bhosle, a warrior of the Peshwa Empire, died.
18-May-1775
Warren Hastings expressed his fear of hanging Nandakumar.
18-May-1872
Bertrand Russell, great philosopher, mathematician, author and president of Indian League, is born.
17-May-1498
Chief of naval operations Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)- I, Portuguese guide, showed up in India. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope in Calicut, Kerala with three ships and was the first Westerner to sail from Europe to India.
17-May-1540
Sher Shah defeated Humayun a second time at Hardoi in Uttar Pradesh. Battle of Kanauj
17-May-1775
The Marathas were defeated at the Battle of Aras by Colonel Keating in the First Anglo-Maratha War.
16-May-1911
Kolkata's pumping station was established at Talla.
16-May-1926
Birth of famous singer Manik Verma.
16-May-1932
Hundreds died in clashes between Muslims and Hindus in Bombay.
14-May-1657
Dharmaveer Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj was born in Purandar Fort.
14-May-1907
Birth of Muhammad Ayub Khan, Head of Pakistan.
14-May-1914
13-May-1648
The development of the Red Stronghold in Delhi is finished.
13-May-1791
Lord Cornwallis returned to Madras after the Battle of Arikera.
13-May-1857
Sir Ronald Ross, bacteriologist, member of the Indian Medical Service, Nobel laureate and editor of 'Science Progress', was born in Almora, Uttar Pradesh.
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| Today Importance - 12th May |
12-May-1459
Sun City India established by Rao in Jodhpur.
12-May-1666
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj met Aurangzeb and was arrested.
12-May-1906
Gandhiji advocated "Home Rule" for India in the name of 'justice and good of humanity'.
11-May-1626
Ambar, the owner of the Nizamshahi empire of Ahmednagar, passed away.
11-May-1885
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| Today Importance - 10th May |
10-May-1526
After winning the first battle of Panipat, Babur entered Agra, the capital of North India.
10-May-1857
The real rebellion in India began the next day with the mutiny of the sepoys of Meerut near Delhi.
10-May-1901
Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose, Indian scientist, proved "the same sense of touch in plants and animals" today, 10 May 1901, in the hall of the Royal Society in London.
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| Today Importance - 9th May |
9-May-1338
Sadhu Chokhoba died.
9-May-1540
Birth of great revolutionary, soldier and freedom fighter Maharana Pratap.
9-May-1753
Invasion of Delhi by Maharaja Surajmal.
1312 Pope Clement V closes the Council of Vienna
1432 Hubert and Jan van Eyck's Ghent Altarpiece, a Renaissance masterpiece enshrined in Belgium's St. Bravo Cathedral, built by wealthy merchants
1527 Spanish and German imperial troops capture Rome, ending the Renaissance. Charles III, Duke of Bourbon was killed in the attack, leading to the lifting of all restrictions on the victorious troops.
1529 Battle of Gogra: Mughal emperor Babur defeats the Afghans and Bengalis.
1541 King Henry VIII orders every Church of England to have a Bible in English
1542 Francis Xavier reached Old Goa, the then capital of Portuguese India.
1598 Albert VII Archduke of Austria and Isabella, daughter of Philip II of Spain, are granted the regency of the Habsburg Netherlands (after their marriage).
1604 The first poem by the Spanish poet León VII is published: La Cocina
4-May-1783
After the death of Hyder Ali, Tipu Sultan was installed as the ruler of Mysore in a general ceremony at Bednoor. He fought the Second Mysore War against the British. He defeated many British generals like Braithwaite and Colonel Bailey. Tipu Sultan signed the Treaty of Mangalore on 11 March 1784, which came to be known as the Treaty of Mangalore.
1374 - BC Solar eclipse (2m 07s) seen at Ugarit by Mesopotamian astronomers "On the day of the new moon, in the month of Hiyar, the Sun was put to shame, and went down in the daytime, with Mars in attendance."
738 - Maya ruler 18 Rabbit of Copán is captured and beheaded by ruler Cauac Sky from the rival city of Quiriguá
1294 - John II becomes Duke of Brabant and Limburg
1001 - First invasion of India by Mahmud Ghazvanid, defeated Jaipur, ruler of Punjab.
1025 - Destruction of Somewhat temple by Mahmud Ghazvanid
1191 - First Battle of Ta rain
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1-May-1867
The great freedom fighter, journalist, nationalist, politician, pioneer of library movement and writer Shri Headhunting Nagware Rao Petulant was born in Belarus village of Godiva taluk of Krishna district.
1-May-1879
Swami Vivekananda established the Ramakrishna Mission.
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