This Is 212th Day In This Year And 153 Days Are More To Complete This Year EVENTS: 30 BC- Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves minor victory over Octavian, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to Octavian’s invasion of Egypt. 1620-Pilgrim Fathers depart Leiden for England before heading to America. 1807-Lord Minto became […]

This Is 209th Day In This Year And 156 Days Are More To Complete This Year EVENTS: 1868-The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law. 1914-Japanese boat ‘Kamagata Maru’ was compelled to deport to India from Vancouver, Canada. The ship was boarded with […]

This Is 208th Day In This Year And 157 Days Are More To Complete This Year EVENTS: 1889-Branch of Indian National Congress, ‘British India Committee’ , was established under the leadership of Dadabhai Navroji. Alan Octavian Hume founder of INC, left India in 1894 to return to Britain. At the time of his departure, Hume […]

This Is 207th Day In This Year And 158 Days Are More To Complete This Year EVENTS: 1509-The Emperor Krishnadevaraya ascends to the throne, marking the beginning of the regeneration of the Vijayanagara Empire. 1614-Jahangir captured Mewar from Rana Amar Singh. A treaty was signed. In the Mughal court, Rana and his son were treated […]

This Is 206th Day In This Year And 159 Days Are More To Complete This Year EVENTS: 1813-First boat race started at Calcutta on the Hooghly river where seven sailing boats had competed. 1958-Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, inaugurated. The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (abbreviated IITB or IIT Bombay) is a public engineering institution […]

This Is 205th Day In This Year And 160 Days Are More To Complete This Year EVENTS: 1206-Qutubu’d-din Aibak (1206-1210) was crowned at Lahore after the death of Muhammad of Ghuri. He was originally a slave of Turkestan. As he started his career as a slave, the dynasty founded by him in India is known as […]

This Is 202nd Day In This Year And 163 Days Are More To Complete This Year EVENTS: 1883-Star Theatre was opened in Calcutta.Initially situated in Beadon Street, the theatre later moved to Cornwallis Street – now called Bidhan Sarani. The Star, along with the Minerva Theatre, was one of the first institutions of commercial Bengali theatre. […]

This Is 201st Day In This Year And 164 Days Are More To Complete This Year EVENTS: 1680-Coronation of Sambhaji Bhosale after Shivaji Maharaj.Sambhaji Bhosale (May 14, 1657 – March 11, 1689) was the eldest son of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the founder of Maratha Empire and his first wife Maharani Saibai. He was successor of the realm […]

This Is 200th Day In This Year And 165 Days Are More To Complete This Year EVENTS: 1905-The decision on the Partition of Bengal was announced on 19 July 1905 by then Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon. The partition took effect on 16 October 1905. Due to the high level of political unrest generated by the partition, […]