15 APRIL

1469  Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, was born in 1469.

1976  India announces sending its envoy to Beijing for the first time in 15 years.

1980  Six non-government banks were nationalized. Earlier also some banks were nationalized in the same way.

2010  Launch of the first cryogenic rocket GSLV-D3 built in India failed.

1948  The state of Himachal Pradesh was established.

1994  Acceptance of ‘Get’ agreement in 1994 by 109 countries including India.

2004  LTTE militant V. Muralitharan, linked to the Rajiv Gandhi assassination, was killed in 2004 in Colombo.

16 APRIL

1853  In India, the first train ran from Mumbai to Thane in 1853.

1919  Gandhiji declared a fast on this day in 1919 to pay tribute to those who died in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

2008  The statue of Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi was unveiled in 2008 in London.

2004  India defeated Pakistan 2–1 in the series by winning the Rawalpindi Test.

17 APRIL

1952  The first Lok Sabha of the country was formed on this day in 1952.

1977  On this day in 1977, the Independence Party merged with the Janata Party and emerged as a big party.

1996  On this day in 1996, the Indian Railways had interrupted AIDS patients from traveling.

1983  India launched the SLV-3 rocket in 1983.

2003  The Indo-British Parliamentary Forum was formed in 2003 after 55 years.

2008  Four important agreements were signed between India and Brazil in 2008.

1975  India’s first Vice President and second President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan died on 17 April 1975.

18 APRIL

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.

19 APRIL

1451  Bahlol Lodi captured Delhi.

1950  Shyama Prasad Mukherjee becomes the first Minister to resign from the Union Cabinet.

1975  India enters the space age by launching its first satellite Aryabhata. It was the first scientific satellite of India.

1882  Start of first maternity hospital in Calcutta.

1971  India defeated the West Indies and won the Test cricket series.

20 APRIL

1997  Indra Kumar Gujral became the 2nd Prime Minister of the country.

21 APRIL

1451  Bahlol Khan Lodi, the founder of the Lodi dynasty, became the ruler of Delhi in 1451.

1938  The famous poet Mohammad Iqbal, author of Saare Jahan Se Achcha Hindostan Hamara…, died in Lahore, Pakistan.

1996  Sanjay Thapar of the Indian Air Force was landed on the Northern Dhruv by parachute.

1526  Ibrahim Lodi was killed in the first battle of Panipat in 1526 between Babar and Ibrahim Lodi, the ruler of the Mughal Empire.

1720  Baji Rao I succeeded Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath in 1720.

2001  India lodged a strong protest over the brutal killing of Indian soldiers in Bangladesh.

1924  Birth of India’s first shooter Karni Singh in 1924, honored with the 1961 ‘Arjuna Award’.