Today In Indian History (1st March)

1572 - Maharana Pratap ascended the throne of Mewar kingdom on 1 March, 1572.  Maharana Pratap is known for his valiant and spirited defence against the Mughal Empire under Akbar. 

Maharana Pratap died at Chavand on 19th January in 1597.   

Maharana Pratap was the ruler of Mewar kingdom in present day Rajasthan, from 1572 until his death in 1597. He is notable for leading the Rajput resistance against the Mughals in the legendary battle of Haldighati in 1576.

1776 - The Treaty of Purandar was a doctrine signed on 1 March 1776 by the Peshwa of the Maratha Empire and the British East India Company's Supreme Council of Bengal in Calcutta. Earlier another Treaty of Purandar was signed between Maratha leader Shivaji and Jai Singh, Mughal viceroy of Deccan, on 11 June 1665.

Today In Indian History (28th February)

1572 - Death of Udai Singh on 28 February in 1572. Son of Rana Sanga, Udai Singh was the father of Maharana Pratap.  Rana Sanga was a valiant soldier endowed with extraordinary military prowess.

Born on 4th August in 1522  Udai Singh ascended the  throne of Mewar Kingdom after killing Banvir, also known as Banbeer (nephew of Rana Sanga), in 1540. 

Udai Singh had founded the city of Udaipur.

1580 - The first Jesuit mission from Goa arrived at Fatehpur Sikri on February 28, 1580. The Jesuit delegation consisted of Anthony Monserrate, Rudolf Acquaviva and Francis Henrique. In 1578 the Mughal emperor Akbar sent a delegation to Goa, requesting the Portuguese Viceroy to send a team of learned Catholic priests to his Ibadat Khana in Fatehpur-Sikri, where he held discussions on religious matters. 

Today In Indian History (27th February)

1712  - Death of Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah I on 27 February 1712. Born Muazzam, Bahadur Shah I and Shah Alam I ascended the Mughal throne at an advanced age of 67.  

Also known as 'Heedless king' (Shah-i-bekhabar) due to his indifference to administration, Bahadur Shah I was not a great administrator. By his conciliatory attitude he managed to retain the support of most of the factions and groups in the Mughal court.

Second son of 6th Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, Bahadur Shah I pursued a conciliatory policy towards the Rajputs and the Marathas. 

Sahu, son of Sambhaji, who had been in Mughal captivity since the fall of Raigarh, was released. Jeziah, imposed by Aurangzeb, was withdrawn. He acknowledged the independence of Mewar and Marwar. Bahadur Shah I died in 1712 during the course of his campaign against the powerful Sikh leader Banda Bahadur.

Bahadur Shah I was succeeded to the Mughal throne by his son Jahandar Shah. 

1931 - Death of Chandra Shekhar Azad on 27 February in 1931. Chandra Shekhar Azad, was an Indian revolutionary who reorganised the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) under its new name of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) after the death of its founder, Ram Prasad Bismil, and three other prominent party leaders, Roshan Singh, Rajendra Nath Lahiri and Ashfaqulla Khan. 

Chandra Shekhar Azad was born on 23 July in 1906 in Alfred Park in Allahabad. 

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Today In Indian History (26th February)

320 – Chandragupta I is officially crowned as the first Gupta Emperor on 26 February in 320 AD. 

1966 - Death of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar on 26 February 1966. Popularly known as Veer Savarkar, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was a great revolutionary and later on a leader of the Hindu Mahasabha. 

Savarkar was born on 28 May 1883 to a Marathi Hindu Chitpavan Brahmin family to Damodar and Radhabai Savarkar in Bhagur in the Nashik district in Maharashtra. He had three other siblings: two brothers, Ganesh and Narayan, and a sister named Mainabai. 

In 1899 he established the first revolutionary society the Mitra Mela (Friends Association), which was named as the Abhinav Bharat Society (New India Society) in 1904. 

In 1906 Savarkar went to England and became a member of the revolutionary group led by Shyamji Krishna Varma. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Revolt of 1857, he wrote a famous book in which he called the Revolt the First war of Indian Independence. In 1907, Savarkar organized the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 in London. 

In London he was a close associate of Madan Lal Dhingra who murdered Curzon Wyllie with a bomb.

