Some historic facts - December

1st December
1640 - Portugal becomes independent from Spanish rule after 60 years.
1959 - 12 countries sign agreement of safe usage of Antarctica.
1988 - "Benazir Bhutto" becomes first woman Prime minister of Pakistan.
1991 - World AIDS day started.
1991 - People of Ukraine vote in favor of independence.

3rd December
1621 - "Galileo" invents Telescope.
1884 - Birth of "Dr. Rajendra Prasad", first president of India.
1889 - Birth of revolutionary "Khudiram Bose".
1912 - Turkey, Bulgaria and Serbia & Montenegro sign on cease fire agreement in first Balkan war.
1971 - War starts between India and Pakistan.
1979 - The great hockey player "Major Dhyanchand" dies.
1984 - 3000 people die and more than 50,000 affected due to gas leakage in Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India.

4th December
1888 - Birth of historian "Rameshchandra Mazumdar".
1910 - Birth of India's 8th president "R. Venkatraman".
1945 - Senate approves USA's participation in UN.
1974 - Holland's passenger aircraft crashes near Colombo in Sri Lanka, all 191 passengers die.
1982 - China adopts constitution.
1996 - NASA launches Mars land rover.

5th December
1792 - "George Washington" is elected as president of USA for the second time.
1879 - First US patent was issued for automatic telephone switching to Daniel Connolly of Philadelphia.
1893 - World's first electric car runs in Toronto, Canada's economic capital. It runs for 15 miles.
1928 - "M W Michaels" is chosen as president of Austria.
1936 - Soviet Union adopts constitution.
1977 - Egypt ends its diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, South Yemen and Iraq.

7th December
1782 - Mysore king "Haider Ali" dies.
1941 - Japanese air force attacks USA's pearl harbor and destroys some of its warships and fighter planes.
1972 - USA launches Apollo 17 spaceship for moon.
1988 - 25000 people die due to severe earthquake in Armenia.
1995 - Indian communication satellite INSAT 2C successfully launched.
2004 - "Hamid Karzai" is sworn in as president of Afghanistan.

8th December
1886 - Formation of American federation of labor in Columbus, Ohio.
1941 - USA and Britain declare war on Japan.
1966- 28 countries including USA and Soviet Union sign agreement to not to test nuclear weapons in space.
1978 - Israel's first woman Prime minister "Golda Meir" dies.

9th December
1825 - Birth of great freedom fighter "Rao Tularam".
1924 - Dutch and Hungary sign trade agreement.
1931 - Spain becomes Republic.
1941 - China declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy.
1946 - First sitting of Indian constituent assembly commenced.
1963 - Zanzibar becomes independent from Britain.
1984 - Iran's commandos rescue Kuwait's plane from hijackers.

10th December
1878 - Birth of first governor general of India "C Rajagopalachari".
1902 - Building of "Aswan" dam completes on Nile river in Egypt.
2002 - Nobel peace prize awarded to former president of USA "Jimmy Carter".

11th December
1816 - Indiana becomes USA's 19th state.
1901 - "Marconi" successfully sends first radio signal.
1997 - Kyoto protocol comes into existence to reduce greenhouse emissions.
2001 - China becomes member of WTO.

12th December
1882 - "Bankimchandra Chatopadhyaya's" "Anand Math" published.
1901 - "Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore" starts Brahmacharya ashram in Kolkata's Shanti Niketan.
1911 - Delhi becomes India's capital.
1979 - Rhodesia changes its name to Zimbabwe.
1979 - 259 people die due to earthquake and tsunami in Columbia.

14th December
1934 - Birth of famous film maker "Shyam Benegal".
1937 - Japanese forces occupy Nanjing.
1946 - Members vote in favor of establishing UN's head office in New York.

15th December
1791 - Bill of rights passed after Virginia's approval.
1792 - For the first time life insurance policy issued in USA.
1916 - France defeats Germany in battle of Verdoon in first world war.
1950 - India's iron man "Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel" dies.
1994 - Liberian forces killed 48 people in Monrovia.

16th December
1880 - Formation of South Africa Republic.
1932 - 70,000 people die due to severe earthquake in China.
1951 - Establishment of Salarjung museum in Hyderabad.
1971 - Bangladesh declares independence from Pakistan.
1971 - Pakistan and India agree on ceasefire.

17th December
1718 - England declares war on Spain.
1933 - "Lala Amarnath" became first Indian to score a test century. It was his first match.
1957 - First ballistic missile successfully test fired by USA in Florida.
1993 - Bangladeshi extremists demand killing writer "Taslima Nasreen".

18th December
1787 - New Jersey became USA's third state.
1849 - "William Bond" gets first picture of moon through telescope.
1956 - Japan becomes member of UN.
1961 - India takes occupation of Goa and Daman and Diu from Portugal.
1969 - Britain bans death penalty.
1980 - Vietnam adopts constitution.

19th December
1941 - "Hitler" takes full control of German forces.
1950 - "Dalai Lama" moves from Tibet due to Chinese attack.
1984 - Britain and China sign agreement to return Hong Kong to China in 1997.
1987 - "Gary Kasparov" becomes world chess champion.
2005 - First parliament sitting happened in Afghanistan after 30 years of war.

21st December
1940 - American writer and novelist "F Scott Fitzgerald" dies.
1968 - Apollo 8, the first human spaceship launched from Kennedy space center, Florida to moon.
1988 - 270 people die in a blast in a plane over Scotland's Lockerby city.
1995 - Bethlehem's control goes from Israel to Palestine.

22nd December
1851 - First cargo train in India starts from Roorkee.
1885 - "Ito Hirobumi" became Japan's first Prime minister.
1887 - Birth of great Indian mathematician "Srinivas Ramanujan".
1978 - Thailand adopts constitution.
2005 - INSAT 4A launched from French Guyana.

23rd December
1876 - Turkey adopts constitution.
1909 - "Albert" becomes king of Belgium.
1926 - "Swami Shradhhanand" killed.
1968 - India's first weather satellite "Maneka" successfully launched.
1995 - 360 people die due to fire in a school in Dabwali,Haryana.
2000 - Calcutta's name officially changed to Kolkata.
2004 - India's former Prime minister "P V Narsimha Rao" dies.

24th December
1524 - India's Portuguese viceroy "Vasco Da Gama" dies.
1715 - Sweden's forces occupy Norway.
1894 - "Henry Ford" successfully makes first gasoline engine.
1924 - Birth of famous Indian singer "Mohammad Rafi".
1951 - Libya becomes independent from Italian rule.
1954 - Laos becomes independent.

25th December
1831 - For the first time holiday is declared on Christmas in Louisiana and Arkansas.
1861 - Birth of Indian freedom fighter "Madan Mohan Malviya".
1876 - Birth of Pakistan's founder "Mohammad Ali Jinnah".
1924 - Birth of former Prime minister of India "Atal Behari Vajpayee".
1946 - Taiwan adopts constitution.
1947 - Human rights law passed in Taiwan.
1972 - Writer and freedom fighter "C Rajagopalachari" dies.

30th December
1703 - 37000 people die due to severe earthquake in Tokyo.
1906 - Formation of "Akhil Bhartiya muslim league" in Dhaka.
1949 - India recognizes "People's Republic of China".
2006 - "Saddam Hussain" hanged in Baghdad.

Some historic facts - November

2nd November
1914 - Russia declares war on Ottoman empire.
1936 - BBC's television service starts.
1936 - Dictator Mussolini of Italy declares Italy and Germany as Axis powers.
1953 - Pakistan's constitution committee names the country as Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
1964 - "Faizal" dethrones his brother and king "Saud" of Saudi Arabia.
1973 - Communist party of India and Marxist communist party forms united front in Tripura.

