1612 |
Shah Jahan marries Mumtaz. |
1859 |
Tatya Tope, who had created a reputation for independence in the country, was hanged for playing a decisive role in the first revolution of independence of 1857. |
1917 |
Gandhiji selected Champaran in Bihar to start his Satyagraha movement. |
1950 |
Vinoba Bhave started the Bhoodan movement with 80 acres of land in Panchampalli village in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh. |
1971 |
India's first jumbo jet Boeing 747 arrives in Bombay. It was named Emperor Ashoka. |
1978 |
Sobha Singh, who built modern New Delhi, died. |
1991 |
Kerala was declared the first fully literate state in the country. |
1991 |
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee lost the confidence vote in the Lok Sabha by one vote. |
2001 |
16 soldiers of India martyred due to the firing of Bangladesh army into Indian border. |
2008 |
India and Mexico enter into new agreements in the field of civil aviation and energy. |