In 1910 he was arrested in London, brought to India and tried in the Nashik Conspiracy case. He was sentenced to two consecutive life transportations, which meant fifty years. He spent ten years in the Andaman jail-from 1911 to 1921 and three years in other prisons. After his early release from prison in 1924 he organised a movement of social reforms and also joined the Hindu Mahasabha. He was elected president of the Hindu Mahasabha for five consecutive years, 1937-42.

Veer Savarkar was tried for his role in the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi but he was acquitted by the court for lack of evidence.

Born in 1883 in Bhagur village to father Damodarpant and mother Radhabai, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar had two brothers, Ganesh and Narayan, and a sister, Mainabai. 

Today In Indian History (25th February)

2008 - Death of Hans Raj Khanna (H R Khanna) on 25 February in 2008.  Born on 3 July 1912 Hans Raj Khanna was an Indian judge, jurist and advocate who propounded the basic structure doctrine in 1973 and attempted to uphold civil liberties during the time of Emergency in India in a lone dissenting judgement in 1976. 

He paid the price for it. He was superseded. The government appointed MH Beg as the CJI.

After resigning from the Supreme Court, H R Khanna served as the central minister of law and justice for a very short period of three days in the Charan Singh Ministry after the fall of the Indira Gandhi Government, and was later made a combined opposition-sponsored candidate for election as President in 1982, losing to Zail Singh.

Today In Indian History (24th February)

1739 - The Battle of Karnal was fought on February 24 in 1739 between Persian invader Nadir Shah and Raushan Akhtar who had ascended the Mughal throne under the title of Muhammad Shah in 1719.

Muhammad Shah Rangila reigned from 1719 to 1748. (Muhammad Shah had earned the nickname of Rangila (merrymaker). This is because Muhammad Shah was given to pleasure. He loved to spend his time in the company of eunuchs and ladies of the harem.)

Defeat of the Mughal forces in the Battle of Karnal (presently in Haryana) paved the way for the Nadir Shah's sack of Delhi. The famed Peacock Throne of Shah Jahan was taken to Persia by Nadir Shah.   

1986 - Death of Rukmini Devi Arundale on 24 February in 1986. A dancer and choreographer of the Indian classical dance form of Bharatanatyam, Rukmini Devi was born on 29 February in 1904 in Madurai. An active member of Theosophical movement, Rukmini Devi Arundale was the first women nominated to Rajya Sabha in 1952.

 

Baz Bahadur, the Musician Ruler of Malwa

Rewa Kund (A reservoir, built by Baz Bahadur with an aqueduct to provide Roopmati's palace with water) Image Credit 

Baz Bahadur, a contemporary of greatest Mughal emperor Akbar, was the ruler of Muslim kingdom of Malwa with his capital at Mandu which is home to an impressive array of architectural marvels. Mandu is presently in the Dhar district of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Perched on the southwestern edge of the Malwa Plateau at an altitude of 2000 feet the fortress town of Mandu commands panoramic views of the Nimar Plains below. 

As Baz Bahadur was given to  pleasure, wine, women, and  music, Baz Bahadur loved to spend his time in the company of musicians and singers and used to indulge in sensual pursuits. He is known in history more for his love-life rather than the administrative skills and military exploits.

Baz Bahadur's Palace / Image Credit

Built by Baz Bahadur, the palace's unique features are its spacious courtyards surrounded by halls and high terraces which afford a superb view of the surrounding countryside.  The palace is famous for acoustics 

Baz Bahadur was the eldest son of Shuja'at or Shujawal Khan, who ruled Malwa independent as the viceroy of the Sur dynasty during the reign of Islam Shah. After his father Baz Bahadur became its next governor who later asserted his independence and became the ruler of the province. Shujawal Khan died in 1556, the year in which Akbar became Mughal emperor.

Contemporary writer, Nizamu-d din, author of Tabakat-i-Akbari, writes about Baz Bahadur, “Baz Bahadur was the most accomplished man of his day in the science of music and in Hindi song. He spent much of his time in the society of musicians and singers.” His love for his Hindu wife Rupmati, who was proficient in reciting poetry, is still remembered by the bards of Mandu. 

As a result of the above, the affairs of the state came to a standstill. This was used as a pretext to invade Malwa by Akbar, an imperialist by instinct. He sent his nobles Adham Khan, son of Maham Anaga (Akbar’s foster mother) and Pir Muhammad to conquer Malwa in 1961. According to some school of though, one of the causes for the invasion was Adham Khan’s infatuation for Baz Bahadur’s queen, Rupmati, who was of exquisite beauty. 

