All posts by Dhawal Rathod

  • This Day In History- July 1

    1909 – Freedom fighter Madanlal Dhingra assassinated Sir Curzon Willie. 1927 – Eighth Prime Minister Of India, Late.Chandra Shekhar Singh was born. 1938 – Eminent...

  • This Day In History- June 30

    1823 – Parsi entrepreneur Sir Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, first Baronet and founder of the first textile mills in India was born. 1917 – The Grand Old...

  • This Day In History- June 29

    1861 – Babu Devakinandan Khatri was born. He penned ‘Chandrakanta’ considered to be the first ever prose work in the modern Hindi language. 1893 –...

  • This Day In History- June 26

    1888- Narayan Shripad Rajhans, the famous singer and actor better known as Balgandharv, is born. 1955- India and Poland attest Panchsheel. 1975- The then Prime...

  • This Day In History- June 22

    1897 – Special Plague Committee Chairman Charles Walter Rand and his military escort Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst were assassinated in Pune by the Chaphekar brothers....

  • This Day In History- June 20

    1887 – The Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, earlier known as Victoria Terminus, was declared open for public. Located in Bori Bandar area of Mumbai, it is...

  • This Day In History- June 18

    1858 – Rani Of Jhansi,Laxmi bai embraced martyrdom as she went down fighting the British in a battlefield near Gwalior. 1992 – Congress nominates Dr.Shankar...

  • This Day In History- June 17

    In 1764, Rajmata Jijabai, Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s mother, passed away. In 1973, Tennis Ace and Olympic Medalist (Atlanta,1996) Leander Paes was born. In 1991, India’s...

  • This Day In History- June 16

    1859- Anandram Dhekial Phukan, litterateur and regarded as father of Assamese literature, passed away. In 1849, he had published ‘Asomiya Lorar Mitra’, which is viewed...

  • This Day In History- June 15

    1848 – Saint Gheevarghese Mar Gregorios of Parumala, Syrian religious figure and the first canonized saint of the Oriental Orthodox Churches from India was born...