History
The facts about World Development Information Day
The UN General Assembly in 1972 established World Development Information Day on 24th October. It did so to draw the ...
All you need to know about World Statistics Day
When do people celebrate World Statistics Day? World Statistics Day occurs every five years on October 20th. People celebrate this ...
Subrahmanyam Chandrasekhar the Indian astrophysicist
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was born on 19 October 1910. Today is his 111th birth anniversary. He was an Indian-American astrophysicist who spent ...
Ram Rahim Singh punished for Ranjit Singh’s murder
On Monday, a special CBI court in Panchkula awarded life imprisonment to Dera Sacha Sauda’s Gurmeet Ram Rahim and four ...
The end of Veerappan by Operation Cocoon
On October 18, 2004, police killed Veerappan, who was a kidnapper, elephant poacher, and sandalwood smuggler. They lured him out ...
International day for the eradication of poverty
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is observed every year on the 17th of October. Its main aim is ...
Hindu Minority Act as passed in 1956
Hindu Minority Act is an act that amends and codify certain parts of the law. These laws relate to minority ...
The Criminal Tribes Act of 1871
Since the 1870s, various pieces of colonial legislation were passed in India during British rule. These were collectively called the ...
All you need to know about Indian Air Force Day
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is the air arm of the Indian Armed Forces. The personnel and aircraft assets it ...
Mughals glorified in Indian history even after their atrocities
The author Ratan Sharda highlighted something. It was how the government of India’s cultural website ‘Know India’ (knowindia.gov.in) displays an ...
Indira Gandhi’s arrest in 1977 based on election corruption
India’s sixth general election took place between March 16 and March 20, 1977. The late R K Dhawan said that ...
Madhav Rao Scindia plane crash
Plane crashes, tragedies, accidents, and terrorist victims seem to have haunted the Congress party eerily during the years of 2000s. ...
Birthday of the legendary Bhagat Singh
History of Bhagat Singh Bhagat Singh was born on 27th September 1907. So this year is his 114th birthday. Bhagat ...
The birth anniversary of Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar
Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar was born on 26th September 1820. This year is his 201st birth anniversary. Who was Iswar Chandra ...
Details about the Akshardham Temple attack
On 24th September 2002, there were two terrorists who attacked the Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple complex in Gandhinagar, Gujarat in India. ...