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Today in Indian History (19th February)

1630 -  Birth of Shivaji. Founder of the Maratha kingdom in 17th-century, Shivaji was born in the hill-fort of Shivneri near Junnar (in the Pune district of Maharashtra) on February 19, 1630. However, according to one school of thought, he was born in 1627. 1915 -   Death of Gopal Krishna Gokhale on   19 February in 1915 . Born on   9 May in 1866 , Gopal Krishna Gokhale was an Indian freedom fighter and political guru of Mahatma Gandhi. He was the president of the Benares session of Indian National Congress in 1905. In that year he had founded Servants of India Society. Ridiculing the idea of Swaraj in 1903, Gopal Krishna Gokhale had said "Only mad men outside lunatic asylums could think or talk of independence" In  1907 , the Congress had been divided into two factions in the Surat session. While the moderate faction was headed by Gopal Krishna Gokhale,  Bal Gangadhar Tilak  was the leader of the extremist group. Gopal Krishna Gokhale was also a ...
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Today In Indian History (18th February)

  1486   - Birth of  Chaitanya Mahaprabhu    on   18th February in 1486 . Considered to be one the greatest saints of Bhakti Movement, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was born on 18th February in 1486 in   Navadwip   (Nadia) in a Brahmin family in West Bengal. Nimai and Gauranga were his other names.  Chaitanya Mahaprabhu gave great impetus to Vaishnavism in Bengal. This greatest religious reformer  laid the foundation of the Gaudiya sect of Vaishnavs. He was an exponent of a new style of Bhajan singing.  1905 - Foundation of the  Indian Home Rule Society  (IHRS) in  1905 . The Indian Home Rule Society (IHRS) was an Indian organisation founded on  18 February  in London in 1905 that sought to promote the cause of self-rule in British India. It was founded by Indian revolutionary leader  Shyamji Krishna Varma .  
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Today in Indian History (February 17th)

  1792-  Birth of  Budhu Bhagat  on  17 February,   1792  in Jharkhand .      Budhu Bhagat was the leader of  Kol  rebellion and  Larka  rebellion in 1831—32 in Chhotanagpur. Born on  17 February 1792  into an Oraon farmer family, Budhu Bhagat had employed tactic of guerrilla warfare against the British. His resistance to the British forces ended when he was killed on  13 February 1832  by them . 
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Today In Indian History (15th February)

1869  - Death of Mirza Ghalib on 15 February 1869. He was a famous Urdu poet during the Mughal period. Ghalib was buried near the tomb of Nizamuddin Auliya in Hazrat Nizamuddin locality in Delhi Widely regarded as one of the greatest poets in the Urdu language, Mirza Ghalib was patronized by the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar (Zafar ascended the Mughal throne in 1837). He was born in Agra on 27 December 1797.  Ghalib was also well versed in Persian.  1948 - Death of famous Hindi poet Subhadra Kumari Chauhan on 15 February 1948. One of her most popular poems is Jhansi Ki Rani. She was born on 16 August 1904. 
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Today in Indian History (14th February)

1483 - Birth of Mughal Emperor Babur on   14 February 1483 .  Zahirudding Muhammad Babur ,  better known simply today as  Babur , who defeated   Ibrahim Lodi   of the Lodi Dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate at the   first battle of Panipat   on the 21st April,  1526 , founded the Mughal empire in India.  1556  -  Akbar ascended the Mughal throne at the age of 13 years and 4 months on February 14, 1556. The  brick coronation platform of  Akbar , the known as Takht-i-Akbari, is located at  Kalanaur in  the Gurdaspur district in  Punjab. The brick platform is the place where Akbar’s coronation took place in 1556.  1658  - At the Battle of Bahadurpur near Benares, Shuja, son of  the fifth Mughal emperor  Shah Jahan, was defeated by Sulaiman Shikoh, on 14 February in 1658. Sulaiman Shikoh was the son of Dara Sikoh, eldest son of Shah Jahan.  The Battle of Bahadurpur was part of...
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Today in Indian History (12th February)

  1742  - Birth of Nana Phadnavis (also spelt as Nana Fadnavis) on 12th February in 1742. Nana Fadnavis was a brilliant Maratha minister and statesman during the Peshwa administration in Pune. He is often referred to as "the Maratha Machiavelli". 1824 - Birth of Dayanand Saraswati, the founder of Arya Samaj, on 12 February 1824. Arya Samaj was founded in 1875. 
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Today In History (11th February)

1750 - Birth of Tilka Majhi on 11th February  in 1750 . Tilka Majhi was a tribal leader and revolutionary who laid down his life in 1785 some 72 years before the First War of Independence in 1857. His place of birth is Tilakpur in Sultanganj in the Bhagalpur district of Bihar.  He had killed Augustus Cleveland , a British East India Company administrator in Bengal and Collector of Bhagalpur, who was known for his arrogance and hatred towards Indians.  Tilka Majhi was executed by the British on January 13, 1785.  The site where he was hanged from a banyan tree is known as Tilka Manjhi Chowk. The Bhagalpur University is also named after this heroic figure.  1942 - Death of Jamnalal Bajaj on 11th February, 1942. Jamnalal Bajaj was a freedom fighter, businessman, social reformer and a follower of Mahatma Gandhi.
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