Today Importance - 24th June

Today Importance - 24th June

24-June-1763

For the second time the East India Company under the leadership of Major Adams captured Murshidabad and Mir Zafar was declared the king.

24-June-1869

Hari Chapekar Damodar was practically born. He was the primary fear monger of India.

24-June-1885

Freedom fighter and leader of Akali Dal Master Tara Singh was born in Hariyal village of Rawalpindi district.

24-June-1897

Padma Shri Pandit Omkarnath Tagore, the famous music director of the Gwalior Gharana, was born in Gujarat.

Today Importance - 17th June

Today Importance - 17th June 

17-Jun-1674

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's mother Jijabai passed away.

17-Jun-1756

Nawab Sira-ud-Daula attacked Calcutta with 50,000 troops and captured it on 21 June.

17-Jun-1824

Bureau of Indian Affairs established.

17-Jun-1839

Birth of Master William Bentinck, Lead representative General of India.

Today Importance - 20th September

Today Importance - 20th September

20-September-1388

Firoz Shah Tughlaq, the third emperor of Delhi, died at the age of 83.

20-September-1398

Amir Taimur of Tamerlane invaded India with 92 horses and 90,000 horsemen and reached the banks of the Indus near the city of Attari (now in Pakistan). He then attacked Delhi because its Muslim sultanate was very tolerant of Hindu idolatry. A Mongolian follower of Sufism, he was the most cruel of all the conquerors. On 24 September 1398, Timur crossed the Indus River at Ait (now in Pakistan).

Today Importance - 29th August

Today Importance - 29th August

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.

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Today Importance - 20th May

Today Importance - 20th May

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.

Today Importance -13th May

Today Importance -13th May

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.

Today Importance - 29th April

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.

Today Importance - 22th Importance

Today Importance - 22th Importance

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

Revolutionary freedom fighter and politician Vladimir IIevich Lenin was born in Novosibirsk, Volga.

Today Importance - 10th June

Today Importance - 10th June

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.

Today Importance - 6th April

Today Importance - 6th April

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.

Today Importance - 30th March

Today Importance - 30th March

30-March-1665

Murasaki died at Purana Fort during the battle with Dilettante.

30-March-1699

Guru Gobind Singh is the tenth Guru of the 'Khalsa Panth' established by the Sikhs.

30-March-1908

Birth of famous film actress Devika Rani.

30-March-1913

India's first Admiral BS Soman was born.

Today Importance - 23th March

Today Importance - 23th March

23-March-1351

Firuz Shah Tughluq(1351-88), nephew of Muhammad Tughluq, succeded as emperor of Delhi.

23-March-1596

Chandbibi made treaty with Murad and gave 'Varhad' area to Mughals.

23-March-1757

Lord Clive conquered Chandranagar after defeating the French troops.

Today Importance -29th June

Today Importance -29th June 

Today Importance -29th June 

29-Jun-1533

Chaitanya Maha Prabhu, a Vaishnava saint, passed away. His body is in Puri. (9/7 or 29/6).

29-Jun-1757

Mir Zafar ascended the throne from Murshidabad as the Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa.

29-Jun-1857

Battle of Chinhat (Indian rebels led by Barkat Ahmad defeated the British).

Today Importance - 13th April

Today Importance - 13th April

13-Apr-1699

Khalsa Panth was established.

13-Apr-1772

Warren Hastings, who became leader of his Bengal Committee, was designated to the Court of Heads of the East India Organization.

13-Apr-1796

The first elephant was brought to America from Bengal, India.

Today Importance - 16th March

Today Importance - 16th March

16-Mar-1527

King Rana San gram Singh of Dewar attacked Mughal Emperor Ba bur near Kana in Agra.

16-Mar-1556

Rajput Raja Amar Singh of Me war was born.

16-Mar-1599

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's father Shahaji Raje was born in Bhosle.

Today Importance - 2nd March

Today Importance - 2nd March

2-March-1568

Saint poetess Meerabai passed away.

2-March-1913

Bhawaniprasad Mishra was born.

2-March-1930

Gandhiji wrote to the Viceroy that he intended to break the Salt Act if the Congress demands were not met.