The Story of October 9: From Ancient Battles to Modern Breakthroughs

October 9: Wars, Wonders, and World-Changing Moments

October 9: Wars, Wonders, and World-Changing Moments

The Story of October 9: From Ancient Battles to Modern Breakthroughs

Today Importance - 18th September

Today Importance - 18th September

18-Sep-1615

Thomas Roe attended Jahangir's court at Ajmer. He left India on 17 February 1618.

18-Sep-1803

The Second Anglo-Maratha War led by Sir Arthur Wellesley resulted in a crushing defeat for the Marathas. British Christians occupied Delhi and occupied large parts of India.

18-Sep-1803

The English caught Puri from the Marathas with no battle.

18-Sep-1867

The great painter, patriot and artist Ganganendranath Tagore was born in Calcutta.

18-Sep-1879

Rich Housinger Fisher, an American adult educator, was born in India.

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Today Importance - 9th May

Today Importance - 9th May

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.

TODAY IMPORTANCE - 2ND MAY

TODAY IMPORTANCE - 2ND MAY

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

Today Importance - 18th April

Today Importance - 18th April

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.

Today Important - 4th April

Today Important - 4th April

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.

Today Importance - 28th March

Today Importance - 28th March

28-March-1556

Origin of Crop Age (India).

28-March-1645

Sikh Guru Har Gobind Singh passed away.

28-March-1914

As a component of the 'Gadar' development, the Komagata Maru ventured out from Hong Kong to Vancouver with 351 Sikh and 21 Punjabi Muslim young people under the initiative of Sardar Gurjit Singh.

Today Importance - 21th March

Today Importance - 21th March

21-Mar-1791

Tipu Sultan surrendered to Lord Cornwallis.

21-Mar-1836

National Library was established.

21-Mar-1916

Shehnai Ustad Bismillah Khan was born in Dumran, Bihar.

Today Importance - 14th March

Today Importance - 14th March

14-Mar-1883

The great journalist, editor-in-chief, author and social activist Karl Marx died in London.

14-Mar-1895

Nihal Singh Gurmukh, former Chief Minister of Delhi and Governor of Rajasthan, is born.

Today Importance - 6th July

Today Importance - 6th July

Today Importance - 6th July

6-Jul-1787

Robert founded the Indian Botanic Gardens by Keid on 273 acres of land near Calcutta.

6-Jul-1837

Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar, an eminent orientalist and noted Indian scientist, was born in Malban in Ratnagiri district. He was a social reformer and an active member of the Prayer Society of Bombay.

6-Jul-1881

Saint Gulabrao Maharaj was born in Vidarbha.

Today Importance - 22th June

Today  Importance - 22th June

Today  Importance - 22th June

22-June-1555

Humayun crossed the Indus river and captured Lahore and removed Sikandar Suri from the throne of Delhi.

22-June-1880

Neelmani Phukon, the best friendly reformer of Assam, famous essayist, artist, supervisor, writer and legal advisor, was brought into the world in Dibrugarh, Assam.

22-June-1897

Chapekar's siblings Damodar and Balakrishna shot English official Rand in Pune. This incident played a very important role in the revolutionary freedom fighter.

Today Importance - 15th June

Today Importance - 15th June

Today Importance - 15th June

15-Jun-1659

Aurangzeb was declared Emperor of Delhi.

15-Jun-1899

Modern Indian sculptor and painter Roy Chowdhury Deviprasad was born.

15-Jun-1907

Freedom fighter and socialist Narayan Ganesh Gore was born in Hindale (Maharashtra).

Today Importance - 8th June

Today Importance - 8th June

Today Importance - 8th June

8-Jun-1897

Bengali storyteller and novelist Rabindranath Bose was born.

8-Jun-1906

Syed Nazir Ali, cricketer (brother of Wazir Ali, India's first Test 1932), born in Zoolander.

Today Importance - 6th June

Today Importance - 6th June

Today Importance - 6th June

6-June-1596

Sikh Guru Har Gobindji, the sixth Sikh Guru, is born. He created a military role for the Sikhs.

6-June-1867

Baba Kharak Singh, freedom fighter, was born in Sialkot.

6-June-1890

Gopinath Bardoloi, architect, freedom fighter and leader of modern Assam, was born.

Today Importance - 1st Jun

Today Importance - 1st Jun

1-Jun-1786

Madras General Post Office started functioning.

1-Jun-1790

A treaty was signed between the Marathas, the British and the Nizam.

1-Jun-1819

William Carey, Ward and Marshman founded Srirampur College in Bengal.

1-Jun-1842

Satyendranath Tagore, Bengali official and writer, is born.

1-Jun-1874

The East India Company was dissolved.

1-Jun-1890

Journalist, social reformer and educationist Sri Siripi Anjaneulu was born in Dharmavaram, Anantapur.

Today Importance - 20th April

Today Importance - 20th April

20-Apr-1236

Radia Sultan's father Iltutmish passed away in Delhi.

20-Apr-1887

Renowned painter Padma Bhushan was born to Gemini Roy.

20-Apr-1888

246 people have been reported dead due to hailstorm in India's Moradabad.

Today Importance - 11th April

Today Importance - 11th April

11-April-1827

Mahatma Jyotirao Govindrao Phule, the great philanthropist and founder of 'The Satyriasis Empire', was born in Pune.

11-April-1856

Flemish missionary Lievens Constanti is born in India.

11-April-1887

Famous artist Jaimini Roy was born.

Today Importance - 7th March

Today Importance - 7th March

7-Mar-1647

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's Guru Dadaji Konddev passed away.

7-Mar-1911

Satchitananda Hirananda Vatsyayan, (obscured), present day Hindi scholarly columnist, political dissident and 1979 Jnanapeeth Grant victor, is conceived.

Today Importance - 29th February

Today Importance - 29th February

29-Feb-1692

Sarah Good and Tituba, an Indian slave, were accused of witchcraft in Salem.

29-Feb-1776

The famous Treaty of Purandar was signed between the British and the Marathas.

29-Feb-1896

India's fourth State leader and Bharat Ratna awardee Morarji Ranchodji Desai was brought into the world in Bhadeli town close to Bulsar in Gujarat. He was the former Chief Minister of Bombay Province.