Soon after ascending to the throne in 1556, Baz invaded Garah Katanga (a territory, abounding in hills and jungles in the Gondwana region presently forming parts of the northern districts of the state of Madhya Pradesh) which was ruled by a valiant lady Rani Durgavati, a Chandela Princesses of Mahoba and regent of  her son Vir Narayan. Baz was repulsed by the forces of Durgavati. 

Baz Bahadur, who had hitherto neglected the administration of his kingdom, awoke from his slumber and faced the enemies but was defeated in the battle of Sarangpur (now in Rajgarh district in Madhya Pradesh), fought on March 29, 1561 and fled to Khandesh and Burhanpur. All his treasure and several other wives fell into the hands of Adham Khan and Pir Muhammad whose methods to conquer Malwa and their oppression in the Malwa kingdom have been described by the contemporary historian Badauni, who had accompanied the Mughal army.

When it was found that Rupmati ran the risk of being captured by Adham Khan, a eunuch of Baz Bahadur's harem caused wound to her with a sword. She later consumed poison and killed herself.

Baz Bahadur however, managed to recover Malwa soon. Akbar sent his general Abdulla Khan Uzbek once again to incorporate the province to Mughal empire. Baz Bahadur was once again defeated in 1562 and fled to Mewar where he was sheltered by Rana Udai Singh, son of Rana Sanga and ruler of Mewar. Thereafter, Baz Bahadur fled to Gujarat. After living a life of a wanderer he finally submitted to Akbar and according to according to Faizi, he was granted a Mughal mansab. Badauni, however says, he was imprisoned for some time when he surrendered to the Mughal court. He says that he died soon after his release.

According to Abul Fazal, the court historian of Akbar,  mentions that thirty six singers enjoyed the patronage of Akbar’s court. Baz Bahadur was one of these thirty six singers and has been described as 'a singer  without  rival ' by Abul Fazal. 

 

Today In Indian History (23th February)

2013 - Death of Lotika Sarkar on 23 February 2013. She was a famous Indian feminist, social worker, educator, teacher, and lawyer. Born in 1923, Lotika died in New Delhi on 23 February 2013, at the age of 90.

Today In Indian History (22th February)

1892 - Birth of Indulal Yajnik on 22 February 1892. Born at Nadiad in the present-day Kheda district of Gujarat, Indulal Yajnik was a freedom fighter and one of the finest editors. A social worker and peasant leader from Gujarat he was a gifted journalist.

He was associated with the home rule movement started by Annie Besant. Yajnik actively participated in the Kheda Satyagraha organized by Gandhi to secure exemption for the peasants from payment of land tax for the crops that had failed. He launched two Gujarati monthlies – Navjivan Ame Saty and Yugadharm and a daily Nutan Gujarat.

Indulal Yajnik established schools for the Bhil children and was the secretary of the Antyaj Seva Mandal, with Thakkar Bapa as its president. He was actively associated with the Kisan Sabha work and organsied the cooperative movement among the peasants of Gujarat. In 1942 he presided over the annual session of Akhil Hind Kisan Sabha. He was a founder of the Gujarat Vidyapeeth. In 1956 he took lead in the Maha Gujarat Movement for a separate state and became founder president of the Maha Gujarat Janta Parishad.

1958 - Death of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, an important Indian leader. He was the first Education Minister in Independent India. Born in Mecca (now in Saudi Arabia) in 1888 on 22 February, Abul Kalam Azad was an Islamic theologian and a great scholar of Arabic, Persian and Urdu. He adopted the pen-name of Azad at the age of 16. He published a number of papers such as Al-Nadwah, the Vakil, Al-Hilal (“The Crescent”) and Al-Balagh. 

He was 35 when he was elected President of the Indian National Congress in its Delhi session in 1923, becoming the youngest to hold that office. He was again elected to the presidentship of Congress in 1940 and continued to hold that position until 1946.

After Indian independence in 1947, he became the Education Minister in Jawahar Lal Nehru’s cabinet. He had written autobiographical narrative, 'India Wins Freedom' which holds that religion politics was responsible for the partition of the country. Ghubar-e-Khatir is his another important work. 

Azad died in 1958. In 1992, he was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award.

  

Today In Indian History (21th February)

1685- On 21st February in 1685 a Maratha contingent under Shambhaji's lieutenant Melgiri Pandit reached Bijapur to give a helping hand to the Sikandar Adil Shah, the last sultan of the Bijapur sultanate, against the Mughals under Aurangzeb.  

