All posts by Dhawal Rathod
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This Day In History- September 21
1905 – Indian Independence activist and former Chief Minister of Saurashtra Uchharangrai Navalshankar Dhebar was born. He started as a lawyer and gained reputation but...
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This Day In History- September 20
1924 – One of the most celebrated actors of the Telugu Film Industry, Akkineni Nageswara Rao also known by his initials ANR, was born. In...
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This Day In History- September 19
1923 – Popular Bengali humorist, poet, playwright and story writer Sukumar Ray’s anthology ‘Abol Tabol’ was first published by U.Ray and Sons. It consists of...
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This Day In History – September 18
1906 – Hasya Divas. Popular Satirist and Humorist Shri Prabhu Dayal Garg popular as ‘Kaka Hathrasi’ was born. Kaka Hathrasi penned his satires targetting political,...
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This Day In History- September 17
1915 – Controversial Painter Maqbool Fida Hussain was born. Hussain, an autodidactic artist, first started painting cinema hoardings and later worked at a toy factory....
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This Day In History- September 15
1860 – Engineer’s Day. Eminent Engineer and Scholar Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, was born. Sir Visvesvaraya graduated from the prestigious College of Engineering, Pune with a...
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This Day In History- September 14
1915 – ‘King of Matting wickets’ Shah Nyalchand, former test cricketer, was born. A left arm medium pacer, Nyalchand was highly effective on matting wickets....
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This Day In History- September 13
1920 – The Institution of Engineers(India), the national oraganization of engineers in India, came into existence at Madras (now Chennai). The IEI has 99 chapters...
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This Day In History- September 12
1897 – Saragarhi Day. Regarded as ‘one of the greatest last-stands in history’ the Battle of Saragarhi was fought between 21 Sikhs of the 36th...
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This Day In History- September 11
1803 – The Battle of Delhi. The Marathas of Scindia’s under General Louis Bourquin fought against the British under General Lake’s command at Patparganj. 1895...