On this day: 1526: First Battle of Panipat: Central Asian conqueror Babur defeats Sultan Ibrahim Lodi, establishing the Mughal Empire in India 1992: The first exoplanets are discovered 1997: I. K. Gujral sworn in as Prime Minister of India Born on this day: 1864: Max Weber, German economist, sociologist Gone Read more…
On this day: 1930: An attempted raid on British armory in Chittagong in Bengal province, British India by revolutionaries led by Surya Sen 1949: Ireland becomes an independent republic 1951: The European Coal and Steel Community, a precursor of the European Union, is established Born on this day: 1964: Niall Read more…
On this day: 1875: Modern Snooker invented by Sir Neville Chamberlain, a British officer in Jabalpur, India 1983: India entered space age launching SLV-3 rocket Gone on this day: 1790: Benjamin Franklin, American politician, scientist, publisher 1975: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher and leader, Second President of India 2014: Gabriel García Read more…
On this day: 1853: The first passenger rail opens in India, from Bori Bunder, Bombay to Thane 1912: Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly across the English Channel 2003: Ten new member states are admitted to the European Union Born on this day: 1848: Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian social Read more…
On this day: 1948: Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh created 1935 The Eastman Kodak Company launches Kodachrome 1989: A small group of students initiates pro-democracy protest on Tiananmen Square in Beijing 1994: The World Trade Organization is founded Born on this day: 1452: Leonardo da Vinci, Italian painter, sculptor, architect Read more…
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: Read more…
On this day: 1919: British troops open fire on demonstrators in Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, killing 350 1939: The Hindustani Lal Sena (Indian Red Army) is formed and vows to engage in armed struggle against the British. 1960: The world’s first satellite navigation system, Transit IB, is launched Born on this Read more…
On this day: 1946: Syria gains independence from France 1955: Polio vaccine declared safe by FDA 1961: Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first person to orbit Earth (Vostok 1) Born on this day: 1911: Mahmoud Younis, Suez Canal nationalization engineer, born in Cairo Gone on this day: 1962: M. Visvesvaraya, Indian civil Read more…
On this day: 1815: Mount Tambora explodes in one of the largest volcanic eruptions in recorded history 1998: Negotiators in Northern Ireland reach a historic peace deal, the Good Friday Agreement Born on this day: 1880: Mohammed Nadir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1929-33), born in Dehra Dun 1894: Ghanshyam Das Read more…
On this day: 1783: Tippu Sahib drives out British from Bednore, India 1860: The world’s first recording of the human voice is created by French inventor Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville Born on this day: 1948: Jaya Bachchan, Indian actress and politician, born in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh Gone on this day: Read more…