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.