historical events Events 1 - 100 of 517 1311-04-24 - Gen Malik Kafur returns to Delhi after campaign in South India 1329-08-09 - Quilon the first Indian Diocese was erected by Pope John XXII and Jordanus was appointed the first Bishop 1459-05-12 - Sun City India founded by Rao Jodhpur 1497-07-08 - Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama departs for on his first voyage - becomes first European to reach India by sea 1498-05-20 - Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Calcutta, India 1500-03-09 - Pedro Cabral departs with 13 ships to India 1502-02-12 - Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal on his second voyage to India. 1509-02-03 - The Battle of Diu, between Portugal and the Ottoman Empire takes place in Diu, India. 1542-05-06 - Francis Xavier reaches Old Goa, the capital of Portuguese India at the time. 1556-03-28 - Origin of Fasli Era (India) 1565-01-25 - Battle at Talikota India: the Deccan sultanate destroy Vijayanagars army and the last Hindu kingdom of Southern India Mughal Emperor AkbarMughal Emperor Akbar 1575-03-03 - Indian Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Bengali army at the Battle of Tukaroi. 1597-08-20 - 1st Dutch East India Company ships returned from Far East 1600-12-31 - British East India Company chartered 1601-02-13 - John Lancaster leads first East India Company voyage from London 1602-03-20 - United Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) forms 1608-08-24 - 1st English convoy lands at Surat, India 1609-03-25 - Henry Hudson embarks on an exploration for Dutch East India Co 1612-08-29 - Battle at Surat, India: English fleet beats Portuguese 1621-06-03 - Dutch West India Company (WIC) receives charter for The West Indies (included, The Americas, Caribbean and West Africa) 1622-03-22 - 1st American Indian (Powhattan) massacre of whites Jamestown Virginia, 347 slain 1633-10-22 - Ming dynasty fight with Dutch East India Company that Battle of southern Fujian sea (1633), Ming dynasty won great victory. 1639-08-22 - Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers. 1641-01-14 - United East Indian Company conquerors city of Malakka, 7,000 killed 1641-08-26 - West India Company conquerors Sao Paulo de Loanda, Angola 1643-12-25 - Christmas Island founded and named by Captain William Mynors of the East India Ship Company vessel, the Royal Mary. 1658-12-09 - Dutch troops occupy harbor city Quilon (Coilan) India 1668-03-26 - England takes control of Bombay, India King Charles IIKing Charles II 1668-03-27 - English king Charles II gives Bombay to East India Company 1690-02-08 - French & Indian troops set Schenectady settlement NY on fire 1690-08-24 - Job Charnock founds Calcutta India 1692-02-29 - Sarah Good & Tituba, an Indian servant, accused of witchcraft, Salem 1699-04-14 - Khalsa: Birth of Khalsa, the brotherhood of the Sikh religion, in Northern India in accordance with the Nanakshahi calendar. 1701-08-02 - Great Peace of Montreal signed between New France and North American Indian nations at urging of Huron chief Kondiaronk 1733-05-29 - The right of Canadians to keep Indian slaves is upheld at Quebec City. 1737-10-07 - 40 foot waves sink 20,000 small craft & kill 300,000 (Bengal, India) 1737-10-11 - Earthquake kills 300,000 and destroys half of Calcutta India 1739-02-24 - Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nadir Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah. 1739-03-20 - Nadir Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne. 1751-08-31 - British troops under Sir Robert Clive occupy Arcot, India 1752-06-09 - French army surrenders to the British in Trichinopoly India 1755-04-02 - Commodore William James captures the pirate fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India. 