3rd November
1913 - Income tax started in USA.
1918 - Poland is declared independent nation.
1931 - For the first time commercial production of synthetic rubber starts.
1933 - Birth of Indian Nobel laureate "Amartya Sen".
1946 - King "Hirohito" adopts new constitution for Japan.
1957 - Russia launches spaceship "Sputnik". There was female dog "Laika" in it.
1978 - Dominica becomes independent country after separating from Britain.
2007 - General Musharraf declares emergency in Pakistan.

4th November
1861 - Washington university started in Seattle.
1884 - Birth of freedom fighter "Jamnalal Bajaj".
1921 - Japan's Prime minister "Hara Takashi" killed in Tokyo.
1952 - USA government forms national security agency.
1954 - Himalayan climbing organization formed in Darjeeling.

5th November
1870 - Birth of "Chitranjan Das" in Kolkata.
1911 - Italy occupies Tripolitania and Cyrenaica after attacking Turkey.
1920 - Indian Red Cross Society formed.
1956 - British and French forces land in Egypt.

6th November
1763 - British take occupation of Patna from "Mir Qasim".
1844 - Spain announces to give freedom to Dominican Republic.
2000 - "Jyoti Basu" relieved of Chief Minister post after serving West Bengal for 23 years.

7th November
1858 - Birth of great freedom fighter "Bipin Chandra Pal".
1862 - Last mughal emperor of India "Bahadur Shah II" dies in a British prison in Rangoon.
1888 - Birth of great Indian scientist and Nobel laureate "C V Raman".
1907 - Invention of Delta,Sigma and Pie in New York university.
1951 - Jordan's constitution passed.
1972 - "R Nixon" is chosen as president of USA for the second time.
2002 - Iran bans American products.

10th November
1848 - Birth of dignified member of Indian National Congress "Surendranath Banerjee".
1918 - "Joseph Pilsudski" declares independence of Poland.
1922 - "Hirohito" became king of Japan.
1990 - "V P Singh" resigns from post of Prime minister of India after losing majority.
1990 - "Chandrashekhar" becomes 11th Prime minister of India.

11th November
1888 - Birth of "Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad".
1889 - Washington becomes 42nd state of USA.
1943 - USA air force attacks Raabol.
1966 - NASA launches "Gemini 12" spaceship.
1975 - Angola becomes independent from Portugal.
1983 - "Reagan" becomes first American president to speak in Japanese parliament.
2004 - Palestine Liberation Organization confirms "Yasir Arafat's" death.

12th November
1912 - Spanish Prime minister "Jose Canalejas" shot dead.
1936 - Temples in Kerala are opened for all Hindus.
1946 - Founder of Benaras Hindu University "Madan Mohan Malviya" dies.
1970 - Around 200,000 people die in East Pakistan due to tornado.
1996 - 349 people die due to accident between 2 planes of Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan.

13th November
1780 - Birth of king of Punjab "Maharaja Ranjit Singh".
1839 - Formation of first anti-slavery party "Liberty party" in New York.
1885 - Serbian forces occupy Bulgaria.
1921 - USA, France, Japan and Britain sign pacific co-ordination treaty.
1935 - Anti British riots start in Egypt.
1960 - 152 children die due to fire ib a cinema hall in Spain.
1970 - Lieutenant "Hafiz Al Asad" becomes Prime minister of Syria after military takeover.

14th November
1889 - Birth of first Prime minister of India "Jawahar Lal Nehru".
1922 - Home radio service started by BBC.
1927 - 28 people die due to explosion in world's largest gas tank in Petersburg Pan.
1960 - 110 people die due to collision between 2 trains in Czechoslovakia.
1960 - Formation of OPEC group.
1973 - Canada starts production of Olympic coins.
1977 - ISKCON founder "Swami Prabhpada" dies.

16th November
1907 - Oklahoma becomes USA's 46th state.
1914 - Federal reserve system starts in USA.
1916 - 1000 people die in an explosives factory in La Setanya in Russia due to a blast.
1973 - Skylab 4 put into Earth's orbit.
1982 - America's 5th spaceship "Columbia 5" lands on Edward air base.

17th November
1558 - "Elizabeth I" becomes Queen of England.
1800 - "John Adams" becomes first president to go into white house.
1913 - Panama canal is opened for water travel.
1928 - Dignified revolutionary "Lala Lajpat Rai" dies.
1948 - Nationalization of steel industry  by British house of commons.

18th November
1727 - Formation of Jaipur city by king "Maharaja Jai Singh II".
1772 - Maratha king "Peshwa Madhav Rao I" dies.
1905 - Denmark's prince Charles is chosen as first king of Norway.
1941 - Mussolini's forces depart from Abyssinia.
1956 - Morocco becomes independent.

19th November
1917 - Birth of first woman Prime minister of India "Indira Gandhi".
1933 - Women given voting rights in Spain.
1994 - "Aishwarya Rai" wins Miss World title.
1997 - "Kalpana Chawla" becomes first Indian woman to go into space.

20th November
1750 - Birth of Mysore's king "Tipu Sultan".
1789 - New Jersey became the first American state to ratify "Bill of Rights".
1865 - Formation of Howard university in Washington D C.
1917 - Ukraine becomes Republic.
1959 - UN accepts children's rights.
1979 - Shia rebels capture Mecca masjid in Saudi Arabia.
1985 - Microsoft Windown 1.0 Launched.

21st November
1517 - Delhi's king "Sikander Lodhi II" dies.
1794 - Honolulu port discovered.
1918 - 1750 people die in Belgium due to blasts in 2 trains filled with explosives.
1947 - Postal ticket issued for first time after independence in India.
1970 - Nobel laureate "C V Raman" dies.

23rd November
1848 - Formation of women medical education society in Boston.
1863 - Color photo processing technique got patented.
1937 - Great scientist "Jagdish Chandra Bose" dies.
1971 - China becomes member of UN Security Council.
1980 - 4800 people die due to earthquake in south Italy.
1983 - For the first time commonwealth meet is organized in India.
1985 - 58 people die in commando action taken on Egypt's hijacked plane in Malta.

24th November
1715 - Thames river freezes due to severe cold.
1817 - Formation of "National Rifle Association" in New York.
1961 - Formation of  "Grand Lodge of India".
1969 - Apollo 12 safely lands on Earth.

25th November
1715 - For the first time in England a thing got patented and the patent right was given to an american.
1867 - "Alfred Nobel" got dynamite patented.
1897 - Spain gives autonomy to Puerto Rico.
1940 - 200 people die due to sinking of steamer Petriya.
1958 - France gives autonomy to Senegal.
1975 - Suriname becomes independent from Netherlands.

26th November
1916 - Greece declares war on Germany.
1925 - Netherlands and Germany sign trade agreement.
1941 - Lebanon becomes independent from French rule.
1950 - Chinese forces cross Yalu river in Korea.
1965 - France launches its first satellite.
1974 - 140 people die in Nepal due too bridge collapse.
2008 - 166 people die in a terrorist attack in Mumbai.

27th November
1895 - Nobel prize starts in the name of Alfred Nobel.
1912 - Albania adopts national flag.
1966 - Uruguay adopts constitution.

28th November
1821 - Panama separates from Spain.
1919 - "Lady Astor(Nancy Astor)" becomes first lady British parliamentarian. She was born in US.
1979 - 257 people die due to crashing of Air New Zeal-and aircraft DC-10 in antarctic.
1987 - South African plane Boeing 747 crashes in Indian ocean, 159 people die.
1990 - "Margaret Thatcher" resigns from the post of Prime minister of Britain.
1997 - "I K Gujral" resigns from the post of Prime minister of India.