Today In Indian History (20th February)

1948 - Clement Attlee, the then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, announced on 20 February 1947 that the British Government would grant full self-government to British India by 3 June 1948 at the latest. 

Lord Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of India, thought that waiting until June 1948 might be too late. So he moved the date for India's independence to August 1947. 

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 mentor to Mohammed Ali Jinnah. Gokhale had described Jinnah as "an ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity". Once Jinnah had expressed the desire to become "the Muslim Gokhale".

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.  

Today In Indian History (17th February)

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 . 

The Unmissable 2025 Kumbh Fair in Pictures

 

This year Prayagraj is playing host to the unmissable fair of Kumbh Mela (festival of the Sacred Pitcher), the largest congregation of humanity anywhere in the world. 

Prayagraj is at its exuberant best when the Kumbh Mela, one of the largest religious congregations in the world, is being held here

Legend has it that Prayagraj was one of the four sites where a drop of Amrita (nectar) from the Kumbh (pot), carried by Gods, fell. It is therefore one of the four venues where the Kumbh Mela is held every 12 years. Haridwar, Nasik and Ujjain are the other three. 

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The Kumbh Mela is a riot of religious activities, worship, faith, rituals, colours and celebration, attracts millions of pilgrims who dip themselves in the waters to purify themselves of the sins.

 

Today In Indian History (16th February)

1759- "Siege of Madras" comes to an end on 16th February in 1759. Madras, held by the British, was besieged between December 1758 and February 1759 by French forces under the command of Comte de Lally during the Seven Years' War. 

The French forces captured Madras in 1746 during the War of the Austrian Succession, but it was returned to the British in 1748. After ten years, the French army, under the command of Comte de Lally, marched to besiege Madras. The series of battles fought between December 1758 and February 1759 is called the "Siege of Madras". The French army retreated on 16th February, 1759. 

1956 - Death of Meghnad Saha on 16 February 1956. Meghnad Saha was an Indian astrophysicist. He was elected to the first Lok Sabha in 1951 as an independent candidate. 

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. 

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 the fratricidal war of succession which took place as soon as Shah Jahan fell ill in September, 1657. The sickness of Shah Jahan sparked a deadly war of succession among his four sons – Dara Shikoh, Shuja, Aurangzeb and Murad. 

Today In Indian History (13th February)

1879- Birth of Sarojini Naidu on 13 February in 1879. She was the president of the Indian National Congress in the Kanpur session held in 1925. She became the second woman to preside over the Congress after Annie Besant. She was given the title of "Nightingale of India". 

Sarojini Naidu had participated in the Second Round Table Conference in 1931. Round Table Conferences were convened by the British government between 1930 and 1932 to discuss constitutional reforms in India. 

Sarojini Naidu became the first Governor of United Provinces  in 1947 after Indian Independence and died in office on 2nd March in 1949.  

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. 

Today In Indian History (11th February)

1750 - Birth of Tilka Majhi on 11th February 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. 

Tilka Majhi was executed by the British on January 13, 1785. 

Today In Indian History (10th February)

1817- Treaty of Titalia was signed on 10 February in 1817. The Treaty of Titalia was signed between the chogyal (Raja) of the Kingdom of Sikkim and the British East India Company (EIC). Under the terms of the treaty, tract annexed by the Nepalese were ceded to the Raja of Sikkim.

1858 - Death of Raja Bakhtawar Singh on 10th February in 1858. 

Ruler of the princely state of Amjhera in Madhya Pradesh, Raja Bakhtawar Singh is known as a brave leader who unfurled the banner of rebellion against the British during the time of Revolt of 1857. In 1858, he was hanged on a neem tree on the premises of Maharaja Yashwant Hospital in Indore. At the time of his death, he was thirty four years old.

1916 - Death of Sohan Lal Pathak on 10 February 1916. Born in 1883 at Patti (now in Tarn Taran district) in Punjab, Sohan Lal Pathak was a revolutionary who was hanged at the Mandalay Jail in Burma on 10 February 1916 for organizing an uprising against the British. 

Assembly Elections Results of Burari Assembly Constituency

In the 2025 Delhi assembly elections Sanjeev Jha won on behalf of AAP for the third time by defeating JD(U)'s Shailendra Kumar by a margin of 20,601 votes. 