1755-07-09 - British General E Braddock mortally wounded during French & Indian War 1756-05-17 - Britain declares war on France (7 Years or French & Indian War) 1756-06-20 - 146 Brit soldiers imprisoned in India-Black Hole of Calcutta-most die 1756-06-20 - Siraj ud-Daulah Nawab of Bengal takes Calcutta from the British 1756-09-08 - French and Indian War: Kittanning Expedition. 1756-12-06 - British troops under Robert Clive occupy Fulta India 1757-01-02 - British troops occupy Calcutta India 1757-11-05 - Battle at Rossbach (7 year war/French & Indian War) 1758-05-21 - Mary Campbell is abducted from her home in Pennsylvania by Lenape during the French and Indian War. 1759-04-08 - British troops chase French out of Masulipatam India 1760-01-22 - Battle at Wandewash India: British troops beat French 1761-01-07 - Battle at Panipat India: Afghan army beats Mahratten 1761-01-16 - The British capture Pondicherry, India from the French. 1764-11-09 - Mary Campbell, a captive of the Lenape during the French and Indian War, is turned over to forces commanded by Colonel Henry Bouquet. 1767-09-28 - Gentlemen 17 forbid private slave transport India to Cape of Good Hope 1772-02-12 - Yves de Kerguelen of France discovers Kerguelen Archipelago, India 1773-10-14 - American Revolutionary War: The United Kingdoms East India Company tea ships cargo are burned at Annapolis, Maryland. 1782-07-06 - British-French sea battle at Negapatam (off India) 1783-04-09 - Tippu Sahib drives out British from Bednore, India 1786-02-24 - Charles Cornwallis appointed governor-general of India 1795-03-11 - Battle at Kurdla India: Mahratten beat Mogols 1796-04-13 - 1st elephant arrives in US from India 1798-09-01 - Britain signs treaty with Nizam of Hyderabad, India 1800-07-10 - The British Indian Government establishes the Fort William College to promote Urdu, Hindi and other vernaculars of sub continent. 1803-02-27 - Great fire in Bombay, India 1803-09-23 - Battle of Assaye-British-Indian forces beat Maratha Army 1806-07-10 - The Vellore Mutiny is the first instance of a mutiny by Indian sepoys against the British East India Company. 1818-06-03 - Maratha Wars between British & Maratha Confederacy in India ends 1829-12-04 - Britain abolished suttee in India (widow burning herself to death on her husbands funeral pyre 1835-02-24 - Siwinowe Kesibwi (Shawnee Sun) is 1st Indian lang monthly mag 1838-11-03 - The Times of India, the worlds largest circulated English language daily broadsheet newspaper is founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce. 1839-01-10 - Tea from India 1st arrives in UK 1839-01-19 - Aden conquered by British East India Company 1839-11-25 - A cyclone slams India with high winds and a 40 foot storm surge, destroying the port city of Coringa (never to be entirely rebuilt again). The storm wave sweeps inland, taking with it 20,000 ships and thousands of people. An estimated 300,000 deaths result from the disaster. 1842-01-06 - 4,500 British & Indian troops leave Kabul, massacred before India 1846-01-28 - Battle of Allwal, British beat Sikhs in Punjab (India) 1846-02-10 - British defeat Sikhs in battle of Sobraon, India 1846-02-16 - Battle of Sobraon ends 1st Sikh War in India 1849-03-29 - Great Britain formally annexs Punjab after defeat of Sikhs in India 1851-12-22 - The first freight train is operated in Roorkee, India. 1853-04-16 - The first passenger rail opens in India, from Bori Bunder, Bombay to Thane. 1857-05-10 - Indian Mutiny begins with revolt of Sepoys in Meerut 1858-07-28 - First use of fingerprints as a means of identification is made by Sir William James Herschel of the Indian Civil Service 1858-08-02 - Government of India transferred from East India Company to Crown 1859-02-10 - Gen Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny 1861-12-31 - 22,990mm of rain falls in Cherrapunji Assam in India in 1861, a world record 1865-11-11 - Treaty of Sinchula is signed in which Bhutan ceded the areas east of the Teesta River to the British East India Company. 