June 22
On June 22nd 1555, Emperor Humayun declared his son Akbar as his heir apparent. The Mughals remain India’s most famous ruling dynasty and ruled India from 1526 to 1857 AD. The first Mughal was Babur, a conqueror from Central Asia who founded the Mughal Empire in India and made a way for future Mughal emperors in the country. Babur’s son... Read More →
June 21
On June 21st 1991, P.V Narsimha Rao was sworn in as the ninth Prime Minister of India. Pamulaparti Venkata Narasimha Rao, popularly known as P.V Narsimha Rao was born on June 28th 1921 in Varanga (present day Hyderabad). Born to a humble Telegu Karanam family, Rao did his Bachelor’s of Arts from Osmania University and completed his Masters in Law... Read More →
June 20
On June 20th 1996, India refused to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) at the Geneva Conference. The CTBT essentially bans all nuclear explosions in all environments, be it for military or civilian purposes. This treaty was taken up by the Unites Nations (UN) General Assembly on September 10th 1996 and was opened for acceptance on September 24th 1996... Read More →
June 19
On June 19th 1966, the Shiv Sena was founded by Balasaheb Thackeray (also known as Bal Thackeray) in Mumbai. The Shiv Sena is a Hindu nationalist political organisation founded by Balasaheb Thackeray who was initially a cartoonist with an English daily. In 1960 Thackeray left the English newspaper and founded his own political weekly by the name of Marmik. Thackeray was... Read More →
June 18
On June 18th 1858, Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi, one of the most important figures of India’s First War of Independence, died while fighting against the British in Gwalior. India’s freedom struggle had seen many freedom fighters over the years, but the name of Rani Lakshmibai (also known as Laxmibai) stands out among them. Lakshmibai, the Rani of the princely state... Read More →
June 17
On June 17th 1631 Mumtaz Mahal, the beloved wife of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, died while giving birth to their fourteenth child in Burhanpur, Madhya Pradesh. Thereafter, Shah Jahan spent more than twenty years building the Taj Mahal in memory of his beloved wife. The Taj Mahal is probably the world’s most recognized building apart from being called one of... Read More →
June 16
Famous Bollywood film actor Mithun Chakraborty (b. Gouranga Chakraborty) was born on June 16th 1950 in Kolkata (then Calcutta) to a Bengali family. Chakraborty earned an honours degree in Chemistry from the University of Calcutta and later studied acting at the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune. Once a loyal Naxalite, he quit the Naxalite movement and returned... Read More →
June 15
On June 15th 1947, the All-India Congress accepted the British plan for the partition of India in New Delhi. The plan for the Partition, also known as the Mountbatten Plan was declared by the last Viceroy of India, Lord Mountbatten. The partition of India in August 1947 is no doubt one of the most tragic and violent events the subcontinent... Read More →
June 14
Bharat Bhushan, a Hindi film actor known for his sensitive portrayals of musicians and poets in several films of the 1950s and 1960s, was born on 14 June 1920 in Meerut(in present-day Uttar Pradesh). After his mother’s death when he was two years old, he was brought up in Aligarh. An interest in acting took him later to Calcutta and... Read More →
June 13
Delhi’s Uphaar Cinema fire of 13 June 1997 killed 59 people and became a symbol of poor safety norms in India’s public places. The blaze started at around 5.10 pm when the audience was glued to the screen, watching the 3-6 pm screening of the Hindi film Border. Minutes earlier a security person at the premises had heard two... Read More →
