THIS IS 243rd DAY OF THE YEAR AND  122 DAYS ARE REMAINING TO COMPLETE THIS YEAR  EVENTS: 1928-Nehru report published in India; demands dominion status in British Empire. The Motilal Nehru Report 1928 was a report by a committee headed by Pt. Motilal Nehru. This committee was created when Lord Birkenhead, Secretary of State of […]

THIS IS 242nd DAY OF THE YEAR AND  123 DAYS ARE REMAINING TO COMPLETE THIS YEAR  EVENTS: 1751-Sir Robert Clive exhibited a heroic feat when the British troops captured Arcot form Chanda Saheb. 1773-Narayan Rao Peshwa was murdered by his uncle Raghunath Rao, also called Raghoba, who then proclaimed himself the Peshwa. 1908-Khudiram and Prafulla […]

THIS IS 241st DAY OF THE YEAR AND  124 DAYS ARE REMAINING TO COMPLETE THIS YEAR   EVENTS: 1931-Gandhi arrives in London for second Round Table Conference from India. A hotel room was booked for him for his stay, but Gandhi chose to stay at Kingsley Hall, a social service center in the East End […]

THIS IS 240th DAY OF THE YEAR AND  125 DAYS ARE REMAINING TO COMPLETE THIS YEAR  EVENTS:  1963-Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his “I have a dream speech” addressing civil rights march at Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. “I Have a Dream” is a public speech delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. […]

THIS IS 237th DAY OF THE YEAR AND  128 DAYS ARE REMAINING TO COMPLETE THIS YEAR  EVENTS:  1825 – Uruguay declares its independence from Brazil. In 1811, José Gervasio Artigas, who became Uruguay’s national hero, launched a successful revolution against the Spanish authorities, defeating them on 18 May at the Battle of Las Piedras. In […]

THIS IS 236th DAY OF THE YEAR AND  129 DAYS ARE REMAINING TO COMPLETE THIS YEAR   EVENTS: 1600-East India Company’s first ship ‘HECTOR’ reached at Surat Port. Although the English arrived at Surat in 1608, it was several years before a permanent factory was established.Surat, the outlet for the textile manufactures of Gujurat and […]

THIS IS 235th DAY OF THE YEAR AND  130 DAYS ARE REMAINING TO COMPLETE THIS YEAR  EVENTS:  1933-Mahatma Gandhi was released from government detention in the Poona Civil Hospital after doctors warned that his fast was endangering his life. Gandhi, who undertook the fast eight days ago in protest over being arrested again by British […]

This is 234th day of the year and 131 days are remaining to complete this year EVENTS: 1639-Madras (now Chennai), India, founded by the British East India Company on sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulersIt was on 22 August 1639 that a sliver of land, where now stands Fort St George, was handed […]