1866-06-11 - The Agra High Court (ow the Allahabad High Court) is established in India. 1868-04-13 - Abyssinian War ends as British and Indian troops capture Magdala and Ethiopian Emperor commits suicide 1870-09-08 - Neth & Engl sign Koelietraktaat Br-Indian contract work in Suriname 1876-10-31 - Great Backerganj Cyclone of 1876 ravages British India (Modern-day Bangladesh), resulting in over 200,000 human deaths. 1877-01-01 - Englands Queen Victoria proclaimed empress of India 1879-05-14 - The first group of 463 Indian indentured labourers arrive in Fiji aboard the Leonidas. 1882-06-06 - Cyclone in Arabian Sea (Bombay, India) drowns 100,000 1884-09-26 - Suriname army shoots on British-Indian contract workers, 7 killed 1888-04-20 - 246 reported killed by hail in Moradabad, India 1888-12-18 - Richard Wetherill and his brother in-law discover the ancient Indian ruins of Mesa Verde. 1889-03-23 - The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community was established by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian India. 1 2 3 4 5 6 ▶ Famous Birthdays Birthdays 1 - 100 of 515 1483-02-14 - Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur, Andijan, Mughalistan, founder of the Mughal dynasty in the Indian Subcontinent 1506-04-07 - Francis Xavier, saint/Jesuit missionary to India, Malaya, & Japan 1542-10-14 - Abul-Fath Djalal-ud-Din, 3rd Mogol emperor of India (1556-1605) 1542-10-15 - Djalalud-Din Mohammed Akbar, Mughal Emperor in India (1556-1605) 1569-08-31 - Djehangir/Jahangir, great mogol of India 1592-01-05 - Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India (1628-58), built Taj Mahal Mughal Emperor AkbarMughal Emperor Akbar (1542-10-15) 1592-01-14 - Sjihab al-Din Sultan Choerram Sjah Djahan, leader of India 1618-11-03 - Aurangzeb, [Alamgir], Emperor of India (1658-1707) 1643-10-14 - Bahadur Shah I, Mughal Emperor of India (d. 1712) 1682-07-10 - Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg, German Lutheran missionary to India (d. 1719) 1685-01-07 - Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company 1725-09-25 - Robert Clive, English explorer/founder (British empire in India) 1732-12-06 - Warren Hastings, England, 1st governor-General of India (1773-84) 1750-11-20 - Tipu Sultan, Indian ruler (d. 1799) 1767-05-04 - Tyagaraja, Composer of Indian classical Carnatic music (d. 1847) 1787-06-28 - Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces 1796-12-27 - Mirza Ghalib, Indian poet (d. 1869) 1809-01-23 - Veer Surendra Sai, Indian Freedom Fighter 1809-12-24 - Christopher Kit Carson, KY, Union brig-general/indian fighter/frontiersman (d. 1868) 1817-05-15 - Debendranath Tagore, Indian religious reformer (d. 1905) 1817-10-17 - Sajjid Ahmad Chan, Indian moslem leader/co-founder (Pakistan) 1823-06-30 - Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, Indian industrialist (d. 1901) 1824-02-12 - Arya Samaj Maha Rishi Dayanand Sarsvati, Indian hindu leader 1825-05-08 - George Bruce Malleson, Indian officer (d. 1898) 1825-09-04 - Dadabhai Naoroji, 1st Indian in British parliament 1827-07-19 - Mangal Pandey, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1857) 1831-11-08 - Edward R L Bulwer-Lytton, English statesman and Viceroy of India (1876-1880) 1832-06-10 - Edwin Arnold, English writer (Light of India) 1833-11-02 - Mahendralal Sarkar, Indian doctor (d. 1904) 1835-11-19 - Rani Lakshmi Bai, Indian Queen (d. 1858) 1836-02-18 - Swami Ramakrishna [Gadadhar Chatterji], Hooghly Bengal, Indian mystic/hindu leader (preached unity of religions). 