All posts by Karandeep Singh Khurana
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This Day In History – April 14
1891 – Leader, philosopher, economist, anthropologist, lawyer, teacher and the Chairman of the Committee that drafted the Constitution of India, Bharat Ratna Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar...
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This Day In Indian History – April 13
1699 – The 10th Guru of the Sikhs, Guru Gobind Singh Ji, established Khalsa Panth (meaning ‘Pure Ones’) . Celebrated as Vaisakhi or Baisakhi, this...
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This Day In Indian History – April 12
599 B.C. – The 24th Jain Tirthankara, Mahavira, also known as ‘Vardhaman’, was born (according to the Gregorian Calendar). He was one of the major...
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This Day In History – April 11
1823 – Mahatma Jyotirao Govindrao Phule, populary known as Jotiba Phule, was born. Being a social reformer and a revolutionary, he formed the Satya Shodhak...
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This Day In History – April 10
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....
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This Day In History – April 9
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...
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This Day In History- April 8
1857 – Freedom Fighter Mangal Pandey was executed by hanging. A sepoy in the 34th Bengal Native Infantry (BNI) regiment of the English East India...
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This Day In History- April 7
1920 – Bharat Ratna, the legendary Sitarist and composer, world renowned, Pandit Ravi Shankar was born. Learning to play Sitar from his guru, Baba Allauddin...
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This Day In History- April 6
1885 – A Meteorite of type L6 fell at Chandpur in Uttar Pradesh. 1907 – The Pasteur Institute of India was founded at Coonoor. The...
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This Day In History- April 5
1908 – Freedom Fighter Babu Jagjivan Ram, popularly known as ‘Babuji’, was born. Being from the scheduled castes of Bihar, he was a big aid...