01 OCTOBER
1568 The Mughal emperor Akbar attacked Chittorgarh.
1962 The war started between India and China over the border dispute.
1574 The third Sikh Guru Amardas died.
1847 Anne Besant, a member of the Theosophical Society, who played a major role in India’s freedom movement, was born in London.
1854 The introduction of postage stamps started in India.
1888 National Geographic magazine was first published.
1919 Famous Urdu poet Majrooh Sultanpuri was born.
1853 Andhra Pradesh became a separate state in India.
1967 Indian Tourism Development Corporation was established.
1978 The marriage age of girls was increased from 14 to 18 and that of boys from 18 to 21 years.
2003 India overcame Bangladesh‘s apprehensions about linking rivers.
02 OCTOBER
1869 Birth of Mahatma Gandhi in Porbandar, Gujarat. On the strength of non-violence, he contributed significantly to the independence of the country.
1904 Birthday of Lal Bahadur Shastri. With his simplicity and the slogan ‘Jai Jawan Jai Kisan’, he became popular among the masses. Led the country in the Indo-Pak war of 1965.
1924 The Geneva proposal, brought with the aim of strengthening the League of Nations, was approved by the General Assembly but was not ratified later.
1975 Bharat Ratna honored freedom fighter, politician, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu K.K. Kamaraj was born.
1929 Gandhiji made the Navajivan Office a public trust.
1951 Shyama Prasad Mukherjee founded the Bharatiya Jan Sangh.
1952 Initiation of community development program.
1955 The Integral Coach Factory at Perambur, Madras, built the first coach of the rail.
1961 Establishment of Shipping Corporation of India in Bombay (Mumbai).
1971 The President of India dedicated the Birla Sadan to the country. Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in this building and was renamed Gandhi Sadan.
1985 Dowry Prohibition Amendment Act implemented.
1988 The largest road bridge at that time over the sea connecting Mandapam and Pamban was opened for traffic.
2000 Russia‘s President Vladimir Putin arrived in Delhi on a four-day visit, adding a new chapter to the old friendly relations between India and Russia.
2006 South Africa decided to support India in the nuclear fuel supply case.
03 OCTOBER
1994 India submitted its formal claim for permanent membership of the Security Council.
1978 The first test tube baby was born in the Indian state of Calcutta (now Kolkata) and the second in the world.
1984 India’s longest distance train Himsagar Express was diverted from Kanyakumari to Jammu Tawi.
2010 The 19th Commonwealth Games began in Delhi, India.
1831 Britain was captured by Mysore (now Mysuru).
1880 The first Marathi music drama ‘Sangeet Shakuntal’ was staged in Pune.
2008 Tata Motors Chairman Ratan Tata announced the move of the Nano car project from Singur elsewhere.
1949 Indian film director J.K. P. Dutta was born.
1992 Geet Sethi won the World Professional Billiards Championship.
04 OCTOBER
1884 Ramachandra Shukla, the leading Hindi writer and critic, was born.
1977 India’s Foreign Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee addressed the meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in Hindi. This was the first address given in Hindi.
1986 Indian Helicopter Corporation was established.
1974 India refused to participate in the Davis Cup by going there to resist the pillar of the South African government.
1927 Sarla Grewal, the second woman officer of India in the Indian Administrative Service and former Governor of Madhya Pradesh, was born .
2011 The strike continued on the 22nd day in Andhra Pradesh for a separate Telangana state.
05 OCTOBER
1864 About 50,000 people died due to cyclone in Calcutta city.
1805 The second governor general of the British Raj in India, Commander in Chief Lord Cornwallis, died in Ghazipur.
1989 Meera Sahib Beevi became the first woman judge of the Supreme Court.
1999 India decided not to attend the special meeting on the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).
2011 The world’s cheapest Rs 2250 tablet PC Aakash was launched in India.
1676 The East India Company got the right to exchange Indian currency in Mumbai from the King of England.
2008 The Central Government started testing elsewhere for the ‘Setu Samudram Project’ as directed by the Supreme Court.
1524 The birth of Rani Durgavati, one of the famous Veeraganna queens of Indian history.
1934 Birth of Indian actor, comedian, political satirist, playwright, film director and advocate Cho Ramaswamy.
06 OCTOBER
2008 In view of the global recession, the Reserve Bank of India decided to cut the cash reserve ratio (CRR) of banks by half a percent.
1862 The Indian Penal Code Act was passed and came into force from January 1.
1954 Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru announced a National Health Plan for the country.
1858 The revolutionary Nana Saheb Peshwa died.
1983 President’s rule was imposed in Punjab.
1935 Jeevan D Ghosh, the longest umpiring umpire in India, was born in Bengal.
1893 Indian scientist Meghnath Saha, who has done important work in the field of mathematics and physics, was born
07 OCTOBER
1950 Mother Teresa established the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata.
2008 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in India on a four-day state visit.
1586 The Mughal army entered Kashmir.
1737 Three lakh people died in Bengal when a 20 thousand small ship sank 40 feet below the sea.
1919 Gandhiji’s ‘Navjeevan’ magazine published.
1952 Chandigarh became the capital of Punjab.
2000 WWF – India won the first Rajiv Gandhi Wildlife Conservation Award.
1891 Freedom fighter and close associate of Mahatma Gandhi, Narhari Parikh was born.
1907 Durga Bhabhi, the principal ally of revolutionaries, was born in India’s freedom struggle.
1708 Sikh Guru Guru Govind Singh died.