1894 – Ghanshyam Das Birla, a renowned industrialist, was born. He was the Grandson of Shiv Narain Birla, the fore-father of the influential Birla family....
1893 – The Father of Hindi Travel literature, Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan was born. Born Kedarnath Pandey he was one of the most widely-traveled scholars of...
1857 – Freedom Fighter Mangal Pandey was executed by hanging. A sepoy in the 34th Bengal Native Infantry (BNI) regiment of the English East India...
1920 – Bharat Ratna, the legendary Sitarist and composer, world renowned, Pandit Ravi Shankar was born. Learning to play Sitar from his guru, Baba Allauddin...
1885 – A Meteorite of type L6 fell at Chandpur in Uttar Pradesh. 1907 – The Pasteur Institute of India was founded at Coonoor. The...
1908 – Freedom Fighter Babu Jagjivan Ram, popularly known as ‘Babuji’, was born. Being from the scheduled castes of Bihar, he was a big aid...
1905 – A Deadly Earthquake rocked the towns of Kangra, McLeodganj and Dharamshala and claimed as many as 20,000 lives. Measuring 7.8 on the Moment...
1914 – Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, an Indian Military Leader was born. He was the first Indian Army officer to be promoted to the...
1933 – The Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar, Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji, popularly known as Ranji passed away. He was an Indian prince and English cricket...
1889 – Keshav Baliram Hedgewar, founder and first Sarsanghachalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was born. RSS was founded in Nagpur, Maharashtra in 1925...