11 SEPTEMBER

1895       Birth of freedom fighter fighter, social activist and famous Gandhian leader Vinoba Bhave.

1906       Mahatma Gandhi named the first non-violence movement in South Africa as ‘Satyagraha’.

1961       World Wildlife Fund was established.

1965       During the Indo-Pakistan War, the Indian Army captured the city of Burki near South East Lahore.

1996       First time elected a female president in Commonwealth Parliamentary Union

2006       Eminent Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen demanded Indian citizenship.

1911       Birth of cricketer Lala Amarnath, who scored India‘s first century in international cricket.

2009       Moninder Singh Pandher, an accused in the Nithari case, was acquitted by the High Court of Allahabad in one of the 19 cases in the Ripa Haldar case. The Supreme Court stayed the construction of the Kanshi Ram memorial site.

12 SEPTEMBER

1931       Mahatma Gandhi arrived in London to attend the Round Table Conference.

1966       Indian swimmer Mihir Sen swam across the Dardanless Strait.

2008       Sahara India Investment Corporation closed its non-banking financial business.

1912       The birth of Feroze Gandhi, a famous freedom fighter and influential member of the Lok Sabha.

1922       Renowned litterateur Chandradhar Sharma Guleri passed away.

2009       The Indian women’s team defeated America 3–1 in the final round at the World Chess Championship, finishing seventh.

13 SEPTEMBER

1947       Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru suggested mutual transfer of 40 lakh Hindus and Muslims.

1929       Jatin Das died after 63 days of hunger strike in Lahore jail.

1971       The World Hockey Association was formed.

1977       The first diesel automobile was introduced by General Motors.

2000       India’s top chess player Vishwanathan Anand won the first FIDE Chess World Cup in Shenyang.

2008       Four bomb blasts occurred one after another at three places in Delhi, killing 30 people and injuring more than 130.

1948       Deputy Prime Minister Vallabhbhai Patel ordered the army to enter Hyderabad and take action and integrate it with the Indian Union.

2006       The first summit of IBSA (India-Brazil-South Africa Trilateral Organization) begins in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil.

2009       ISRO–NASA‘s campaign to find ice on the moon failed.

2009       Charles Dias of Kochi was nominated as the representative of the Anglo Indian community in the Lok Sabha.

1845       Indian Cotton Congress President Henry Cotton was born.

1926       India’s revolutionary woman Nagendra Bala was born.

1929       India’s famous revolutionary Jatindranath Das died.

14 SEPTEMBER

1803       British general Lord Lake captured Delhi during the Second Anglo-Maratha War.

1949       The Constituent Assembly adopted Hindi as the official language of India. Since 1953, 14 September is celebrated every year throughout India as Hindi Day.

1947       The famous poet Chandra Kunwar Bertwal died as Kalidas of Hindi.

2009       India won the Compaq Cup of the tri-series by defeating Sri Lanka by 46 runs.

1923       Birth of eminent serialist and former Union Law Minister Ram Jethmalani.

1985       Renowned composer of Hindi cinema, Ramakrishna Shinde, passed away.

15 SEPTEMBER

1860       M Visvesvaraya, considered India’s greatest engineer, was born. It is celebrated as Engineers Day in the country.

1948       The first flag of independent India INS-Delhi reached the port of Bombay (now Mumbai).

1958       The deadly disease trachoma virus was first discovered in medical science.

1959       India’s national broadcasting service Doordarshan started in Delhi for the first time.

2004        ‘Woman of the Year’ award to British citizen Gurinder Chadha.

1931       Gandhi-Irwin Pact.

1909       Famous Tamil Nadu leader and former Chief Minister C.N. Birth of Annadurai.

1939       Birth of Subramanian Swamy for Indian Economist, Educational, and Politician, Law Minister and Justice India.

1946       Jokin Arputham, a man who struggled for the slums of Mumbai, was born.

16 SEPTEMBER

1916       Classical singer and actress MS awarded Bharat Ratna, the country’s largest civilian honor. Subbalakshmi was born.

2008       The employees of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) were awarded the Vishwakarma Award.

2009       The Incredible Bharat Vigyan Abhiyan, presenting India as an outstanding tourist destination to the world, received the British Award.

1882       Freedom fighter Balwant Singh was born.

2017       The most senior of the Indian Air Force and the only Marshal to reach the five-star rank, Arjan Singh died.

1965       Indian soldier AB Tarapore, awarded with Paramveer Chakra,  died.