Today In Indian History (28th January)

1865  - Birth of Lala Lajpat Rai on 28 January in 1865.   

Today In Indian History (27th January)

1556- Death of the second Mughal ruler, Humayun, on January 27 in 1556. He died in Delhi from falling down the stairs of his library, known as the "Sher Mandal," within the Purana Qila (Old Fort) in Delhi.

Today In Indian History (26th January)

1620 - Death of Amar Singh, the ruler of Mewar Kingdom and eldest son of Maharana Pratap, on 26th January 1620. 

1915 –  Birth of Gaidinliu Pamei (26 January 1915 – 17 February 1993), popularly known as Rani Gaidinliu, who was a Naga woman revolutionary leader and successor to the political movement launched by the Naga leader Haipou Jadonang (1905-31) to drive away the British from Manipur.

Born in the present day Tamenglong district of Manipur Rani Gaidinliu led a popular rebellion against the British rule at the young age of sixteen after Jadonang was executed by the British. 

In 1932, she was arrested by the British government who sentenced her to life imprisonment. This tribal freedom fighter spent fourteen years in different jails of Guwahati, Shillong, Aizawl, Tura and others between 1932 and 1947 making her one of India’s longest incarcerated political prisoners by the British.

Rani Gaidinliu was finally released from the prison after India’s independence in 1947. She died in 1993.

Jawahar Lal Nehru gave her the title of "Rani" ("Queen") whom he has met at Shillong Jail in 1937.

1950- The Constitution of independent India came into force on 26th January 1950.

Today In Indian History (25th January)

1824 - Michael Madhusudan Dutt, famous Bengali poet and playwright, was born on 25th January in 1824. 

One of the greatest poets of the Bengali language, Dutt wrote his magnum opus Meghnad Badh Kavya (The Slaying of Meghnada) in 1861. Meghnad Badh Kavya is based on an episode from the Ramayana in which Meghnad (also known as Indrajit), son of Ravana, is killed by Rama's brother Lakshmana.  

Dutt introduced in Bengali poetry amitrakshar chanda, or what is known as Blank Verse. The celebrated epic Meghnad Badh Kavya was written in blank verse. In 1860, he had used amitrakshar in his work Padmabati.  He also replaced deva mahima, or praise for the divinity, with humanism. He had introduced the sonnet, or chaturdashpadi kabita, in Bengali literature. 

Michael Madhusudan Dutt died on June 29, 1873 in Calcutta, 

Today In Indian History (24th January)

1950- On 24 January 1950, Constituent Assembly in India adopts the Indian national anthem from a song written and composed by Rabindranath Tagore.

The first stanza of the song Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata was adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India as the National Anthem on 24 January 1950.

Today In Indian History (23th January)

1565 - The Battle of Talikota, also known as that of Rakkasagi–Tangadagi, was fought between between Vijayanagara empire and the Muslim Sultanates of Deccan on 23 January 1565. 

It was during the reign of the Taluva (Taluva dynasty was one of the four main dynasties, combination of which is known as the Vijayanagar empire) ruler Sadashiva Raya (1543- 69) that battle of Talikota in 1565 was fought in which Vijayanagar army was defeated by the combined forces of the five Muslim Sultanates of Deccan. This gave body blow to the empire. After this battle the Vijayanagar kingdom lost its grandeur and glory. 

1897 - Nationalist leader Subhash Chandra Bose was born on 23 January in 1897 in Cuttack in Orissa.  He studied in Presidency College and Scottish Church College. In 1920, Bose took the ICS exams in London and came fourth. In 1938 he became president of Indian National Congress. He was gain elected Congress president in 1939. After his expulsion from the Congress he left from India through Afghanistan in 1941.  

Subhash Chandra Bose was the president of the Forward Bloc.  

 

Today In Indian History (22nd January)

1666 - Death of Shah Jahan on January 22, 1666 in Agra. He was born on January 5, 1592 in Lahore. Shah Jahān was the Mughal emperor from 1628 to 58.

1760 - Battle of Wandiwash (January 22, 1760) is a confrontation between the French and the British,  part of the Third Carnatic War (1758-1763) fought between the French and British colonial empires, which itself was a part of the global Seven Years' War (1756–63). Fought in Wandiwash in Tamil Nadu, the battle resulted in the defeat of the French. 

The Battle of Wandiwash put an end to the French challenge to British supremacy in India.