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  • This Day In History- August 31

    By on August 31, 2012

    1919 – Popular poetess, novelist, essayist and a prominent figure in Punjabi literature Amrita Pritam was born. She penned over 100 books of essays, poems,...

  • This Day In History- August 30

    By on August 30, 2012

    1574 – Guru Ram Das became the fourth Sikh Guru. It was also in this year that Guru Ram Das founded Ramdaspur which later became...

  • This Day In History- August 29

    By on August 29, 2012

    1498 – Vasco Da Gama departs for Lisbon, Portugal from Calicut after paying heavy taxes and leaving behind all his goods. 1905 – National Sports...

  • This Day In History- August 28

    By on August 28, 2012

    1928 – Renowned Sitar Maestro Ustad Vilayat Khan was born. The Sitar exponent was a prodigy as a child and had recorded his first 78-RPM...

  • This Day In History- August 25

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    1920 – Freedom fighter and Social servant Pandit Shyam Sunder Surolia was born. Young Pandit Surolia was highly inspired by the movement for Independence and...

  • This Day In History- August 24

    By on August 24, 2012

    1908 – Great Revolutionary and freedom fighter Shivram Hari Rajguru was born. Rajguru was drawn towards the freedom struggle as a child and had witnessed...

  • This Day In History- August 23

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    1918 – Popular Marathi poet, essayist and writer Govind Vinayak Karandikar or Vinda Karandikar was born. He was a prominent Marathi poet and his poetic...

  • This Day In History- August 22

    By on August 22, 2012

    1639 – Madras Day. The British India Company bought a small strip of land on the Coromandel Coast from Chennapa Nayak, the Nayak of Vandavasi...

  • This Day In History- August 21

    By on August 21, 2012

    1931 – Respected Hindustani classical musician Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar passed away. As a kid, during the festival of ‘Dutt Jayanti’ , a fire-cracker burst...

  • This Day In History- August 20

    By on August 20, 2012

    1940 – Chairman of the Intergovernmental panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007, Dr. R.K. Pachauri was born. Dr....