Jallianwala Bagh massacre: 104 years of tragedy
Very few moments in the history of our sub-continent are as repulsive to remember and yet as significant to history…
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EMMY-AWARD WINNING COMEDIAN INFUSES NJ WITH SATIRE
By Mabel Pais Samantha Bee, Emmy Award-winner, returns to the stage, with her trademark satirical comedy, to the New Jersey…
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By Mabel Pais Come get inspired at The International Day of Women celebration! Discover new connections! Women@NJPAC, for over 25…
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Jan 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol
On January 6, 2021, following the defeat of then U.S. President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election, a mob…
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Swami Vivekananda
The birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, which falls on January 12, is celebrated across India as National Youth Day, to…
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DECEMBER 9, 2022, to DECEMBER 15, 2022 09 DECEMBER 1946 The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly that made the…
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1984 anti-Sikh riots: The darkest period of modern Indian history
38 years have passed since ‘Operation Blue Star’, when Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India, ordered an attack…
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Assassination of Indira Gandhi and its violent aftermath
On the morning of October 31, 1984, Indira Gandhi,' the Iron Lady' of India, was assassinated. She was India's then…
Read MoreIndia in history this Week- September 23, 2022, to September 29, 2022
23 SEPTEMBER 1908 Rashtrakavi Ramdhari Singh Dinkar was born on this day. 1803 The British East India Company defeated the…
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02 SEPTEMBER 1969 The ATM machine came in the banking world for the first time today. 1573 Akbar, the third…
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“History is not the past. It is the present. We carry our history with us. We are our history. If…
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“What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the future on the past.” -…
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Maharaja Ranjit Singh: The lion of Punjab
Maharaja Ranjit Singh, renowned as the Lion of the Punjab or Sher-e-Punjab was born on November 13, 1780, in Gujranwala,…
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History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.-Napoleon Bonaparte June 17 June 17, 1972…
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03 JUNE 1867 Birth of India's famous educationist, politician, social reformer, jurist and writer Harvilas Sharda. 1901 Birth of first…
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13 MAY 1905 Birth of former President of India Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed. 1952 The first session of Parliament was called…
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06 MAY 1944 Gandhiji released from Aga Khan Palace in Pune. 1967 Zakir Hussain became the first Muslim President of…
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22 APRIL 1921 Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose resigned from the Indian Civil Service in 1921. 1970 Earth Day was celebrated…
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“History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused…
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15 APRIL 1469 Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, was born in 1469. 1976 India announces sending its envoy to…
Read MoreThe Invincible Spirit of Optimism-‘Charhdi Kala’
“The Spirit of Charhdi-kala is all about rising to the occasion, whenever standing up and speaking out becomes quintessential, whether…
Read MoreHistory This Week-April 8 to April 14
“What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the April 8 April 8th -…
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Ram Navami – the day Lord Rama was born
Ram Navami is the celebration of the birth anniversary of Lord Rama, who is believed to be the seventh incarnation…
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08 APRIL 1857 On the day of 1857, Mangal Pandey, a soldier of the Barrackpore Regiment of British India, was…
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“If you don’t know history, then you don’t know anything. You are a leaf that doesn’t know it is part…
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25 MARCH 1788 First advertisement of Indian language Bangla published in the newspaper 'Calcutta Gadget'. 1898 Swami Vivekananda gave initiation…
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"History is a narration of the events which have happened among mankind, including an account of the rise and fall…
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18 MARCH 1910 On 18 March 1910, Gopal Krishna Gokhale proposed before the British Legislative Council for the provision of…
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Shaheed Diwas: Remembering Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru
Shaheed Diwas or Martyrs' Day is observed on March 23 every year throughout the country. It marks the death anniversary…
Read MoreHistory This Week-March 11 to March 17
March 11 March 11, 1918 - The 'Spanish' influenza first reached America as 107 soldiers become sick at Fort Riley,…
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