30th November
1759 - Delhi's king "Alamgir II" killed.
1782 - Britain recognizes USA's independence.
1838 - Mexico declares war on France.
1858 - Birth of famous scientist "Jagdish Chandra Bose".
1967 - Formation of Pakistan's People Party.
1999 - World's largest meter wave radio telescope opened in Maharashtra.

Some historic facts - October

1st October
1574 - Sikh guru "Guru Amardas ji" dies.
1795 - France captures Belgium.
1847 - Birth of "Annie Beasant" (member of Theosophical society) in London.
1887 - Britishers capture "Balochistan".
1960 - Nigeria gets independence from Britain.
1967 - Indian tourism department established.
1978 - Marriage age increased from 14 to 18 for girls and 18 to 21 for boys in India.

2nd October
1869 - Birth of Mahatma Gandhi.
1904 - Birth of "Lal Bahadur Shastri" (former Prime minister of India).
1952 - Community development program started in India.
1955 - First coach manufactured in Integral railway coach factory in Perumbudur in Chennai.
1985 - Law improvement against "Dowry" came into effect in India.

5th October
1805 - Lord Cornwallis dies in Gazipur.
1910 - Portugal is declared as Republic.
1989 -"Mira Saheb Fatima Biwi" becomes first women supreme court judge of India.
2005 - 2000 people die due to hurricane in Guatemala.

15th October
1542 - Birth of mughal king "Akbar".
1932 - First flight service started by Tata group.
1988 - "Ujjwala Patil" becomes first asian woman to sail around the world.
2003 - China launches "Shenzhou 5" in accordance with first human space mission.
2008 - Starting of "global hand washing" day.

16th October
1854 - Birth of famous Irish writer "Oscar Wilde".
1905 - Bengal is officially partitioned by viceroy "Lord Curzon".
1923 - Formation of "Walt Disney" company by brothers "Walt Disney" and "Roy Disney".
1946 - Convicted Nazi leaders in "Nuremberg" war trial hanged.
1968 - "Hargobind Khurana" gets nobel prize for medicine.

17th October
1817 - Birth of "Sir Syed Ahmed Khan" who established Oriental college in Aligarh.
1920 - Communist party of India formed.
1979 - Mother Teresa awarded Nobel peace prize.
1888 - "Thomas Edison" got "optical phonograph" patented.
2007 - Tibet's religious guru "Dalai Lama" awarded american congressional gold medal.

20th October
1568 - Akbar attacks Chittorgarh.
1774 - Kolkata becomes India's capital.
1962 - China attacks India.
1964 - Former president of USA "Herbert Hoover" dies.
1970 - "Norman Borlaugh" awarded Nobel peace prize.
1979 - Library named after "John F. Kennedy" starts in Boston.
1991 - 670 people die due to earthquake in Uttar Kashi in India.

21st October
1943 - "Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose" orms "Azad Hind Fauj" in Singapore.
1945 - France gives right to vote to women.
1950 - Chinese forces start occupying Tibet.
1965 - "Robert B. Woodword" awarded Nobel prize in chemistry.
1969 - Supreme revolutionary council under the leadership of "Mohammed Saeed Burre" captures power.
1994 - North Korea and USA sign agreement according to which North Korea agrees to stop nuclear program.

22nd October
1873 - Birth of famous saint "Swami Ramtirth".
1947 - Pakistan attacks India through "Kabayalis".
1953 - Laos becomes fully independent from French rule.
1964 - French writer "Jean Paul Sartre" rejects Nobel prize saying that it would reflect his writing.
1968 - Apollo 7 safely returns to Earth.
2008 - ISRO launches its first moon mission "Chandrayan".

23rd October
1623 - Writer of "Shri Ramcharitamanas" "Tulsidas" dies.
1911 - For the first time a plane was used in a war which was fought between Italy and Turkey.
1944 - Soviet forces attack Hungary.
1958 - Russia's "Boris Paasternak" gets Nobel prize for literature.
2002 - Chechen rebels makes hundreds of people hostage in a a theater in Moscow.

24th October
1577 - Sikhs' fourth guru "Guru Ramdasji" establishes Amritsar city.
1605 - Mughal king Jahangir sits on throne.
1618 - Birth of mughal king Aurangzeb in Dahod,Gujarat.
1851 - First telegraph line starts between Kolkata and Diamond harbor.
1938 - USA bans child labor.
1964 - North Rhodesia becomes independent as Republic of Zambia.
1984 - Kolkata metro starts its commercial run.

26th October
1905 - Norway got independent from Sweden.
1934 - Mahatma Gandhi formed "Bharatiya Gramin Udyog Sangh".
1947 - Kashmir's king gives nod to join J&K in India.
1950 - Mother Teresa lays foundation stone of "Missionaries of Charity" in Kolkata.
1951 - "Winston Churchill" is chosen as prime minister of Britain for second time.
1976 - Trinidad and Tobago becomes Republic.

27th October
1492 - "Christopher Columbus" finds Cuba.
1676 - Poland and Turkey sign Warsaw agreement.
1775 - Formation of US navy.
1806 - French forces enter Berlin.
1904 - World's first underground subway starts in New York.
1920 - Birth of K. R. Narayanan (former president of India).
1922 - Navy day celebrated for the first time.

28th October
1924 - France and Russia sign trade agreement.
1940 - Italy attacks Greece via Albania.
1948 - Israel adopts its national flag.
1955 - Saudi Arabia and Egypt sign defense agreement.
2007 - "Christina Fernandes" is chosen as Argentina's first women president.

29th October
1859 - Spain declares war on Morocco.
1914 - Russia declares war on Turkey.
1920 - "Jamia Milia University" established in Delhi.
1923 - Turkey declares independence.
1942 - 16000 Jews killed in Russia's Pinsk.
1945 - For the first time ball point pen comes into market for selling 57 years after it got patented.
1966 - National organization for women formed in India.
2005 - 60 people killed in 3 bomb blasts in New Delhi.

30th October
1909 - Birth of famous Indian nuclear scientist "Homi Jahangir Bhabha".
1922 - "Mussolini" forms government in Italy.
1939 - USSR and Germany agree on partitioning Poland.
1947 - 23 countries sign GATT agreement in Geneva.
1953 - "Dr. Albert Switzer" and "General George C. Marshaal" awarded Nobel peace prize.

Some historic facts - September

1st September 
1798 - Britishers sign treaty with Nizam of Hyderabad.
1916 - Bulgaria declares war on Romania.
1939 - Second world war starts with Germany attacking Poland.
1942 - "Raas Behari Bose" forms Indian National Army.
1947 - Indian standard time starts.
1948 - World health organization established.
1956 - Formation of Life Insurance Corporation of India.

3rd September
1683 - Turkey attacks Vienna.
1767 - "Colonel Smith" defeats "Nizam and Haider Ali" in battle of Changma.
1783 - Paris treaty signed.
1924 - Civil war starts in China.
1939 - Britain and France declare war on Germany.
1944 - France frees Lyon.
1964 - America's attorney General "Robert Kennedy" resigns.
1971 - Qatar becomes fully independent from British rule.

4th September
1665 - Treaty of "Purandar" signed between Mughals and Maratha king Shivaji.
1825 - Birth of "Dadabhai Naraoji".
1904 - Heavy economic loss in Florida due to Hurricane.
1914 - Britain, France and Russia sign London agreement against Germany.
1967 - 200 people die in earthquake in Koyna Dam measuring 6.5 on Richter scale.
1981 - USA tests nuclear missile in Nevada.

5th September
1888 - Birth of "Dr. S. Radhakrishnan". This day in 1962 was declared Teacher's day.
1957 - Property tax law passed in India.
1997 - Respected "Mother Teresa" dies in Kolkata.

