07 JULY
1753 The British Museum was established by an Act of Parliament.
1763 Mir Jafar was crowned again as the Nawab of Bengal.
1763 The British East India Company announced the resignation of Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal.
1799 Maharaja Ranjit Singh captured Lahore.
1948 Damodar Valley Corporation was established.
1656 Birth of Har Kishan, the eighth Guru of the Sikhs.
1758 Raja Martand Verma, the creator of modern Travancore, died
1896 Cinema’s entry into India. The Lumir brothers performed films for the first time at Mumbai’s Watson Hotel.
1999 Paramvir Chakra winner Captain Vikram Batra was killed while defending the country.
08 JULY
1497 On this day, Vasco de Gama left Europe to reach India with a team of 170 people on the way to the sea.
1914 Jyoti Basu, the chief minister of the world and the basis of leftist politics, was born for the longest time.
2007 The 9th Prime Minister of the country Chandrashekhar died.
1918 The Montague Chelmsford Report was published in 1918 to reform the Indian Constitution.
1954 In 1954, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru started the hydroelectric project on Bhakra-Nangal in Punjab, the world’s largest canal.
1932 Indian singer Ghulam Hassan Sophie was born.
09 JULY
1875 Bombay Stock Exchange was established. It was the first stock exchange in the country
1944 Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose ji accepted the leadership of Azad Hind Fauj to make India independent from British rule.
1951 India’s First Five-Year Plan (1951–56) began.
1925 Birth of Gurudutt, one of the most powerful actors and best directors of Indian cinema.
2001 In 2001, India announced the establishment of two posts on the Pak border.
2007 Indian-American scientist Himanshu Jain was awarded the Otto Scott Research Award 2007 for his focus in the field of Glass Science.
10 JULY
1800 The British Government in India established Fort William College.
1965 The first NCC college for women was established in Gwalior.
2017 There was a terrorist attack on Amarnath Yatra in which 10 devotees died.
1966 Construction of Air Force fighter aircraft ‘MiG’ started in Nashik district of Maharashtra.
1972 Launching of the fully air-conditioned vessel Harsh Vardhan from Mazgaon port in Mumbai.
1986 India beat England by 5 wickets to win the first Test at Lord’s.
2005 Signing of two agreements related to education and community development in India and Sri Lanka.
2008 The Central Government announced an ‘Integrated Space Cell’ for the three armies.
1806 The Vellore Rebellion was the first revolt by the Indian soldiers against the East India Company.
11 JULY
2006 There were serial blasts in Mumbai in which 209 people were killed.
2003 The ‘Dosti Bus’ in Lahore and the ‘Sad-e-Sarhad’ bus from Delhi became operational in 2003.
2004 In 2004, 7 railway bombings occurred in Mumbai suburban.
2007 Popular painter M.F. Hussein attended the New York art exhibition in 2007 as the chief guest.
1902 India’s famous freedom fighter, politician and first defense minister Sardar Baldev Singh was born in 1902.
12 JULY
1674 Shivaji signed a friendship contract with the East India Company.
1799 Ranjit Singh captured Lahore from Bhangi Misl, an important step to establish the Sikh Empire and become Maharaja of Punjab.
1823 Diana, the first steam ship built in India, was unveiled in Calcutta (now Kolkata).
1966 Indira Gandhi visited Moscow.
2001 ‘Friendship’ bus service between India and Bangladesh Agartala and Dhaka started.
1999 Film artist Rajendra Kumar died in Mumbai at the age of 71.
2012 Wrestler and Bollywood artist Dara Singh passed away.
1949 After the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, the ban imposed on the RSS was conditionally lifted.
1970 The severe floods in the Alaknanda River killed 600 people.
13 JULY
1830 Raja Ram Mohan Roy and Alexander Duff started Scottish Church College with five students.
1905 The Bengali weekly Sanjeevani suggested burning Holi of British goods for the first time.
1974 India played their first ODI against England at Headingley.
1977 Public honors like Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan etc. were withdrawn during the Emergency.
2011 The country’s financial capital, Mumbai was rocked by triple blasts. The blasts took place in Mumbai’s Jhaveri Bazaar, Opera House and Dadar.
