04 FEBRUARY

1628       Shah Jahan was declared Emperor of Agra.

1881       The first issue of the daily newspaper ‘Kesari’ appeared in the editing of Lokmanya Tilak.

1938       Birju Maharaj, the famous Kathak artist of the country, was born.

1974       Physicist Satendra Nath Bose, who discovered God Particle, died.

2004       The world-changing social networking site Facebook launched.

1909       Narayan Sane, the batsman and Indian umpire was born in Vidarbha.

1974       The famous mathematician Satyendra Nath Bose died.

05 FEBRUARY

1630       The seventh Sikh Guru Har Rai was born in Kiratpu.

1916       Hindi poet Janki Vallabh Shastri was born.

2007       Sunita Williams of Indian origin became the most time woman in space.

1916       Famous poet Janaki Vallabh Shastri was born.

1915       Wireless message sent for the first time by a moving train was received to the railway station.

06 FEBRUARY

2002       India sneaks into the border, shoots down Pakistan spy plane.

1999       The country’s first Pace Maker Bank was established in 1999 in Kolkata.

2009       On February 6, 2009, India provided financial assistance of Rs 9.45 crore for the construction of three large dams along its border with Nepal.

07 FEBRUARY

1931       Freedom fighter and lawyer Motilal Nehru died.

2000       The first meeting of the joint opposition between India and the United States began in Washington on February 7, 2000.

2009       Maharashtra Governor SC Jamir conferred the 12th and the first woman President of Independent India, Pratibha Patil, with the title of D.Litt.

2010       The 19th International Book Fair held at Pragati Maidan in Delhi ended on 7 February 2010. Let us tell you that this fair lasted for 9 days, in which about 2 thousand publishers took part.

1898       Ramabai Ambedkar, wife of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, was born in 1898.

08 FEBRUARY

1897       Zakir Hussain, the third President of the country, was born.

1941       Jagjit Singh was born who gave Urdu and Ghazals a place in every house in India.

1943       Freedom fighter Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose left for Japan via a ferry from Kell, Germany.

1986       Prepaid taxi service was started for the first time at Delhi Airport.

09 FEBRUARY

1960       Maratha general Dattaji Shinde died.

1951       In 1951, the task of making a list was started to conduct the first census in independent India.

1931       For the first time in India in 1931, a stamp with a picture was issued in honor of a person.

2009       The Supreme Court on 9 February 2009 gave notice to the UP government on illegal construction in and around the Taj.

2010       The Indian government banned commercial cultivation of Bt brinjal on February 9, 2010, indefinitely.

10 FEBRUARY

1846       The battle of Sobraon started between the East India Company and the Sikhs.

2013       36 people were killed and 39 others were injured in a stampede during the Kumbh Mela ceremony in Allahabad. 1847: Bengali poet writer Navinchandra Sen was born.

1818       Third and final battle between the British and Marathas was fought at Rampur.

2009       Famous classical singer Pandit Bhimsen Joshi was awarded the Bharat Ratna, the country’s highest civilian honor