1839-03-03 - Jamsetji Tata, Indian industrialist (d. 1904) 1845-11-04 - Vasudeo Balwant Phadke, The First Indian Revolutionary (d. 1883) 1848-04-16 - Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Social Reformer of Andhra Pradesh, India (d. 1919) 1849-09-21 - Maurice Barrymore, Indian-born patriarch of the Barrymore family (d. 1905) 1850-09-09 - Harishchandra, India, poet/dramatist/father of modern Hindi 1853-12-06 - Haraprasad Shastri, Indian academic, Sanskrit scholar, archivist and historian of Bengali literature (d. 1931) 1856-04-01 - Acacio Gabriel Viegas, Indian physician (d. 1933) 1856-04-11 - Constantly Lievens, Flemish missionary in India 1856-07-23 - Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian Hindi leader 1858-10-21 - Ramabai Dongre Medhavi, India, social reformer 1858-11-07 - Bipin Chandra Pal, Indian freedom fighter, (d. 1932) 1858-11-30 - Jagdish Chandra Bose, Indian physicist (d. 1937) 1860-08-10 - Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musician (d. 1936) 1860-09-15 - Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya, Indian engineer (d. 1962) 1861-05-06 - Motilal Nehru, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1931) 1861-12-25 - Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, Indian founder of Banaras Hindu University (d. 1946) 1865-01-28 - Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1928) 1865-01-31 - Shastriji Maharaj, Indian spiritual leader (d. 1951) 1866-05-09 - Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Leader of Indian Independence Movement (d. 1915) 1867-12-16 - Amy Carmichael, missionary in Dohnavur, India (d. 1951) 1868-08-12 - Frederick JNT lord Chelmsford, viceroy of British-India (1916-21) Pacifist and Spiritual Leader Mahatma GandhiPacifist and Spiritual Leader Mahatma Gandhi (1869-10-02) 1869-10-02 - Mahatma Gandhi [Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi], Porbandar Kathiawad India, pacifist and spiritual leader, (d. 1948) 1872-04-14 - Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Indian-born Islamic scholar and translator (d. 1953) 1873-11-22 - Leopold CMS Amery, British minister of Colonies (India) 1875-10-31 - Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian freedom fighter and statesman (d. 1950) 1876-09-15 - Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian novelist (d. 1938) 1877-11-24 - Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara, Indian CID Commissioner of Police (d. 1941) 1878-02-21 - The Mother, Indian spiritual leader (d. 1973) 1878-11-27 - Jatindramohan Bagchi, Indian (Bengali) poet (d.1948). 1878-12-10 - Rajaji, Indias freedom fighter and the first Governor General of independent India (d.1972) 1879-02-13 - Sarojini Naidu, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1949) 1879-09-17 - Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, Indian Social Reformer (d. 1973) 1880-07-31 - Munshi Premchand, Indian Author (d. 1936) 1880-10-08 - Ernest F E Douwes Dekker, Dutch founder (National-India Party) 1882-07-05 - Inayat Khan, Indian sufi (d. 1927). 1882-12-11 - Subramanya Bharathy, Indian poet (d. 1921) 1883-05-28 - Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian activist (d. 1966) 1884-12-03 - Rajendra Prasad, first President of India (d. 1963) 1885-02-14 - Syed Zafarul Hasan, Prominent Muslim Indian/Pakistani philosopher (d. 1949) 1886-05-25 - Rash Behari Bose, leader against the British Raj in India (d. 1945) 1886-11-02 - Philip Merivale, Rehutia India, actor (Nothing But Trouble) 1887-02-26 - Benegal Narsing Rau, India, pres of UN Security Council (1950) 1887-06-07 - William Walraven, Dutch journalist/writer (Indian Daily) 1887-12-22 - Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician (d. 1920) 1888-09-05 - Sarvepalli Radhakrishan, president (India)/philosopher 1888-11-07 - Chandrasekhara Raman, India, physicist (Nobel 1930) 1888-11-11 - Maulana Azad, 1st minister of education in independent India 1889-11-14 - Jawaharlal Nehru, 1st Indian PM (1947-64) 1891-04-14 - B. R. Ambedkar, Indian jurist (d.1956) 1893-01-05 - Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian guru (d. 1952) 1894-01-01 - Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian mathematician (d. 1974) 1894-02-25 - Meher Baba, Indian spiritual leader (d. 1969) 1894-04-10 - Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla, Indian industrialist (d. 1983) 1894-05-20 - Chandrashekarendra Saraswati, Indian Hindu sage, Jivanmukta (d. 1994) King of Great Britain Edward VIIIKing of Great Britain Edward VIII (1894-06-23) 1894-06-23 - Edward VIII, King of Great Brit/N-Ireland/emperor of India (1936) 1894-08-10 - Varahagiri Venkata Giri, Fourth President of India (d. 1980) 1895-05-12 - Jiddu Krishnamurti, India, philosopher (Songs of Life) [NS=May 22] 1895-05-22 - Jiddu Krishnamurti, India, philosopher (Songs of Life) [OS=May 12] 1895-06-03 - Kavalam Madhava Panikkar, India, diplomat (Asia & Western Dominance) 1895-09-01 - Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar, Indian musician (d. 1974) 1896-02-29 - Ranchhodji Morarji Desai, premier of India (1977-79) 1896-09-01 - A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian theologian (d. 1977) 1896-11-12 - Salim Ali, Indian ornithologist (d. 1987) 1897-01-23 - Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian politician 1897-04-19 - Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1970) 1897-05-03 - V K Krishna Menon, India, minister of defense 1897-11-23 - Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Indian writer (d. 1999) 1898-12-02 - Indra Lal Roy, Indian pilot (d. 1918) 1898-12-05 - Josh Malihabadi, Urdu poet of India and Pakistan (d. 1982) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ▶ Famous Weddings Weddings 1 - 12 of 12 1614-04-05 - American Indian princess Pocahontas, daughter of chief Powhatan marries English colonist John Rolfe 48th Shia Imam Aga Khan III48th Shia Imam Aga Khan III (1896-11-02) 1896-11-02 - Nizari Imam Aga Khan III (19) weds first cousin Shahzadi Begum in Pune, India 1997-08-28 - British-Indian novelist and essayist Salman Rushdie (50) weds Elizabeth West 2005-11-20 - Bollywood actor Zayed Khan (25) weds Malaika Parekh at the Grand Maratha Sheraton in Mumbai, India 2005-12-14 - Bollywood actor Fardeen Khan (31) weds Mumtazs daughter Natasha Madhvani at the Grand Hyatt in Mumbai, India 2006-03-16 - Actress Divya Palat weds former MTV India VJ Aditya Hitkari at a temple in Matunga, India 2007-03-03 - Model and actress Elizabeth Hurley (41) weds Indian textile heir Arun Nayar (42) at Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire, England 2007-04-20 - Indian film actor and producer Abhishek Bachchan (31) weds actress Aishwarya Rai (33) at the Bachchan residence in Juhu, Mumbai Pop Star Katy PerryPop Star Katy Perry (2010-10-23) 2010-10-23 - Singer-songwriter Katy Perry (25) weds actor-comedian Russell Brand (35) at luxury resort Aman-i-Khas in Northern India 2011-02-16 - Indian tennis ace Mahesh Bhupati (36) weds Bollywood actress and former Miss Universe (2000) Lara Dutta (32) at Bandra, Mumbai 2011-12-22 - Big Bang Theory Indian actor Kunal Nayyar (30) weds Miss India 2006 winner Neha Kapur (28) in New Delhi, India 2012-01-19 - Indian bollywood actress Deepshikha Nagpal (34) weds Indian actor Kaishav Arora in Mumbai Famous Divorces Divorces 1 - 1 of 1 Comedian Russell BrandComedian Russell Brand (2012-07-16) 2012-07-16 - Actor-comedian Russell Brand (36) divorces popstar Katy Perry (27) due to irreconcilable differences a year after the fairy-tale wedding in India Famous Deaths Deaths 1 - 100 of 234 1351-03-20 - Mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies 1510-03-01 - Francisco de Almeida, Portuguese soldier, explorer and 1st Viceroy of India dies at Table Bay, Africa at about 59 1530-12-26 - Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur, founder of the Mughal dynasty in the Indian Subcontinent, dies at 47 1539-03-05 - Nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (b. 1487) 1605-10-15 - Abul-Fath