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  • This Day In History- November 5

    By on November 5, 2012

    1870 – Great freedom fighters, leader of the Swaraj Party ‘Deshbandhu’ Chittaranjan Das was born. He believed in achieving ‘Swaraj’ or independence through non-violent means...

  • This Day In History- November 2

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    1833 – Physician, Academic and founder of the the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), Mahendralal Sarkar was born. Sarkar whi started as...

  • This Day In History- November 1

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    1912 – Member of the Gold Medal winning Field Hockey team at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Ahmed Sher Khan was born. 1913 –...

  • This Day In History- October 31

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    1875 – The ‘Iron Man of India’, India’s first Home Minister Sardar Vallabh bhai Patel was born. Inspired by Mahatma Gandhi, Vallabh bhai joined the...

  • This Day In History- October 30

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    1887 – Popular Bengali humorist, poet, playwright and story writer Sukumar Ray was born. Ray is a popular not only among children of West Bengal...

  • This Day In History- October 23

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    1921 – Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Iyer Laxman, popularly known as R.K.Laxman was born. R.K.Laxman is a famous Indian cartoonist, illustrator, and humorist. And is best known for his...

  • This Day In History- October 20

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    1914 – Acharya Tulsi was born. Acharya Tulsi was the founder of the Anuvrata and the Jain Vishva Bharti Institute, Ladnun and has written over one-hundred...

  • This Day In History- October 19

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    1888 – Tamil poet, Venkatarama Ramalingam Pillai was born. V. Ramalingam Pillaii was an independence fighter and also known for his poems on independence. He wrote hundreds of...

  • This Day In History- October 18

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    1919 – Williamson Ampang Sangma was born. Williamson A. Sangma was the founder Chief Minister of Meghalaya, twenty-first state in Indian Union on 21 January...

  • This Day In History- October 17

    By on October 17, 2012

    1817 – Syed Ahmad Khan, popularly known as Sir Syed was born. He was a Indian politician, an educator, also an islamic reformist. He brought...