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  • This Day In History- July 22

    By on July 22, 2012

    1909 – S.Lal Shah Bokhari, captain of the (British)Indian Hockey team that finished winners at the 1932 Olympics at Los Angeles, was born. He was...

  • This Day In History- July 21

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    1930 – Popular Indian lyricist and poet Late.Anand Bakshi was born. 1934 – Former India Cricketer Chandrakant ‘Chandu’ Borde was born.Borde also served as the...

  • This Day In History- July 20

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    1950 – Popular film and stage actor Naseeruddin Shah was born. Regarded as one of the finest actors in India he won accolades for his...

  • This Day In History- July 19

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    1827 – Great Freedom Fighter Mangal Pandey was born. On March 29,1857, Mangal Pandey rebelled against his commanders in Barrackpur which sparked off India’s First...

  • This Day In History-July 18

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    1947 – The Indian Independence Act, 1947, was warranted by the British Parliament. 1980 – Rohini-1 was successfully launched. The satellite provided data on fourth...

  • This Day In History- July 17

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    1943 – Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon of the Indian Air Force, who successfully defended the Srinagar Air Base against six Pakistani jets during...

  • This Day In History- July 16

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    1909 -Bharat Ratna Aruna Asaf Ali was born. In 1942 when the British Government arrested major leaders of the Congress Working Committee after the Quit India...

  • This Day In History- July 15

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    1903 – Bharat Ratna Kumaraswami Kamaraj, freedom fighter and political leader was born. 1967 – Narayan Shripad Rajhans popularly known as ‘Bal Gandharva’ passed away. A...

  • This Day In History- July 14

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    1856 – Social thinker and Educationist,Gopal Ganesh Agarkar was born. He was the first editor of marathi daily ‘Kesari’ founded in 1881 by Lokmanya Tilak. Agarkar...

  • This Day In History- July 13

    By on July 13, 2012

    1830 – Raja Ram Mohan Roy together with Alexander Duff founded the Scottish Church College in Kolkata(then ‘Calcutta’). 1974 – India played its first ever...