7th September
1813 - The word "Uncle Sam" is used for the first time in relation to USA (in New York Troy post).
1822 - Brazil declares itself independent from Portugal.
1923 - "Interpol" formed in Vienna.
1977 - Ethiopia ends political relations with Somalia.

8th September
1960 - "Feroz Gandhi" husband of Smt. Indira Gandhi dies.
1962 - China attacks India.
1967 - New constitution adopted in Uganda.

10th September
1887 - Birth of Indian freedom fighter "Govind Vallabh Pant".
1915 - Revolutionary "Jatindranath Mukherjee" dies in Orissa.
1939 - Canada declares war on Nazis in second world war.
1966 - Indian parliament approves formation of Punjab and Haryana states.
1974 - Guinea-Bissau becomes independent from Portugal.
1976 - Indian Airlines plane Boeing-737 hijacked in Lahore.
2002 - Switzerland becomes member of United Nations.

11th September
1893 - "Swami Vivekananda" gives his first speech in Chicago.
1895 - Birth of "Acharya Vinobha Bhave" who was organiser of "Bhudan Andolan".
1906 - Mahatma Gandhi named non-violent revolution started in South Africa as "Satyagrah".
1948 - "Mohammad Ali Jinnah" dies.
1961 - Formation of WWF (World Wildlife Federation".
1997 - NASA's surveillance spacecraft reaches Mars.
2001 - Attack on World Trade Center in USA.

12th September
1398 - "Timur Lang" of Afghanistan's Fergana province crosses Indus river and attacks India.
1786 - Lord Cornwallis becomes Governor General and commander in chief of India.
1948 - Indian forces include Hyderabad in India.
1959 - Soviet Union sends rocket Lunik II to moon.
1999 - Indonesia allows international peace group to go to East Timor.
2005 - Israel removes soldiers from Gaza.

14th September
1803 - Lord Lake captures Delhi.
1868 - "Swami Virjanand" dies.
1901 - American president "William Mckinley" dies.
1937 - Czech republic's first president and revolutionary "Thomas Masaryk" dies.
1939 - Helicopter VS300 takes its first flight.

15th September
1860 - Birth of respected engineer "M. Vishvesvarya".
1909 - Birth of famous political leader and one of the founding members of DMK "C N Annadurai".
1935 - "Manuel L. Quezon" becomes Phillipines' first president.
1948 - First warship of independent India "INS Delhi" reaches Mumbai port.
1949 - "Konrad Adenauer" becomes west Germany's first chancellor.
1959 - Television programs start in New Delhi.

16th September
1975 - Papua New Guinea gets independence from Australia.
1976 - Episcopalian church of USA gave permission to women to become priest and bishop.
1977 - Famous Indian vocalist "Kesarbai Kerkar" dies.
1978 - 25000 people die due to earthquake in Iran.
1996 - Romania and Hungary sign agreement to settle disputes.

17th September
1876 - Birth of famous Indian novelist "Sharat Chandra Chatopadhyaya".
1948 - UN ambassador "Count folke" who was settling disputes between Israel and Arabian countries was killed.
1982 - First cricket test match played between India and Sri Lanka.

18th September
1615 - British king "James I's" ambassador "Sir Thomas Roe" comes to Surat to meet Indian king "Jahangir".
1803 - British forces capture Puri city of Orissa state in India.
1967 - Nagaland state of India adopts English as working language.
1986 - Women's air crew for the first time flied Jet from Bombay to Goa.

21st September
1790 - "General Midows" led British forces capture Palwar fort built by Mysore king "Haider Ali".
1857 - Delhi'sking "Bahadur Shah II" surrenders to Britishers.
1933 - "Annie Beasant" dies.
1949 - "People's Republic of China" is declared as new country.
1954 - Last troop of Indian soldiers retreat from Tibet.
1966 - Indian swimmer "Mihir Sen" crosses Bosporus channel.
1994 - Freedom fighter and industrialist "Ramkrishna Bajaj" dies.

22nd September
1539 - First Guru of Sikhs "Guru Nanak Dev ji" dies in Dera Baba Nanak.
1599 - 24 businessmen met at founders hall in London to form a new company to do trade in India. Later this company was named as East India Company.
1977 - American football team "Cosmos" reached Kolkata to play 2 exhibition matches under the guidance of world famous Brazilian footballer "Pele".

25th September
1524 - "Vasco da Gama" reaches India on his last visit.
1639 - First printing press started in USA.
1886 - Formation of first laughing opera "Dorothy" in London.

30th September
1207 - Birth of famous Persian poet "Rumi".
1687 - Aurangzeb captures Hyderabad's Golconda fort.
1882 - World's first commercial hydel power project starts on "Fox river" in USA.
1898 - Establishing of "New York city".
1947 - Pakistan becomes member of UN.
1967 - BBC radio 1 starts.
1968 - First flight of Boeing 747.
1993 - Thousands of people die due to earthquake in Maharashtra's Latur and Osmanabad districts.

Some historic facts - July

1st July
1781 - Battle starts in Porto Novo between Mysore's Nawab "Haider Ali" and Britishers.
1852 - For the first time in Sind postal tickets are started.
1879 - For the first time in India postcard is issued.
1913 - Serbia and Greece declare war on Bulgaria.
1960 - African country Ghana becomes Republic.
1964 - Industrial development bank of India formed.
1997 - Inauguration of India's first science city in Kolkata by then Prime minister Smt. Indira Gandhi.

2nd July
1566 - Famous French astrologer "Nostradamus" dies.
1687 - England's king "James II" adjourns parliament.
1940 - Indian revolutionary "Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose" arrested in Kolkata.
1962 - Cuban leader "Fidel Castro" reaches Moscow during Soviet Union trip.
1971 - Soviet Union performs underground nuclear test.
1972 - India and Pakistan sign Shimla agreement.
1990 - 1426 people die in Mecca due to stampede.
2004 - ASEAN forum gives membership to Pakistan.

3rd July
1720 - Sweden and Denmark sign peace treaty.
1778 - Prussia declares war on Austria.
1898 - American navy defeats Spanish naval fleet on Cuba's Santiago harbor.
1915 - American forces occupy South American country Haiti.
1940 - British navy sinks French naval fleet in North Africa.
1954 - Britain ends food rationing system.
1962 - Algerian revolution against French domination ends.

5th July
1830 - France attacks Algeria.
1954 - BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.
1954 - Andhra Pradesh high court established.
1975 - "Arthur Ashe" becomes first non-white to win Wimbledon's singles title.
1981 - Indian mathematician "Rajan Mahadevan" sets world for calculating value of pie till 31,811 digits.
1996 - First mammal clone sheep "Dolly" prepared.

6th July
1785 - Dollar is chosen as America's national currency.
1787 - Indian botanical garden established in Kolkata's Shibpur.
1935 - Birth of Tibet's 14th religious leader "Dalai Lama".
1959 - India's first successful open heart surgery performed in Tamil Nadu's Vellore hospital.
2006 - Trade between India and China starts through Nathu-La pass.

7th July
1799 - "Maharaja Ranjit Singh" captures Lahore.
1896 - India's first cinematographic film screened in Bombay.
1948 - First recruitment of women in American navy.
1969 - English and French languages are given equal status in Canada's house of commons.
1981 - First solar plane crosses English channel.
1986 - Jordan government closes Al Fateh's offices.
2005 - 56 people die in suicide bombing in London.

8th July
951 - France's capital Paris established.
1497 - "Vasco da Gama" leaves in search of India.
1663 - "King Charles II" gives permission for charter for Rhodes island.
1709 - Russia defeats Sweden in battle of Poltava.
1889 - Publication of Wall street journal started.
1975 - More than 2000 temples got destroyed due to earthquake in Myanmar's Pagan.

