Retro@February 1st

Events: 1865 – President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII) to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. In Congress, it was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, and by the House on January 31, […]

Retro@January 31st

This  is 31st Day in this year and 336 days are more to complete this year.  Events: 1958- Explorer 1, the first satellite with an on board telemetry system, is launched by the United States into orbit aboard a Juno rocket and returns data from space. 1963-Peacock declared as National Bird of India. Common name is Indian Peafoul […]

Retro@January 30th

This  is 30th Day in this year and 335 days are more to complete this year.  Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi                                                                            (2 […]

Retro@January 29th

This  is 29th Day in this year and 336 days are more to complete this year.  Events:  1780-Calcutta General Advertiser or Bengal Gazette, the first news paper in India, was published from Kolkata India. It was the first major newspaper in India. It was published for two years.Founded by James Augustus Hicky, a highly eccentric Irishman,He is […]

Retro@January 28th

This  is 28th Day in this year and 337 days are more to complete this year.  Events: 1846-British forcibly separate Kashmir from the Sikhs and sell it to the Maharaja of Jammu for 1,000,000 pounds after the Battle of Allwal on the Sutlej, and Bhundri. The Battle of Aliwal was fought on 28 January 1846 between the […]

Retro@January 27th

This  is 27th Day in this year and 338 days are more to complete this year.  Events: 1876-As a part of The Prince of Wales tour in India, to day after dinner, drove through to see the Taj illuminated. At the Taj, 7000 spectators came to look at the Prince of Wales looking at the Taj It […]

Retro@January 26th

This  is 26th Day in this year and 339 days are more to complete this year.  The 68th Republic Day Celebrations on 26th January 2017, New Delhi, India Difference between August 15 & January 26 August -15 – India’s Independence Day celebrates its freedom from British Rule, January -26 – the Republic Day celebrates of coming into […]

Retro@January 25th

This  is 25th Day in this year and 340 days are more to complete this year.  Events:  1533 – Henry VIII of England secretly marries his second wife Anne Boleyn. Henry and Anne married on 25 January 1533, after a secret marriage on 14 November 1532.As a result of this marriage and these excommunications, the first break […]

Retro@January 24th

This  is 24th Day in this year and 341 days are more to complete this year.  Events:  1857-The Calcutta University Act came into force on 24 January 1857 and a 41-member Senate was formed as the policy making body of the university. When the university was first established it had a catchment area covering the area from […]