- December 23rd, 2024
1533- Religious preacher Chaitanya Dev died on 9 July 1533. 1819 - Elias Howe, the inventor of the sewing machine, was born on July 9, 1819. Lord Minto II, who was the Viceroy and Governor-General of India from 1845-1905 to...
1497- Vasco da Gama left Europe on 8 July 1497 to reach India by sea with a crew of 170 members. 1858 - After the fall of the Gwalior fort, Lord Kenning declared peace on 8 July 1858. 1914- Indian...
Richard III became King of England in 1483. The Indian Botanical Garden was established in 1787 at Shibpur in West Bengal. Louis Pasteur successfully tested a rabies vaccine in 1885. Scottish religious leader and famous explorer David Levingston set foot...
1760- Mir Jafar's son Miran died on July 4, 1760, due to lightning on the banks of the Gandak River. 1789 - The East India Company signed a treaty with the Peshwa and the Nizam on 4 July 1789 against...
Portugal gave Mumbai and Tanjore to King Charles II of England in 1661. Baba Banda Singh Bahadur was hanged in 1746 on the orders of the Mughal emperor. In 1710 he defeated the Mughals. The Maratha army captured Delhi in...
The last Nawab of Bengal, Siraj-ud-Daulah, was brutally murdered by Mohammad Beg in 1757. Slavery ended in 1777 in Vermont, USA. The Battle of Porto Novo (now Parangipettai) took place in 1781 between Hyder Ali, the Sultan of Mysore, and...