9th July
1816 - Argentina declares independence from Spain.
1875 - Bombay stock exchange established.
1918 - 101 passengers die in tragic rail accident in America.
1948 - First set of postal tickets issued in Pakistan.
1953 - First helicopter travel service started in America.
1986 - Homosexuality declared lawful by passing Homosexual law reform act in New Zealand.
2006 - 122 passengers die in Siberia due to plane crash.

10th July
1652 - England declares war on Netherlands.
1806 - Indian soldiers' first revolt against East India company of Britain in Vellore.
1913 - Romania declares war on Bulgaria.
1925 - Soviet Union's official news agency TASS formed.
1947 - Britain's then Prime minister nominates "Mohammad Ali Jinnah" as Pakistan's first governor General.

12th July
1902 - Australian parliament approves women voting.
1949 - Netherlands' airline KLM's plane crashes near Bombay, 45 passengers die.
1970 - Tanzania signs agreement with China for building Tanzam railway.
1993 - Earthquake measuring 7.8 on Richter scale hits Hokkaido in Japan, 160 die.
2006 - Israel attacks Lebanon.

13th July
1830 - "Raja Rammohan Roy" and "Alexander Duff" start Scottish church college in Kolkata.
1882 - 200 people die in train accident in Russia.
1908 - Fourth modern Olympic games start in London.
1929 - Revolutionary "Jatindranath Das" starts his historic hunger strike.
1974 - India plays its first international one day cricket game against England in Hadingley.

14th July
1636 - Mughal king "Shah Jahan" makes his son "Aurangzeb" governor of south.
1918 - Birth of world famous film and theater director "Ingmar Burgman".
1942 - Riots break out in Amsterdam against Jews.
1958 - Aristocracy ends in Iraq.
1975 - Famous Indian music director "Madan Mohan" dies.

15th July
1888 - Around 500 people die in Mount Bandai volcanic eruption.
1904 - First buddhist temple established in America.
1926 - First motor bus service starts in Mumbai.
1937 - Japan attacks China.
1968 - First direct air service starts between USA and Russia.
1986 - Indian women cricketer Sandhya Aggarwal sets the world record by scoring 190 runs.

17th July
1489 - "Nizam Khan" is declared king of Delhi.
1919 - Finland adopts constitution.
1968 - Baath party comes to power in Iraq.
1976 - Olympic games start in Montreal,Canada.
1976 - East Timor becomes Indonesia's 27th state.
1980 - "Jenko Suzuki" becomes Prime minister of Japan.
1987 - Iran and France end political relations.
1995 - Bill Gates announced as world's richest person in Forbes magazine.
2007 - TAM airlines' plane crashes in Sao Paulo,Brazil , 199 people die.

19th July
1763 - British soldiers defear Mir Qasim in Katwa, West Bengal.
1960 - Tambroni government resigns in Italy.
1966 - France tests nuclear bomb.
1969 - Nationalization of 14 major banks done by Indian government.
1974 - Ashes of revolutionary "Udham Singh" bought to delhi from london.
1976 - Sagarmatha national park built in Nepal.
1974 - Spaceship Soyuz-14 returns to Earth.
1990 - President's rule declared in Jammu and Kashmir.

20th July
1296 - "Ala-ud-din Khilji" is declared king of Delhi.
1761 - "Madhav Rao I" becomes Peshwa.
1810 - Columbia declares its independence from Spain.
1905 - First partition of Bengal gets approval.
1969 - American astronaut "Neil Armstrong" puts foot on moon.
1974 - Turkey attacks Cyprus.

21st July
1883 - Belgium gets independence from Netherlands.
1904 - Trans-Siberian rail work completed from Moscow till Vladivostok.
1960 - "Sirimavo Bandarnaike" is chosen as Prime minister of Sri Lanka. She becomes world's first Prime minister.
1965 - Pakistan, Iran and Turkey sign regional development treaty.

22nd July
1918 - India's first talented pilot "Indralal Rai" die during ambush with German planes.
1923 - Birth of famous singer "Mukesh".
1933 - Nationalist leader "Jatindra Mohan Sen Gupta" dies.
1933 - "Wiley Post" becomes the first person to fly around the world alone. He completes the journey in 7 days, 18 hours and 45 minutes.
1943 - Allied forces capture Palermo city of Italy during second world war.
2003 - Iraq dictator Saddam Hussain's sons Uday and Qusay die during struggle with American forces.

23rd July
1856 - Birth of nationalist leader "Bal Gangadhar Tilak".
1903 - Ford company sells its first car.
1906 - Birth of respected revolutionary leader "Chandreshekhar Azad".
1929 - Fascist government bans use of foreign words in Italy.
1996 - India is included in ASEAN nations.
2008 - "Rambaran Yadav" becomes first president of Republic of Nepal.

Some historic facts - June

1st June
1874 - Dissolution of East India Company.
1930 - India's first deluxe train Deccan Queen starts.
1996 - India's ex-president "Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy" dies.

4th June
1789 - USA's constitution came into effect.
1940 - German forces enter Paris.
1958 -A 3 member team reach Mt. Trishul peak which is 7011 metres above sea level.
1959 - C. Rajagopalachari declares setting up of independent party.
1964 - Maldives adopts constitution.

23rd June
1761 - Maratha king "Peshwa Balaji" die after losing third battle of Panipat.
1956 - "Jamal Abdul Nassir" is chosen president of Egypt.
1980 - Sanjay Gandhi s/o Smt. Indira Gandhi dies in plane crash.
1985 - Air India's jumbo jet "Kanishka" crashes in Atlantic ocean, 329 people die.
1991 - African country Moldova declares independence.
1996 - "Sheikh Hasina Wajid" is sworn in as Prime minister of Bangladesh.

24th June
1206 - "Qutubuddin Aibak" is crowned as king in Lahore.
1869 - Birth of revolutionary "Damodar Hari Chapekar".
1901 - Famous painter "Pablo Picaso's" first exhibition held in Paris.
1942 - African core occupies Egypt.
1948 - Soviet Union circles Berlin.
1961 - India made first supersonic fighter aircraft HF24 takes flight.
1963 - Post and telegraph department starts national telex service in India.
1966 - Air India plane going from Bombay to New York crashes in Mont Blanc, Switzerland,117 people die.

25th June
1932 - India plays its first official cricket test match in Lords,England.
1941 - Finland declares war on Soviet Union.
1950 - War starts between North and South Korea.
1975 - President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed approves Emergency and the next day Prime minister Indira Gandhi declares it.
1983 - India wins cricket world cup.
1991 - Croatia and Slovenia are declared independent nations.

26th June
1714 - Spain and Netherlands sign peace and trade agreement.
1934 - Germany and Poland sign non-attack treaty.
1945 - 50 nations sign United Nations declaration in South Africa.
1952 - Nelson Mandela and 51 more violate curfew in South Africa.

30 June
1894 - Korea declares its independence from China.
1914 - Mahatma Gandhi arrested for first time in South Africa fighting for rights of Indian people.
1960 - Congo becomes independent from Belgium.
1971 - 11 astronauts die in Soviet spaceship Soyuz-11 due to problem in air circulation.
1990 - Economy of west and east Germany is united.

Some historic facts - May

1st May
1886 - May day organised for labor rights in Chicago.
1897 - "Swami Vivekananda" establishes "Ramakrishna mission".
1923 - May day celebrated for first time in India.
1960 - Bombay state partitioned. Gujarat and Maharashtra are formed as separate states.
1973 - Nationalization of coal blocks in India.
1993 - Sri Lankan president Ranasinge Premdasa die in a blast during May day protest.

