This blog is a comprehensive and in-depth guide to the events, people and places throughout the history of India
1857 - Establishment of Arya Samaj in Bombay in 1857 on April 10 by Swami Dayananda Saraswati.
1606 - After unfurling the banner of revolt against his father and Mughal emperor Jahangir, Khusrau escapes from Agra on 6 April, 1606. After the death of his grandfather, Akbar, in 1605, Khusrau was imprisoned in Agra Fort by Jahangir who had succeeded Akbar as the Mughal emperor.
Khusrau was later defeated by the Mughal forces in 1606. The fifth Sikh Guru Arjan Dev was sentenced to death by Jahangir in 1606, since he had blessed Khusrau during his rebellion against the emperor.
Khusrau was later blinded and was forced into the custody of his brother Khurram (future Shah Jahan) who eventually strangled him at Burhanpur in 1621.
On the orders of Jahangir, Khusrau was buried in a tomb adjoining his mother's in a garden (now called Khusrau Bagh) in Prayagraj (Allahabad).
1663 - Shaista Khan was wounded by the Maratha chief Shivaji who made a surprise night attack in Poona on 5 April, 1663, wounding him.
After his accession to the throne, Aurangzib sent Shayista Khan (Shaista Khan was the son of Asaf Khan and brother of Mumtaz Mahal) as viceroy of the Deccan with instruction to crush Shivaji. However, Shayista Khan had to retreat when Shivaji embarked on a surprise attack at the well-guarded mansion of Shayista Khan in Poona. In the scuffle Shaista Khan lost his thumb and his son, Abul Fath, was killed. This incident served a body-blow to the Mughal prestige in the Deccan. Aurangzeb recalled Shayista and transferred him to Bengal.
The 24-day march which lasted from 12 March 1930 to 6 April 1930 spanned 387 kilometres, from Gandhi's Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad to the coastal village of Dandi, which was called Navsari at that time (now in the state of Gujarat). Gandhi broke the British Raj salt laws on 6 April 1930.
It sparked India's civil disobedience movement as thousands joined him on the beach to pick up salt, the production of which was under colonial control.
78 volunteers had accompanied Mahatma Gandhi on the Dandi March.
1944- The Battle of Kohima took place in three stages from 4 April to 22 June 1944 around the town of Kohima, now the capital city of Nagaland in Northeast India.
The Battle of Kohima was the turning point of the Japanese U-Go offensive into India in 1944 during the Second World War.
1680 - Shivaji died a premature death at the age of fifty-three (or fifty, according to some) on the 3rd April, 1680. One of the most famous figures of Indian history, Shivaji was the founder of the Maratha kingdom.
1870 - Poona Sarvajanik Sabha was founded on April 2, 1870 in the Pune district of Maharashtra. It was one of the first Indian socio-political organisations formed to represent the interests of the Indian people during the British rule. It was by Mahadev Govind Ranade and his associates G V Joshi, S H Sathe, and S H Chiplonkar.
One of the most written-about and photographed of the monuments in the world, the Hawa Mahal ( Palace of Winds) was built in 1799 by Sawai ...
