Today In Indian History (6th February)

1931- Death of Pt. Motilal Nehru (6 May 1861 – 6 February 1931), founder of Swaraj Party or the Congress-Khilafat Swaraj Party which was formed on 1st January, 1923. Motilal Nehru was the father of Jawahar Lal Nehru, the first Prime Minister.  

Today In Indian History (5th February)

2008 - Death of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on 5 February 2008. A self-styled Indian guru, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was the creator of Transcendental Meditation (TM), a form of silent meditation. 

Today In Indian History (4th February)

1916 - Banaras Hindu University was founded on February 4th, 1916 by Madan Mohan Malviya. 

1922 -The Chauri Chaura Incident took place on 4 February 1922 at Chauri Chaura in the Gorakhpur district of United Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh) in British India. On that day, a police station in the small town of Chauri Chaura was set on fire that killed 22 policemen, leading to Gandhi suspending his non-cooperation movement. 

1948- RSS was banned on 4 February, 1948 following the assassination of Gandhi on 30th January, 1948. 

1974 – Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian physicist and mathematician, passed away on 4th February, 1974 in Kolkata.

Today In Indian History (3rd February)

1509- The Battle of Diu was fought on 3 February 1509 between the Portuguese and the combined forces of the Sultan of Gujarat, the Zamorin of Calicut, the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt with support from the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire. The Portuguese emerged victorious. 

1816- Birth of Ram Singh, one of the famous leaders of the Kuka movement, on 3rd February, 1816. 

Initially started as a religious movement with a view to reforming the Sikh religion by purging it of the degenerate features, Kuka movement, founded in 1840 in the Western Punjab, turned into a political struggle against the British. The founder of Kuka movement was Bhagat Jawahar Mal.  

The Kuka Revolt also came to be known as Namdhari Movement. 

Ram Singh gave a call to his followers for boycott of British goods, government schools and government posts. Known to his followers as Satguru, he was deported by the British to Burma where he died in 1885.

1925 - On 3 February 1925, India's first electric train ran from the Bombay Victoria Terminus (now Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus) to Kurla Harbour.

1928 - Simon Commission, also known as the Indian Statutory Commission, came to Bombay in India on 3rd February in 1928 to study constitutional reform in the country.

Simon Commission was a group of seven members of the British Parliament under the chairmanship of Sir John Simon. One of the members of the commission was Clement Attlee, who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom when India became free.

It was in a protest in Lahore against the Simon Commission that Lala Lajpat Rai succumbed to the injuries on 17 November 1928 received by him. 

1954- On 3 February 1954, Prayag Kumbh Mela stampede took place at Kumbha Mela in Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh on the day of Mauni Amavasya (New Moon). The stampede in which hundreds of people lost their lives took place in the first Kumbh Mela after India's Independence.

Today In Indian History (2nd February)

1835 - On 2 February 1835, British historian, politician and colonial administrator Thomas Babington Macaulay presented his ‘Minute on Indian Education’ that underscored the need to impart English education to native Indians. 

1887- Birth of Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, the first Health Minister of India in independent India, on 2nd  February. A member of India's Constituent Assembly that was responsible for the framing the Constitution of India, she played an important role in the Indian freedom struggle and was imprisoned by the British on several occasions.  

Today In Indian History (1st February)

1681 - Maratha ruler Sambhaji, son of Shivaji, attacks and sacks Burhanpur, then under Mughal dominion, from 31 January to 2 February in 1681. 

1689- Sambhaji was captured in Samgamneshwar by the Mughals on 1st February in 1689 and was executed by Aurangzeb on 11 March. 

Today In Indian History (31st January)

1561- Death of Bairam Khan, the preceptor to Mughal emperor Akbar and Mughal military commander, on 31st January 1561 on his way to Mecca. Bairam Khan was relieved of his post and was ordered by Akbar to go to Mecca.  

Bairam Khan was instrumental in establishing the Mughal rule after Humayun's exile from India during the reign of Sur rulers.   

1600- English company the East India Company was formed on December 31, 1600. The company was given a monopoly of all English trade to Asia by royal charter in that year.