On this day:
1699: Birth of Khalsa, the brotherhood of the Sikh religion, in Northern India in accordance with the Nanakshahi calendar
1865: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot
1975: A referendum on abolishing the monarchy was held in the Kingdom of Sikkim, eventually becoming a state of India
2003: The Human Genome Project is completed
Born on this day:
1872: Abdullah Yusuf Ali, British-Indian Islamic scholar and translator of Qu’ran into English, born in Bombay
1891: B.R. Ambedkar, Indian politician, jurist, architect of the Constitution of India and social reformer who inspired the Dalit Movement, born in Mhow, India
Gone on this day:
1950: Sri Ramana Maharshi, Indian philosopher
