1872 – Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar Ranjitshinhji Vibhaji was born. The Nawanagar Royal also fondly referred to as ‘Ranji’ was one of the greatest...
1941 – Former India Test cricketer Syed Abid Ali was born. An all-rounder, Ali bowled at medium pace and batted lower down the order. At...
1933 – One of India’s most versatile playback singers of Hindi Film Industry, Asha Bhosle was born. Asha sang her first film song for the...
1695 – English Pirate Henry ‘Long Ben’ Every captured the ‘Ganj-E-Sawai’, a heavily armed treasure laden trading ship and a property of sixth Mughal Emperor...
1911 – Great Freedom Fighter Garapaty Satyanarayana was born. From a very young age he felt strongly against the British rule in India and so...
1888 – Teachers’ Day. Great scholar and philosopher, the first Vice President and the Second President of India Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was born. A popular...
1825 – Educator, Intellectual and Social leader, the Grand Old Man of India Dadabhai Naoroji was born. He was one of the founding fathers of...
1923 – Tabla exponent Kishan Maharaj was born. Kishan Maharaj was a disciple of the Banaras Gharana. He first started in concerts at the age...
1946 – The Interim Government of India headed by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was formed from the newly elected Constituent Assembly after the Indian National Congress...
1896 – Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada founder of the popular ‘Hare Krishna Movement’ or the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), was born. In 1922...