3rd May
1913 - India's first feature film Raja Harishchandra shown in Bombay.
1939 - The all India forward block formed by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
1947 - Japan forms constitutional republic.
1968 - First successful heart transplant done in Britain.
1969 - Former president of India Zakir Hussain dies.
1979 - Margaret Thatcher becomes first woman Prime minister of England.

4th May
1799 - Mysore's king Tipu Sultan dies in Srirangapatna war.
1846 - Michigan state stops death penalty.
1854 - For the first time Postal ticket is released officially in India.
1896 - First publication of London daily mail released.
1910 - Establishment of Israel's second big city Tel Aviv.
1931 - Mustafa Kamal Pasha becomes president of Turkey.

5th May
1479 - Birth of 3rd Sikh guru Amardas.
1818 - Birth of Karl Marx.
1821 - Napolean dies in St. Helena island in Atlantic ocean.
1883 - Journalist Surendranath Banerjee became first journalist to go to jail.
1889 - Birth of revolutionary Triloknath Chakravarty.
1916 - Birth of former president of India Giani Zail Singh.
1936 - Italian forces capture Ethiopia's capital Addis Abbaba.
1964 - European union declares this day as Europe day.

6th May
1529 - Babar defeats Afghan king on banks of Ghaggar river.
1589 - King of singing "Tansen" dies.
1861 - Birth of Moti Lal Nehru ( father of Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru ).
1941 - Joseph Stalin becomes Prime minister of Russia.
1944 - Mahatma Gandhi released from Aga Khan palace jail of Pune.
1967 - Dr. Zakir Hussain is elected president of India.
1996 - Rebels sign peace treaty with government in Guatemala.

7th May
1348 - Charles university in Prague became first university of central Europe.
1718 - "Jean Baptiste" formed "New Orleans" city.
1832 - Greece is declared as Republic.
1861 - Birth of Nobel prize winner and poet Guru Rabindranath Tagore.
1873 - American forces attacked Panama.
1920 - Russia recognized Georgia's independence.
1928 - England reduced the voting age of women from 30 to 21.

8th May
1794 - Post office established in USA.
1847 - Robert W. Thomson of England got "Rubber Tyre" patented.
1902 - 30,000 people die in Carribean island Martinek due to volcanic eruption.
1921 - Sweden abolished death penalty.
1933 - Mahatma Gandhi went on hunger strike to protest against British imperialism.
1949 - West Germany adopted constitution.
1960 - Political relations established between Soviet Union and Cuba.
1980 - World health organization declares eradication of small pox.

10th May
1857 - Sepoy mutiny in Meerut.
1927 - Birth of Indian writer Nayantara Sehgal.
1940 - Germany attacks Luxembourg, Belgium and Netherlands during second world war.
1960 - American nuclear submarine Triton completes 41000 miles of sea travel.
1969 - Apollo 10 satellite sends for the first time color photos of Earth.
1993 - Haryana resident "Santosh Yadav" becomes first woman in the world to scale Mt. Everest twice.
1994 - Nelson Mandela becomes first non-white president of South Africa.
2002 - Death of famous singer and poet Kaifi Azmi.

11th May
1857 - Indian soldiers revolt in Delhi in first war of independence.
1942 - Japan captures Kaleva.
1953 - 114 people die in a hurricane in Waco,Texas.
1955 - Israel attacks Gaza.
2000 - India's population reaches 1 billion.

12th May
1459 - Rajput chief "Rao Jodha" of Rathore clan forms Jodhpur city.
1952 - Gaj Singh is declared king of Jodhpur.
1965 - West Germany and Israel establish diplomatic relations.
1965 - Soviet spaceship Luna-5 crashes on moon.
1997 - Russia and Chechnya sign peace treaty.
2008 - 69000 people die in south-west China due to earthquake.

13th May
1791 - Battle of Arikera ought between Tipu Sultan and Lord Cornwallis.
1962 - Dr. S. Radhakrishnan becomes India's second president.
1967 - Zakir Hussain becomes Inida's third president.
2000 - Indian beauty Lara Dutta wind Miss Universe title.
2004 - Prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee resigns after losing general elections.

14th May
1811 - Paraguay gains independence from Spain.
1900 - For the first time women are allowed to take part in Olympics.
1921 - Florence Ellen of USA becomes first female judge to give death penalty to a man.
1940 - More than 1000 people die in Rotterdam city of Holland in German attack.
1944 - British forces occupy Kohima.
1955 - Warsaw pact signed between Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania.
1963 - Kuwait becomes United Nations' 111th member.

15th May
1878 - Formation of common Brahma Samaj.
1918 - World's first air postal service starts between Philadelphia and Washington.
1930 - For the first time Allen Church serves air passengers as air hostess.
1955 - Britain, America and Russia sign Vienna treaty for re-establishment of independent and democratic Austria.
1957 - Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb by dropping it on an island in Pacific ocean.
1958 - Gift tax started in India.
1993 - India's first air field marshall Gen K M Cariappa dies.

17th May
1540 - Sher Shah Suri defeats Humayun in battle of Hardoi.
1948 - Soviet Union recognizes Israel.
1976 - Four Indians successfully come back doing skiing from Trishul.
1983 - Israel and Lebanon sign peace treaty.
2004 - Massachusettes becomes first American state to recognize same sex marriage.
2006 - Romano Prodi is sworn in as Italy's Prime minister.
2009 - For the first time in Arabian countries 4 women wins parliament elections in Kuwait.

18th May
1756 - England declares war on France.
1974 - India performs its first nuclear test in Pokharan.
1978 - Italy declares abortion legal.
2009 - Sri Lankan forces defeat LTTE (liberation tigers of Tamil Eelum) and ends 26 year old struggle.

22nd May
1545 - Sher Shah Suri dies.
1772 - Birth of social reformist "Raja Ram Mohan Roy".
1906 - Wright brothers get their flying machine patented.
1915 - 227 people die in tragic rail accident in Britain.
1936 - Lord Brabourne lays foundation stone of first stadium of India in Bombay.
1939 - Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini sign pact of steel.
1968 - Nuclear energy run American submarine Scorpion sinks.
1989 - Medium range ballistic missile "Agni" successfully test fired.

24th May
1875 - Sir Syed Ahmed Khan establishes Aligarh Muslim University.
1941 - German warship Bismarck sinks British cruiser Hood, 300 die.
1964 - 300 people die in riot in Peru during a football match.
1981 - Ecuador president Jaime Roldos Egulera die in a plane crash.
1982 - During Iran-Iraq war Iranian forces reoccupy Khurram city after 20 months.
1993 - Eritrea gains independence from Ethiopia after civil war.

25th May
1611 - Mughal king Jahangir marries Mehrunisa who is afterwards named Noor Jehan.
1886 - Birth of famous revolutionary Raas Behari Bose.
1899 - Birth of revolutionary and Bengal poet Qazi Nazrul Islam.
1946 - Abdullah Ibn Hussain is declared first king of Jordan.
1969 - Army overthrows government in Sudan.
2005 - International filmmaker Osmail Merchant of Indian origin dies.

26th May
1805 - Napolean Bonaparte is crowned as Italy's prince.
1889 - Escalators in Eiffel tower opened for common people.
1983 - 104 people die in Japan due to Tsunami which occurred due to earthquake measuring 7.7 on richter scale.
1999 - Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid made world record in partnership of 318 runs in one day internationals.

27th May
1908 - "Maulana Hakim Nouruddin Ahmediya" is chosen first Khalifa of muslim community.
1943 - Hungary's "Leslo Biro" gets ball point pen patented in America.
1951 - Inaugration of Taraporwala fish house in Bombay.
1964 - "Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru" dies.