Djalal-ud-Din, Mogol keizer of India (1556-1605), dies at 63 Mughal Emperor AkbarMughal Emperor Akbar (1605-10-27) 1605-10-27 - Akbar, Jellaladin Mahommed, Indian Mughal Emperor (born 1542) 1627-10-28 - Djehangir/Jahangir, great mogol of India, dies 1629-04-19 - Sigismondo dIndia, Italian composer 1631-06-07 - Mumtax Mahal, wife of Shah Jahan of India, her tomb (Taj Mahal) 1666-02-01 - Sjihab al-Din Sultan C Shah Djahan, mogol of India (Taj-Mahal), dies 1680-04-03 - Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire, India (b. 1630) 1680-04-17 - Kateri Tekakwitha, first American Indian to receive beatification (b. 1656) 1699-06-22 - Josiah Child, English Governor of the East India Company (b. 1630) 1707-02-20 - Aurangzeb, Mogul emperor of India (1658-1707), dies 1707-03-03 - Aurangzeb, Emperor of India (1658-1707), dies at 88 1713-02-11 - Jahandar Shah, Mughal emperor of India (b. 1664) 1754-10-04 - Tanacharison, Catawba Indian chief 1755-07-09 - Edward Braddock, British General, mortally wounded at Fort Duquesne during French & Indian War. Dies 13th July. 1760-04-10 - Gerard George Clifford, head of East-Indian Company, dies at 75 1773-11-22 - Robert Clive, English occupier (India), dies at about 48 1781-05-18 - Túpac Amaru II, Peruvian Indian revolutionary, a descendant of the last Inca ruler, Túpac Amaru (b. 1742) 1799-05-04 - Tipu Sultan, Indian military leader killed during Battle of Seringapatam (b. 1750) 1815-09-24 - John Sevier, indian fighter (Gov/Rep-Tn), dies at 70 1818-08-22 - Warren Hastings, 1st governor-general of India (1773-84), dies at 85 1843-12-18 - Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, British Viceroy of India (b. 1748) 1856-09-24 - Henry, 1st viscount Hardinge of Lahore, gov-gen of India, dies 1857-04-08 - Mangal Pandey, Indian soldier (b. 1827) 1858-06-17 - Rani Lakshmibai, queen of Jhansi in North India, one of the leading figures of the Indian rebellion of 1857 (b. 1828) 1860-10-12 - Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, dies at 73 1868-05-23 - Kit Carson, American trapper, scout, and Indian agent (b. 1809) 1869-02-15 - Mirza Ghalib, Indian poet (b. 1796) 1871-03-18 - Augustus De Morgan, Indian-born British mathematician and logician (b. 1806) 1871-06-08 - Satank, Kiowa indian chief, shot to death 1881-07-17 - Jim Bridger, American mountain man, Indian fighter, and explorer (b. 1804) 1883-02-17 - Vasudeo Balwant Phadke, Indian revolutionary (b. 1845) 1890-12-10 - Ludolf AJW Sloet van de Beele, gov-gen (Net India 1861-66), dies at 84 1893-11-07 - Constantly Lievens, Flemish missionary in India, dies at 37 1898-03-01 - George Bruce Malleson, English officer in India, author (b. 1825) 1898-03-27 - Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, Indian Muslim intellectual and one of the founding fathers of Pakistan dies at 80 1902-07-04 - Swami Vivekananda, Indian spiritual leader (b. 1863) 1905-01-19 - Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher (b. 1817) 1908-08-11 - Khudiram Bose, Indian freedom fighter (b. 1889) 1915-02-19 - Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indias social reformer/politician, dies 1918-07-22 - Indra Lal Roy, Indian pilot (b. 1898) 1918-10-15 - Sai Baba of Shirdi, Indian saint (b. circa 1838) 1919-05-27 - Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian social activist (b. 1848) 1920-04-26 - Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician (b. 1887) 1920-08-01 - Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian hindu leader, dies 1925-06-16 - Chittaranjan Das, Indian patriot and freedom fighter (b. 1870) 1927-02-05 - Inayat Khan, Indian sufi 1927-06-13 - Henry CK Clan Petty-Fitzmaurice, gov of India (1888-94), dies at 82 1928-11-17 - Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author, politician, & freedom fighter (b. 1865) 1931-03-23 - Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev