All posts by Dhawal Rathod
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This Day In History- December 2
1898 – The First ‘Flying Ace’ of India and World War I Hero, Lieutenant Indra Lal ‘Laddie’ Roy was born. Roy, who participated in World...
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This Day In History- December 1
1954 – Renowned Social Activist and the face of the ‘Narmada Bachao Andolan’, Medha Patkar was born. She was born in a family of activists...
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This Day In History- November 30
1858 – Considered as ‘One of the pioneers of modern science’, eminent physicist, botanist, archaeologist and polymath Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose was born. Acharya Bose...
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This Day In History- November 29
1913 – Noted Urdu poet, lyricist and writer Ali Sardar Jafri was born. In a career spread across five decades, Jafri penned several poems most...
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This Day In History- November 28
1927 – Eminent Orthopaedic Surgeon and co-inventor of the famous ‘Jaipur Foot’, Dr. Pramod Karan Sethi was born. Dr. Sethi together with Ram Chandra Sharma,...
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This Day In History- November 27
1877 – A Meteorite of the type ‘L6’ landed in Bhagur, Maharashtra. 1878 – Eminent Bengali poet considered as the voice of Bengali poetry post-Rabindra...
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This Day In History- November 26
1906 – Eminent Kannada scholar, poet, essayist, linguist and educator Acharya Tirthapura Nanjundaiah Srikantaiah also referred to as ‘TeeNamSri’ was born. T.N. Srikantaiah studied poetics...
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This Day In History- November 25
1839 – A Devastating cyclone hit the shores of Coringa, Andhra Pradesh. The Cyclone caused a 40-feet tall storm that destroyed as many as 25,000...
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This Day In History – November 24
1910 – A Meteorite classified as ‘Eucrite’ fell in Lakangaon, Madhya Pradesh. 1944 – Celebrated actor, director and producer, the ‘Boy Next Door’ of the...
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This Day In History- November 23
1897 – Controversial litterateur and cultural and political commentator, Nirad C. Chaudhuri was born. Chaudhuri first penned the famous ‘The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian’...