28th May
1883 - Birth of revolutionary Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.
1940 - Belgium surrenders to Germany.
1952 - Greece grants voting rights to women.
1970 - All India Trade Union Congress is partitioned.
1989 - Marathakwaali David becomes first christian women priest in India.
2008 - Nepal officially declares itself Republic in first sitting of Nepal's constituent assembly.

29th May
1453 - Byzantine empire collapses.
1658 - Aurangzeb defeats his big brother Dara Shikoh in battle o Saamugarh.
1916 - American forces occupy Dominican.
1922 - Ecuador is declared independent.
1953 - "Sherpa Tenzing Norgay" and "Edmund Hillary" become first men to reach Mt. Everest.
1979 - Bishop "Abel Muzoreva" becomes Zimbabwe's first non-white Prime minister.
1990 - Boris Yeltsin is elected president of Russia.

31st May
1790 - America makes first copyright act.
1919 - First marriage in Aeroplane conducted in Houston in Texas.
1935 - 50,000 people die in Quetta,Pakistan due to earthquake.
1961 - South Africa becomes republic.
1977 - A group of Indian soldiers for the first time scale Kanchenjunga.
1984 - West Indies' cricketer Vivian Richards make record of scoring 189 runs on just 170 balls in one-day international.
1985 - Guatemala adopts constitution.

Some historic facts - April

1st April
1882 - Post deposit bank system started.
1887 - Bombay fire station established.
1924 - German court sentenced Adolf Hitler to 5 years in prison.
1935 - Reserve bank of India came into existence.
1936 - Orissa province formed.
1969 - India's first nuclear plant in Tarapur starts.
2001 - Netherlands became first country to authorize same sex marriage.
2002 - Netherlands became first country to legalize suicide.
2004 - Google launched g-mail.

2nd April
1679 - Aurangzeb imposes "Jaziya" tax on hindus which was abolished by Akbar.
1720 - Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath dies.
1917 - "Jeanette Rankin" became first woman to be elected for American congress.
1935 - "Sir Watson Watt" got "radar" patented.
1942 - Congress rejected "Cripps" bill.
1970 - Meghalaya became autonomous state.
1970 - Qatar became independent from British rule.
1976 - Portugal adopted constitution.

5th April
1792 - American president "George Washington" exercised "veto" power for the first time.
1896 - First modern olympics completed in Athens.
1904 - First rugby match played between England and other national teams.
1930 - Mahatma Gandhi reached Dandi for breaking salt law.
1944 - Germans hanged 270 greeks in Kleisoura.
1957 - Communists won elections in Kerala for the first time.
1964 - Merchant navy celebrated first national maritime day.
1964 - First driver free underground train runs in London.

7th April
1939 - Italy attacked Albania in second world war.
1946 - Syria's independence from France got recognized.
1948 - World Health Organization established by United Nations.
1948 - Buddhist monastery in Shanghai burnt, 20 die.
1988 - Russia announced retrieval of its forces from Afghanistan.
1989 - Soviet Union's submarine sinks near Norway, 42 seamen die.
2003 - American forces occupy Baghdad.

8th April
1857 - Mangal Pandey hanged in first war of independence for revolting against British rule in India.
1897 - Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (writer of Indian national song "Vande Mataram") dies.
1904 - Britain and France sign treaty to sort out differences.
1913 - China's first assembly starts in Peking (Beijing).
1973 - Spain's famous painter "Pablo Picaso" dies.
1990 - Nepal's prince "Virendra" removes 30 year old ban on national political parties.
1994 - Japan's prime minister Morihiro Hosokava resigns.

9th April
1024 - Pope Benedict VIII dies.
1413 - Henry V became king of England.
1756 - Siraj-ud-daulah became nawab of Bengal at age of 20 years after death of his father Ali Wardi Khan.
1860 - Human voice recorded for the first time.
1893 - Birth of Indian historian, writer and academician "Rahul Saankratyayan".
1940 - Germany attacked Norway and Denmark in second world war.
1965 - War between India and Pakistan starts in Rann of Kuchh.
1972 - Friendship treaty signed between Russia and Iraq.

10th April
1710 - First law connected to copyright passed in England.
1875 - "Arya Samaj" established by "Swami Dayanand Saraswati".
1932 - Field Marshall Paul Van Hindenberg defeats Adolf Hitler in elections in Germany.
1957 - Traffic starts in suez canal after being closed for 3 months.
1963 - Submarine USS Thresher sinks, 129 die.
1982 - INSAT 1A satellite successfully launched from India.
1995 - Ex-prime minister Morarji Desai dies.
2007- Portugal legalizes abortion.

12th April
1606 - England adopts Union Jack as national flag.
1945 - American president Franklin D. Roosevelt dies.
1955 - Polio vaccine made by Dr. Jones Salk considered safe.
1961 - Yuri Gagarin of Russia became first space traveller.
1978 - On occasion of 125th anniversary of Indian rail first double decker rail express Sinhgarh express runs from Bombay to Pune.
1999 - In Monica Lewinsky sex scandal president Bill Clinton was given notice for contempt of court.
2007 - Ballistic missile Agni III successfully test fired.

13th April
1699 - Foundation stone of "Khalsa clan" laid downby 10th Sikh Guru "Guru Gobind Singh ji".
1796 - For the first time an Elephant put his foot on American soil. It was sent from India.
1829 - Roman Catholic relief act passed in England.
1919 - British soldiers open fired on unarmed civilians in Jallianwala Bagh,Amritsar. 379 people die.

15th April
1452 - Birth of "Leonardo Da Vinci".
1896 - For the first time "Bal Gangadhar Tilak" celebrates "Shivaji" festival in Raigarh fort.
1912 - Britain's passenger ship "Titanic" sinks in north-atlantic ocean, 1517 people die.
1923- Insulin becomes available for common people.
1948 - State Himachal Pradesh is formed.
1994 - 124 countries including India sign GATT agreement to pave way for formation of world trade organization.

16th April
1853 - First train in India runs from Bombay to Thane.
1922 - Treaty of Rapollo signed between Soviet Union and Germany to start political and economic activities between two nations.
1854 - San Salvador is completely destroyed due to earthquake.
1982 - Queen Elizabeth announces new constitution for Canada.
1998 - Mathematician Alberto Qalderan dies.

17th April
1799 - British forces start circling of Srirangapatna in India.
1855 - Shimonoseki treaty signed between China and Japan.
1941 - Yugoslavia surrenders to Germany in second world war.
1945 - Brazilian forces frees "Montisi" of Italy from Germany.
1971 - Bangladesh is formed under the leadership of Sheikh Mujibur Rehman.
1975 - India's second president Dr. S. Radhakrishnan dies.
1983 - Second Rohini satellite put into earth's orbit.

19th April
1451 - Afghan king Bahlol Khan Lodhi conquers Delhi.
1919 - French parliament announces to work for 8 hours in a day.
1941 - Bulgarian forces occupy Macedonia.
1960 - Afro-Asian conference completed in New Delhi.
1971 - African country Sierra Leone declares itself Republic.
1972 - Bangladesh became member of British Commonwealth.
1975 - India's first satellite Aryabhatta launched into space.

20th April
1712 - Mughal king Jaangir Shah sits on Delhi's throne.
1862 - Louis Pasteur and Claud Bernard completed first Pasteurisation test.
1889 - Birth of "Adolf Hitler".
1902 - Pierre and Marie Curie prepared modified Radium Chloride.
1940 - First electron microscope displayed in Philadelphia.
1945 - Soviet forces enter Berlin.
1958 - Morocco demands removal of Spanish forces.
1987 - Tamil rebels kill 122 people of same community in Sri Lanka.

