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.
21-January-1820
Birth of modern Gujarati poet Dalpat Rai.
21-January-1882
Birth of Marathi novelist Baman Malhar Joshi.
21-January-1908
Gandhi agreed to settle based on voluntary registration if the Registration Act was repealed.
Famous social worker Savitribai Phule was born in Naigaon, Satara district of Maharashtra.
3-January-1836
Munshi Nayal Kishore was born the son of a zamindar of Aligarh and Yamuna Prasad Bhargava, a great scholar, educationist, nationalist, social worker and a leading industrialist. He was the founder of Nabalkishore Press, Lucknow (1858), which published 2612 books spanning Hindi literature. He was the publisher of Asia's Awadhi magazine.
1-Jan-1399
Aamir Taimur has left Delhi. He assumed the title 'Emperor of India' and crossed the Indus again on 11 March.
1-Jan-1664
Shivaji assumed royal titles.
1-Jan-1664
Shivaji marched towards Surat.
31-Jan-1561
Akbar's Wazir-e-Azzam 'Bairam Khan' killed the Afghan assassin Mubarak Khan Lohani (whose father Bairam Khan had been killed) at Paten in Gujarat in the Battle of Machhiwara.
31-Jan-1896
Bhartiya Jnanpith awardee and Kannada poet Dattatray Ramachandra was born in Bander.
31-Jan-1903
SMTP Sharda Bhimrao Dewan, the Educationist, is born.
26-January-1876
The railway route started between Mumbai and Calcutta.
26-January-1882
The telephone line started working between Mumbai and Calcutta.
26-January-1893
Srijiva Nyayatirtha Bhattacharya, a famous writer and educationist, was born in Bhatpara, West Bengal.
18-January-1842
Mahadev Govinda was born at Ranade. He was the first chief architect of the Bombay Society.
18-January-1906
Criminal lawyer and sportsperson Nirupam Chandra Ganguly was born in Bhagalpur.
18-January-1913
Gandhi mentioned in "Indian Opinion" that he was likely to return to India in the middle of the year.
17-Jan-1601
After eight months of siege, Akbar entered Asirgarh, one of the strongest forts in India.
17-Jan-1771
Rao Gobind Patwardhan Mirajkar died before the Peshwa.
17-Jan-1833
William Rush, Indian sculptor (Spirit of the Schuylkill) died.
16-Jan-1620
King Amarsingha I of the Guhilot dynasty of the Rajput dynasty of Mewar died.
16-Jan-1681
Sambhaji was crowned as the successor of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in a ceremony held at Raigarh Fort.
16-Jan-1818
The Rana of Udaipur made an agreement with the British to protect Mewar.
13-Jan-1709
Bahadur Shah first defeated his brother Kam Baksh at Hyderabad as the Mughal emperor consolidated his position.
13-Jan-1709
The Marathas defeated the British in the Battle of Bhadgaon.
13-January-1849
The Sikhs were again defeated at Chillianwala in India but the British suffered heavy losses.
12-Jan-1399
Birth of Krittivas, author of Ramayana in Bengali language.
12-Jan-1708
Shahu was crowned as the Maratha ruler. Sambhaji's son Shahu
entered Satara and released Aurangzeb's son Azam the previous year.
12-Jan-1757
Portuguese captain Eyre Kut was captured at Bandel.
11-Jan-1613
Emperor Jahangir issued a proclamation allowing the East
India Company to set up a factory in Surat. Also, the main English plant was
laid out under Thomas Aldworth.
11-Jan-1858
Birth of famous Hindi poet Sridhar Pathak.
11-Jan-1859
Governor General and Viceroy Lord Curzon is born.
10-Jan-1616
Sir Thomas Roe, the first British ambassador, presented his
credentials to Emperor Jahangir at Ajmer.
10-Jan-1693
Job Charnock, the founder of Calcutta, died and was buried
in the same city.
10-January-1818
The last battle between the Marathas and the Company was fought at Rampura.
6-January-1664
Chhatrapati Shivaji attacked Surat.
6-January-1818
The Holkar dominions in India were merged with the Rajput kingdoms and came under British protection.
6-January-1832
Publication of the 'Darpan' newspaper started.
6-January-1842
4,500 British and Indian soldiers left Kabul.
3-January-1831
Famous social worker Savitribai Phule was born in Naigaon, Satara district of Maharashtra.
3-January-1836
Munshi Naval Kishore was born as the son of Zamindar Yamuna Prasad Bhargava of Aligarh and a great scholar, educationist, nationalist, social worker and a leading industrialist. He was the founder of Nabalkishore Press, Lucknow (1858), which published 2612 books detailing Hindi literature. He was the publisher of Awadhi magazine of Asia.
2-January-1754
Robert Clive again invaded and captured Calcutta from Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah.
2-January-1757
After the Battle of Palashi, Clive defeated Siraj-ud-daulah, the British Nawab of Bengal, Mir Jafar and captured Calcutta, while the Nawab of Bengal used the "Black Hole" to trap the British. captive
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