25 February

1894: Meher Baba, Indian mystic, was born

1948 – Danny Denzongpa, Indian actor, was born

1974 – Divya Bharti, Indian actress, was born

1981 – Shahid Kapoor, Indian actor, was born

2008 – Hans Raj Khanna, Indian judge, died

26 February

1966: Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian politician, passed away

1908 – Leela Majumdar, Bengali author, was born

1937 – Manmohan Desai, Indian producer and director, was born

2004 – Shankarrao Chavan, 4th Chief Minister of Maharashtra, died

27 FEBRUARY

2002       59 people died due to fire in train Sabarmati Express in Godhra. Due to these deaths communal violence spread in Gujarat.

1931       Revolutionary and freedom fighter Chandrashekhar Azad shot himself in 1931 to avoid arrest in an encounter with the British police at Alfred Park, Allahabad.

2009       Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee handed over the succession of his Lok Sabha seat to senior party leader Lal G. Tandon.

1990       There were voting in Pondicherry and eight other states.

1996       The Vote on Account Rail Budget was introduced by Suresh Kalmadi.

28 FEBRUARY

1580       Fatehpur Sikri came to the court of Akbar, the first Christian missionary from Goa.

1712       Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah I died in Lahore.

1928       CV Raman invented the Raman effect for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize.

1936       Jawaharlal Nehru’s wife Kamala Nehru died in Switzerland.

1943       Kolkata’s Howrah bridge (Ravindra Setu) started.

163         The first President of India, Rajendra Prasad passed away.

 

01 MARCH

1983       Mary Kom was born to make the country proud by winning medals in the Olympic and Commonwealth Games.

1928       In 1928, Indian scientist CV Raman  presented his research on diffraction of light to the world.

2009       In 2009, President Pratibha Patil announced Chawla to be the next Chief Election Commissioner.

2010       Former Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh made an extradition treaty between the two countries during his visit to Saudi Arabia on 1 March 2010. With this, 10 signed in many fields including sci-tech and business.

2010       India beat Pakistan in the first match of the Hockey World Cup on 1 March 2010. India defeated Pakistan 4–1 in this match.

1872       The world’s first Yellowstone National Park was established in 1872.

02 MARCH

1930       Gandhiji wrote a letter to Britsh Vissercy on Salt Law.

1982       Indira Gandhi inaugurated the Mahatma Gandhi Road Bridge.

1984       Mother Teresa University was inaugurated in Tamil Nadu.

1994       Presidential rule in J&K was extended.

1997       The first indigenous HIV detection kit was built in Bangalore in 1997.

1986       The great painter Kashinath Ghanekar died in 1986.

03 MARCH

1885       The Indian Appropriation Rule was implemented by the Congress Party on this day in 1885.

1930       The movement started by Harijans to enter the Kala Rama Temple.

1931       Delhi Pact was signed by Mahatma Gandhi and Viceroy Irving.

1967       The International Space Treaty was signed by India in Moscow.

1993       Sharad Pawar was elected as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra.

1839       World famous businessman (Jamsetji Tata) was born.