16 JUNE
1950 Mithun Da, who was called the disco dancer of Bollywood, was born.
1925 Nationalist leader Chittaranjan Das dies
1606 The fifth Sikh Guru Arjun Dev passed away.
1858 The battle of Morar was fought during the First Indian War of Independence.
2007 Sunita Williams became the longest-lived woman in space.
1983 Guru Ghasidas University of Chhattisgarh was established in 1983.
2008 A panel of Uttar Pradesh state finance ministries agreed in 2008 on the reduction in sales tax on petroleum fuels.
2008 In 2008, ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steel making company, acquired American company Bambhu Steel.
1928 The great freedom fighter Chittaranjan Das died.
17 JUNE
1631 The Taj Mahal, one of the seven wonders of the world, was built in the memory of Mumtaz Mahal. She was married to Shah Jahan.
1674 Jijabai died. She was the wife of Shahaji Bhonsle and mother of Chhatrapati Shivaji.
1858 Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi received Veergati by taking iron from the British.
1973 India‘s famous tennis player Leander Paes was born.
2008 The Tejas, a light combat aircraft developed in the country, was successfully tested in Bangalore.
2012 Saina Nehwal became Indonesia Open champion for the third time.
18 JUNE
1576 The battle of Haldi valley started between Maharana Pratap and Akbar.
1758 French General Bussi sought permission to leave Nizam Salabat Jung, which was the end of France‘s presence with India.
1946 The first Satyagraha movement was launched to liberate Goa from the Portuguese.
1956 The Hindu Succession Act passed.
1987 MS Swaminathan received the first World Food Prize.
19 JUNE
1716 The famous Sikh soldier Banda Singh Bahadur, who broke the illusion of the Mughals being invincible, was tortured to death at the behest of Emperor Farukhsier.
1947 The birth of the famous British-Indian writer and novelist Salman Rushdie.
1970 Birth of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
1981 India successfully launched its geostationary satellite Apple.
1871 Madhavrao Sapre, the freedom fighter of the national language, Unnayak of Hindi, was born
20 JUNE
1858 The capture of Gwalior by the British Army and the Sepoy Mutiny came to an end with it.
1873 YMCA in India establishment.
1887 Mumbai-based Victoria Terminus (Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus) opened to the public. Today it is one of the busiest railway stations in the country.
1916 SNDT in Pune Establishment of Women’s University.
1998 Vishwanathan Anand won the fifth Frankfurt Classic chess tournament by defeating Vladimir Kaimnik.
2014 Announcement of Jnanpith Award to eminent poet Kedarnath Singh.
1756 Siraj ud-Daula Nawab of Bengal sought Calcutta from the British.
1869 Laxman Kashinath Kirloskar, the founder of the famous industrialist Kirloskar Industry Group of India, was born.
1923 Proficient journalist and writer Gaur Kishore Ghosh was born.
21 JUNE
1912 Birth of famous Hindi litterateur Vishnu Prabhakar.
2004 China supported the India-Pakistan talks.
2009 India’s badminton star player Saina Nehwal won the title of Super Series Badminton Tournament. She is the first Indian woman to do so.
1982 World Music Day was celebrated.
1862 Gyanendra Mohan Tagore became the first Indian to receive an advocacy degree from Lincoln’s Inn.
1933 Birth of the famous writer, novelist, playwright, critic and satirist Mudrarakshaas of India.
1948 C. Rajagopalachari became the Governor General of India. He was the last Governor General of the country.
1991 PV Narasimha Rao became the ninth Prime Minister of India.
2015 The first International Day of Yoga was celebrated. At the initiative of India at the United Nations, almost all the countries of the world are involved in this campaign of spreading yoga to stay healthy.
1932 Villain Amrish Puri, the star of Hindi cinema who ruled the hearts of fans for decades, was born on 22 June.
22 JUNE
1932 Villain Amrish Puri, the star of Hindi cinema who ruled the hearts of fans for decades, was born on 22 June.
2009 The longest solar eclipse of the 21st century appeared in India.
1939 Subhash Chandra Bose separated from the Congress and established the Forward Bloc.
1897 In Pune, the then District Magistrate Walter Charles Rand was shot dead by the Chafekar brothers in 1897.
1948 The title of Emperor of India has been removed in 1948 from His Excellency, King of the United Kingdom.
2007 Sunita Williams returned to Earth in 2007 with her team.
2008 Syed Faqir Hussain was appointed Vice-Chairman of the Central Advisory Board of Balashram in 2008.
2016 ISRO created history in 2016, launching 20 satellites.
1900 Indian freedom fighter Ganesh Ghosh was born.
1932 Famous actor and villain of Indian cinema, Amrish Puri was born.
1988 Buddhist monk, Paladin scholar and writer Bhadant Anand Kausalayan died on 22 June 1988.