 Contesting Candidates for Burari Assembly Elections 2025    

Party	Candidates	Votes
JD(U)	Shailendra Kumar	100,580
AAP	Sanjeev Jha	121,181
Congress	Mangesh Tyagi	19,920

Burari assembly constituency is one of the ten assembly constituencies that unite to form the parliamentary constituency of North East Delhi which is currently represented by BJP's Manoj Tiwari who won the seat third time in last Lok Sabha elections in 2024.  

Assembly Elections Results of Bijwasan Assembly Constituency

Contesting Candidates for Bijwasan Assembly Elections 2025    

Party	Candidates	Votes
BJP	Kailash Gahlot	64,951
AAP	Surender Bharadwaj	53,675
Congress	Devinder Sehrawat	9,409

Bijwasan is one of the ten assembly constituencies that unite to form the Laok Sabha constituency of South Delhi which is currently represented by BJP's Ramvir Bidhuri who won the seat by defeating his nearest AAP rival Sahiram Pehalwan in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. 

Today In Indian History (9th February)

1757 - Treaty of Alinagar was signed on 9 February 1757 between Robert Clive of the British East India Company  and Siraj ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal, Alinagar was the short-lived name given to Calcutta by the Nawab after it was captured by him in June 1756.

Under the terms of the treaty, Calcutta was restored to the East India Company. 

Assembly Elections Results of Bawana Assembly Constituency

    Contesting Candidates for Bawana Assembly Elections 2025    

Party	Candidates
AAP	Jai Bhagwan	88,040
BJP	Ravinder Kumar (Inderaj)	119,515
Congress	Surender Kumar	18,713

Bawana is one of the ten assembly constituencies which come together to create of reserved parliamentary constituency of North West Delhi which is currently represented by BJP’s Yogender Chandoliya who won the seat by defeating his nearest Congress rival Udit Raj by a margin of 2,90,849 votes in last Lok Sabha elections in 2024. 

 

Assembly Elections Results of Ballimaran Assembly Constituency

   Contesting Candidates for Ballimaran Assembly Elections 2025    

Party	Candidates
AAP	Imran Hussain	57,004
BJP	Kamal Bagri	27,181
Congress	Haroon Yusuf	13,059

Ballimaran is one of the ten assembly constituencies that combine to form the parliamentary constituency of Chandni Chowk which is currently represented by BJP's Praveen Khandelwal who won the seat by defeating his nearest Congress rival Jai Prakash Aggarwal by a margin of 89,325 votes in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. 

 

 

Assembly Elections Results of Badli Assembly Constituency

  Contesting Candidates for Badli Assembly Elections 2025    

Party	Candidates
BJP	Deepak Chaudhary	61,192
AAP	Ajesh Yadav	46,029
Congress	Devender Yadav	41,071

Badli is one of the ten assembly constituencies which come together to create of reserved parliamentary constituency of North West Delhi which is currently represented by BJP’s Yogender Chandoliya who won the seat by defeating his nearest Congress rival Udit Raj by a margin of 2,90,849 votes in last Lok Sabha elections in 2024. 

 

Assembly Elections Results of Badarpur Assembly Constituency

 Contesting Candidates for Badarpur Assembly Elections 2025    

Party	Candidates
AAP (Won)	Ram Singh Netaji	112,991
BJP	Narayan Dutt Sharma	87,103
Congress	Arjun Bhadana	3,145

 

Today In Indian History (8th February)

1872- Death of Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, the Viceroy of India (1869-72), on 8 February 1872. Lord Mayo, after whom Mayo College in Ajmer is named, was assassinated by Sher Ali Afridi at Port Blair. Afridi was hanged on March 11, 1872. 

1995 - Death of Kalpana Datta on 8 February 1995 (27 July 1913 – 8 February 1995), Also known as Kalpana Joshi, Kalpana Datta was a woman revolutionary from Bengal. She was a member of the Chittagong Republican Army, formed by Surya Sen ( also known as “Masterda”). Chittagong Republican Army carried out the Chittagong armoury raid in 1930.

Assembly Elections Results of Babarpur Assembly Constituency

 Contesting Candidates for Babarpur Assembly Elections 2025     

Party	Candidate
AAP (Won)	Gopal Rai	76192
BJP	Anil Kumar Vashisht	57198
Congress	Mohammad Ishraque	8797

History of Babarpur Assembly Constituency
 

Gopal Rai is the incumbent MLA of Babarpur Assembly Constituency which he had won in 2020 and 2015 on the ticket of AAP.