Indian freedom fighters 1936-09-19 - Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musician (b. 1860) 1937-11-23 - Jagdish Chandra Bose, Indian physicist (b. 1858) 1938-04-21 - Allama Iqbal, Indian philosopher and poet (b. 1877) 1940-01-01 - Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian writer and essayist (b. 1865) 1941-03-28 - Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara, Indian Police Commissioner (b. 1877) Poet Rabindranath TagorePoet Rabindranath Tagore (1941-08-07) 1941-08-07 - Rabindranath Tagore, Indian philosopher/poet/writer, dies at 80 1948-01-30 - Mahatma Gandhi, Indias political and spiritual leader, assassinated in New Delhi by Hindu extremists 1950-04-14 - Sri Ramana Maharshi, Indian philosopher (b. 1879) 1950-08-08 - Ernest F E Douwes Dekker, founder National-India Party, dies 1950-12-05 - Shri Aurobindo, Indian guru (b. 1872) 1950-12-15 - Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian political leader, Iron Man of India (b. 1875) 1951-12-05 - Abanindranath Tagore, Indian writer (b. 1871) 1952-01-05 - Victor Alexander John Hope, viceroy of India (1936-43), dies at 64 1952-03-07 - Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian guru (b. 1893) Pacifist and Spiritual Leader Mahatma GandhiPacifist and Spiritual Leader Mahatma Gandhi (1948-01-30) 1953-12-10 - Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Indian-born scholar and translator (b. 1872) 1955-09-16 - Leopold C M S Amery, Brit minister of Colonies (India), dies at 81 1956-12-06 - Dr. Bhimji Ramji Ambedkar, Indian Minister of Law and architect of The Constitution of India (b. 1891) 1958-06-27 - Robert Greig, actor (Devil Doll, Indian Love Call), dies at 78 1959-12-23 - Edward FLW Halifax, English viscount/viceroy of India, dies at 78 1962-04-12 - Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, Indian politician and engineer (b. 1861) 1963-02-28 - Rajendra Prasad, First President of India (b. 1884) 1964-05-27 - Jawaharial Nehru, Independent Indias 1st PM, dies at 74 1966-01-11 - Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian premier (1964-66), dies at 61 1966-01-24 - Homi J. Bhabha, Indian physicist (b. 1909) 1966-02-26 - Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian freedom fighter and writer (b. 1883) 1967-10-12 - Ram Manohar Lohia, Indian Socialist politician leader 1969-01-31 - Meher Baba, Indian guru (b. 1894) 1969-05-03 - Zakir Hussain, 3rd President of India, (b. 1897) 1969-06-24 - Ted Hecht, actor (Time to Kill, Song of India, Gangster) 1970-06-07 - Edward M Forster, Brit writer (Maurice, passage to India), dies at 91 1970-07-24 - Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman (b. 1897) 1970-11-21 - Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, Indian physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1888) 1971-12-31 - Vikram Sarabhai, Indian physicist (b. 1919) 1972-03-31 - Meena Kumari, Indian actress (b. 1932) 1972-07-28 - Charu Majumdar, Indian revolutionary leader (b. 1918) 1972-09-27 - S. R. Ranganathan, Indian mathematician (b. 1892) 1973-09-11 - Neem Karoli Baba, Indian guru 1974-02-04 - Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian physicist (b. 1894) 1975-04-17 - Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher (b. 1888) 1975-10-02 - Kumaraswami Kamaraj, Indian political leader, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (b. 1903) 1975-10-31 - SD Burman, Indian musician (b. 1906) 1976-08-27 - Mukesh, Indian playback singer (b. 1923) 1977-03-22 - A.K. Gopalan, Indian communist leader (b. 1904) 1979-12-03 - Dhyan Chand, Indian field hockey player (b. 1905) 1980-06-23 - Sanjay Gandhi, Indian politician, dies 1980-06-23 - Varahagiri Venkata Giri, Fourth President of India (b. 1894) 1980-07-24 - Uttam Kumar, Indian actor (b. 1926) 1 2 3 ▶
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