23 SEPTEMBER

1908       Rashtrakavi Ramdhari Singh Dinkar was born on this day.

1803       The British East India Company defeated the Maratha army in the Battle of Asa.

1862       Birth of great patriot and politician Srinivas Shastri.

1863       The death of 1857 freedom fighter Rao Rao Ram.

1929       Child marriage abolition bill (Saradha Law) passed.

1965       Order of ceasefire between India and Pakistan.

2009       The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) placed seven satellites in orbit, including the Indian satellite Ocean Sat-2.

24 SEPTEMBER

1861       Bhikaji Cama, the lofty voice of women’s rights, was born.

1932       Poona Pact was signed between Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi in Pune’s Yerwada Central Jail for the rights of untouchables.

2014       ISRO’s satellite Mangalyaan successfully entered the orbit of Mars.

2008       The Madras High Court dismissed the petition regarding premature release of Nalini and two other convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi murder case.

2008       Kapil Dev, the Indian cricketer, was conferred the honorary title of Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army by Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor at a function.

1932       Bengal’s revolutionary nationalist Pritilata Wadeedar became the first woman to lay down her life for the country’s independence.

2009       India’s first Chandrayaan-1 discovered water on the lunar surface.

1726       The East India Company was authorized to form municipal and mayor courts in Bombay, Calcutta and Madras.

1940       India’s famous female swimmer Aarti Saha was born.

25 SEPTEMBER

1524       Vasco da Gama came to India for the last time.

1916       Indian economist, sociologist, journalist and great thinker Deendayal Upadhyaya was born.

1914       Former Deputy Prime Minister of India Chaudhary Devi Lal was born.

2009       The Enforcement Directorate of India revealed the hawala network of about five thousand crore rupees.

1920       Birth of India’s famous rocket scientist Satish Dhawan.

1955       India’s first female physician Rukmabai passed away.

2006       Demand for Indian citizenship to Dalai Lama.

26 SEPTEMBER

1820       Indian social reformer, educationist and freedom fighter Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was born.

1923       Bollywood actor Dev Anand was born in Punjab (Pakistan).

1932       Manmohan Singh, the 13th Prime Minister of the country, was born in a village in the Punjab province of undivided India.

1998       Sachin Tendulkar broke Desmond Haynes’ world record by scoring an 18th century in a one-day cricket match against Zimbabwe.

27 SEPTEMBER

1883       The great social reformer Raja Ram Mohan Roy died.

1907       The great revolutionary Bhagat Singh was born.

1998       Google, the world’s largest search engine, was launched.

1760       Mir Qasim became the Nawab of Bengal.

2009       The talks between Indo-Pak foreign ministers started.

1871       Vitthalbhai Patel, elder brother of Sardar Patel and famous freedom fighter was born.

28 SEPTEMBER

1929       Swar Kokila Lata Mangeshkar was born.

1767       Sajjan 17 forbids private slave transport to the Cape of Good Hope, India.

1838       The last Mughal emperor in India Bahadur Shah Zafar ascended the throne after his father’s death.

1977       India’s famous poet Sumitranandan Pant died. He is one of the four major pillars of the Chhayawadi era in Hindi literature.

2004       The World Bank named India as the fourth largest economy in the world.

2011       Chief Minister Mayawati announced the creation of three more districts in Uttar Pradesh, comprising 72 districts, namely Panchsheel Nagar, Prabuddhanagar and Sambhal.

1836       Birth of spiritual master Shirdi Sai Baba.

29 SEPTEMBER

1932       The actor, producer-director Mahmood Ali was born.

1959       Aarati Saha became the first Asian woman to cross the English Channel.

1836       Madras Chamber of Commerce and Industry was established.

1971       About 10 thousand people died due to cyclonic storm in the Bay of Bengal.

1837       The last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah II took over the rule of Delhi.

1962       Birla Planetarium opens in Kolkata.

1928       India’s first National Security Advisor Brijesh Mishra was born.