03 DECEMBER

1844       The first President of the country Dr. Rajendra Prasad was born.

1751       Battle of Arnie in India (Second Carnatic War): A British East India Company-led army under Robert Clive defeats a very large Franco-Indian army under the command of Rana Sahib at Archana.

1796       Baji Rao II was made the Peshwa of the Maratha Empire. He was the last Peshwa of the Maratha Empire.

1889       The youngest hanged revolutionary, Khudiram Bose, was born in the independence movement.

1915       A magnitude 6.5 earthquake in Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh killed 170 people and destroyed many homes.

1971       The Emergency came into force in the country after the war between India and Pakistan started.

1979       Hockey magician Major Dhyanchand  died.

2004       India and Pakistan agreed to restore rail connectivity between Munabav and Khokhrapar after 40 years.

2011       Film actor Dev Anand died.

1984       Leaking toxic gas from the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal killed at least 3000 people and caused several thousands of physical deformities.

1959       India and Nepal signed the agreement of Gandak Irrigation and Power Project.

1967       India’s first rocket (Rohini RH 75) was launched from Thumba.

2008       Chief Minister of Maharashtra Vilasrao Deshmukh resigned from his post on the day after the terrorist incident of 23 November in Mumbai.

04 DECEMBER

2008       Renowned historian Romila Thapar was chosen for the Cluj honor.

1888       Birth of historian Ramesh Chandra Majumdar.

1860       Agustino Lawrenceo of Margao, Goa, received a doctorate in chemistry from the University of Paris. He became the first Indian to pursue a doctorate from a foreign university.

1899       For the first time, the vaccine of typhoid was used to protect humans from this disease.

1919       The twelfth Prime Minister of India, Indra Kumar Gujral was born.

1910       Ramaswamy Venkataraman, the eighth president of India, was born.

1971       The Indian Navy attacked the Pakistani Navy and Karachi.

05 DECEMBER

1955       The STD service that provides long distance telephone calls to every home came into existence on this day in 1955.

1971       India recognized Bangladesh as a country.

1895       The birth of Josh Malihabadi, the famous Urdu poet of India and Pakistan.

1941       Famous Indian female painter Amrita Shergill died in Lahore. Many of his artworks were appreciated worldwide.

1969       The birth of Anjali Bhagwat, the famous shooter who has illuminated the name of India in the world in shooting.

1998       Russia agrees to give ‘Krivak class’ multi-purpose warship to Indian Navy.

1999       Yukta Mukhi took the title of Miss World to her name.

1657       Shah Jahan’s younger son Murad proclaimed himself king.

1943       Japanese airplane bombed Kolkata.

1950       Freedom fighter, poet, yogi and philosopher Arvind Ghosh died in Puducherry.

1950       Sikkim became a protected state of India.

06 DECEMBER

1732       Warren Hastings, the first Governor General of the East India Company, was born.

1907       The first incident of dacoity related to India’s freedom struggle took place at Chingaripota railway station.

1992       Babri Masjid in Ayodhya was demolished by fierce Hindu kar sevaks. After this, riots broke out in many states of India.

1907       The first incident of dacoity related to India’s freedom struggle took place at Chingaripota railway station.

1956       Bahujan political leader and constitution builder Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar died.

1987       MiG-29 joined the Indian Air Force, renamed ‘Baz’.

07 DECEMBER

1949       Indian Armed Forces Flag Day is celebrated.

1782       Hyder Ali, the ruler of Mysore died.

1825       The first steam-powered ship ‘Enterprise reached Kolkata.

1856       The ‘Hindu widow’ was officially married for the first time in the country.

1995       India launched communication satellite INSAT-2C.

2003       Raman Singh holds the post of Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh.

2008       Indian golfer Jeev Milkha Singh won the Japan Tour title.

2016       Famous Indian actor, comedian, political satirist, playwright, film director and advocate Cho Ramaswamy passed away.

08 DECEMBER

1875       The great liberal leader Tej Bahadur Sapru was born in Aligarh.

1879       The great revolutionary Yatindra Nath Mukherjee aka Barrier Jatin was born.

1900       Pandit Uday Shankar, born dancer and dance director of modern dance of India, was born.

2002       Gomutra was patented by the United States after India’s traditional bio-wealth, neem, turmeric and berries.

2005       The Red Cross and Red Crescent Society accepted a red crystal of diamond shape in the white background as a new additional symbol.

1967       The first submarine INS Kalwari was inducted into the Indian Navy.

1990       Uday Shankar, the famous Indian classical dance dancer, dance director and ballet producer was born.

1947       Parmanand, the great revolutionary brother of the Indian freedom struggle, died.

09 DECEMBER

1946       The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly that made the country’s highest law was on this day.

1946       UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi was born.

1971       During the Liberation War, the Indian Army had pierced the air campaign Meghna Heli Bridge.

1484       The great poet and saint Surdas was born.

1758       The thirteen-month-long war of Madras began in India. This was the most dangerous war between Britain and France in India.

1898       Belur Math was established in Kolkata.

2001       United National Party leader Ranil Vikram Singhe was sworn in as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.

1825       Rao Tula Ram, a prominent hero of the Sepoy Mutiny was born.