21st April
1526 - First battle of Panipat fought between "Babar" and "Ibrahim Lodi".
1938 - Famous Urdu poet "Allama Iqbal" dies.
1960 - Brasilia is declared new capital of Brazil.
1989 - Hundreds of students start protest in Tiannemen square in China despite warning.
1993 - Bolivian supreme court sentences former dictator General Louis Garcia Meja 30 years in prison for massacring people.
1997 - "I K Gujral" became prime minister of India.

22nd April
1914 - Mexico ends political relations with US.
1921 - Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose resigns from Indian civil services to serve country.
1931 - Egypt and Iraq sign peace treaty.
1958 - Admiral R D Katari became first Navy chief.
1966 - Soviet Union completes underground nuclear test.
1969 - First eye transplant done in Houston in America.
1983 - Spaceship Soyuz T-8 returns to Earth.
1987 - Sri Lankan forces bombs Tamils, 100 die.

23rd April
1616 - "William Shakespeare" dies.
1660 - Oliva treaty signed between Sweden and Poland.
1795 - Investigation on Governor General Warren Hastings is taken back.
1984 - AIDS virus identified.
1990 - Namibia becomes United Nation's 160th and Commonwealth's 50th nation.
1992 - Film director Satyajit Ray dies.
2007 - Former president of Soviet Union Boris Yeltsin dies.

24th April
1704 - America's first newsletter "The Newsletter" starts from Boston.
1967 - Vladimir Komarov dies due to failure of opening of parachute of spaceship Soyuz-1. This was first death related to space mission.
1968 - Mauritius became member of United Nations.
1970 - China launches its first satellite Dang Fang Hong.
1974 - Hindi poet "Ramdhari Singh Dinkar"dies.
2005 - World's first cloned dog "Snuppy" is born in South Korea.

Some historic facts - March

16 March
1926 - For the first time a liquid fuel propelled rocket was successfully launched by Professor Robert Goddard from Massachusettes.
1930 - Dictator Primo Di Rivera of Spain dies.
1968 - 500 villagers die in My Lai village in Vietnam at the hands of American forces.
1978 - Italy's ex- Prime minister Aldo Moro kidnapped.
1985 - American news reporter Teri Anderson kidnapped in Beirut.
2000 - American pilot Thomas Ferrabi who dropped nuclear bomb on Hiroshima dies at the age of 81.

17 March
1769 - East India company levies different types of taxes on cloth weavers to destroy textile industry in Bengal,India.
1845 - "Rubber band" got patented by London's Stephen Perry.
1959 - Revolt started in Tibet against Chinese rule and Dalai Lama reached India after leaving Lhasa.
1963 - 1900 people die in Bali island due to volcanic eruption.
1969 - Golda Meir is sworn in as Israel's Prime Minister.
1987 - IBM launched PC-DOS version 3.3.
1987 - Sunil Gavaskar retires from test cricket.

18th March
1801 - First ammunition factory formed in India.
1858 - Birth of Rudolf Diesel in Germany, person who invented diesel engine.
1922 - Mahama Gandhi imprisoned for 6 years for Civil Disobedience movement.
1945 - 1250 American bomber planes attacked Berlin.
1989 - A 4400 year old "Mummy" discovered in a pyramid near Cheopees in Egypt.
1990 - 12 paintings stolen from Stewart Gardener museum in Boston worth 300 million dollars.
2007 - Soth African cricketer Bob Woolmer dies.

19th March
1571 - Spanish forces captured Manila.
1644 - 200 members of royal family commit suicide in Peking,China.
1915 - Pictures of planet Pluto clicked for the first time.
1945 - 800 people die in Kamikaze attack by Japanese on aircraft carrier USS Franklin.
1972 - Peace and friendship treaty signed between India and Bangladesh.
1998 - Atal Behari Vajpayee became Prime Minister of India for the second time.

20th March
1602 - Dutch East India Company formed.
1739 - King of Iran Nadir shah conquered Delhi and stole diamonds from peacock throne.
1861 - Mendoza province got destroyed in Argentina due to severe earthquake.
1952 - American senate passed the bill to sign peace treaty with Japan.
1956 - Tunisia got independent from French rule.
1987 - American health department passed the AIDS medicine AZT.
2003 - America and 3 more nations attacked Iraq.
2006- South indian actor Shobhan babu dies.

22nd March
1945 - Arab league formed in Cairo.
1946 - Jordan got independence from British rule.
1979 - Israel parliament gave nod to peace treaty between Israel and Egypt.
1982 - Spaceship Columbia starts its 3rd mission from Kennedy space centre.
1990 - Microsoft Windows 3.0 launched.
2004 - Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yasin dies in Gaza in Israel attack.

23rd March
1903 - Wright brothers got patent foe Airplane.
1910 - Birth of Samajwadi leader Ram Manohar Lohia.
1931 - Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru were hanged.
1940 - Muslim league rejected bill for formation of Pakistan.
1942 - Japan conquers Andaman and Nicobar island.
1956 - Sudan became independent.
1962 - Nawab Pataudi became Captain at the age of 21 years and 77 days.
1983 - President Ronald Reagan presented star wars theory.
1994 - Kapil Dev retires from test cricket.

24th March
1855 - First long distance telegram sent from Kolkata to Agra.
1924 - Greece became Republic.
1930 - A planet was named Pluto.
1947 - Lord Mountbatten became viceroy of India.
1977 - Morarji Desai became first non-congress Prime Minister of India.
1981 - Columbia broke political relations with Cuba.
2008 - First common elections held in Bhutan.

25th March
1655 - Christen Hugens discovered Saturn's largest moon "Titan".
1699 - 20,000 people die due to Mt.Etna volcanic eruption in Italy.
1807 - Passenger rail started in Britain.
1807 - British parliament abolished slavery.
1821 - Greece got independent from Turkey.
1857 - Frederick Loganham took first photo of solar eclipse.
1889 - First cricket match between Capetown and England took place at Newlands.
1895 - Italian forces attacked Ethiopia.

26th March
1552 - Guru Amardas became third Sikh Guru.
1971 - East Pakistan is declared as independent nation Bangladesh.
1974 - Gaura Devi leads Chipko movement.
1979 - Peace treaty signed between Egyptian president Anwar Sadat and Israeli prime minister Bagin.
1992 - Boxer Mike Tyson jailed for 6 years for misbehavior.
2002 - More than 1000 people die in Afghanistan due to severe earthquake.

29th March
1804 - Thousands of whites killed in South American country Haiti.
1849 - England conquered Punjab.
1857 - Mangal Pandey revolted starting sepoy mutiny of 1857.
1954 - National gallery of modern art opened in New Delhi.
1974 - American spaceship Mariner-10 took close up photos of Mercury.
1982 - N T Ramarao established Telugudesam party.
2004 - Ireland became first country to ban smoking in all working places.

30th March
1814 - After defeating Napolean British and allied forces marched towards Paris.
1856 - Russia and France signed peace treaty.
1919 - Belgium forces conquered Dusseldorf of Germany.
1919 - Mahatma Gandhi denounced Rowlatt act.
1949 - Rajasthan state established.
1950 - New Jersey's Moore Hill invented phototransistor.
1953 - Einstein announced updated form of "unified field" principle.
1992 - Satyajit Ray was posthumously awarded Academy award (oscar).

31st March
1774 - First post office opened in India.
1867 - "Prarthna Samaj" formed in Bombay.
1959 - Buddhist leader Dalai Lama given shelter in India after being oust from Tibet.
1964 - Electric tram ran for the last time in Bombay.
1983 - 500 people die in earthquake in Popayan city of Columbia.
1986 - All 167 people on board die in a plane crash in Mexico.