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Historical Events 1944 British 14th Army frees Imphal, Assam from the Japanese Historic Event 1946 Speaking at a prayer meeting in New Delhi, Gandhi calls on the South African government to stop 'hooliganism' by Whites Pacifist and Spiritual Leader Mahatma Gandhi 2012 Cult Bollywood film "Gangs of Wasseypur Part 1" directed by Anurag Kashyap is released in India More Indian History Famous Birthdays 1932 Amrish Puri, Indian actor (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom- Mola Ram, Mr. India- Mogambo), born in Lahore, Punjab (d. 2005) Vijay 1974 [C. Joseph] Vijay, Indian actor and singer (Poove Unakkaga), born in Madras (now Chennai), India Actor and Singer Vijay 1975 Laila Rouass, Moroccan-Indian actress Famous Deaths 1699 Josiah Child, English Governor of the East India Company (b. 1630) https://myrevolution.in/today-in-history/june22today-in-indian-history/?feed_id=25220&_unique_id=62b26ef7c921d

Historical Events 1921 The UK, the Dominions, and India, become the British Commonwealth of Nations Historic Event 1948 Lord Mountbatten resigns as Governor General of India (formerly the last Viceroy) Supreme Allied Commander and Last Viceroy of India Lord Mountbatten 1991 P. V. Narasimha Rao becomes Prime Minister of India as head of a Congress Party minority government 2015 94 people die & 45 are hospitalized after drinking moonshine in Mumbai, India More Indian History https://myrevolution.in/today-in-history/june21today-in-indian-history/?feed_id=25173&_unique_id=62b11cfb58451

Historical Events 1756 Black Hole of Calcutta: 146 British soldiers, Anglo-Indian soldiers and Indian civilians are imprisoned in a small dungeon in Calcutta, India where most die from suffocation and heat exhaustion 1756 Siraj ud-Daulah Nawab of Bengal takes Calcutta from the British More Indian History Famous Birthdays 1952 Vikram Seth, Indian poet and novelist (A Suitable Boy), born in Calcutta, India https://myrevolution.in/today-in-history/june20today-in-indian-history/?feed_id=25116&_unique_id=62afcaf0608d7

Historical Events 1981 India's APPLE satellite, 1st to be stabilized on 3 axes, launched More Indian History Famous Birthdays Salman Rushdie 1947 Salman Rushdie, British-Indian novelist (Midnight's Children, Satanic Verses), born in Mumbai, India Novelist Salman Rushdie 1970 Rahul Gandhi, Indian politician Famous Deaths 1949 Syed Zafarul Hasan, Indian-Pakistani Prominent Muslim philosopher, dies at 64 2008 Barun Sengupta, Bengali journalist (b. 1934) 2009 Ali Akbar Khan, Indian classical sarod player, composer, and music educator, dies of kidney failure at 87 https://myrevolution.in/today-in-history/june19today-in-indian-history/?feed_id=25095&_unique_id=62ae793dc7df9

Historical Events 1946 Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, a Socialist calls for a Direct Action Day against the Portuguese in Goa. A road is named after this date in Panjim World Record 1980 Indian "human computer" Shakuntala Devi sets a world record by mentally multiplying two random 13-digit numbers in 28 seconds; She correctly answered that 7,686,369,774,870 × 2,465,099,745,779 = 18,947,668,177,995,426,462,773,730 ! Writer and Mathematician Shakuntala Devi Film Premiere 1999 Hindi film "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam" premieres directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, starring Salman Khan, Ajay Devgn and Aishwarya Rai Actress Aishwarya Rai Actor Salman Khan 2001 Protests occur in Manipur over the extension of the ceasefire between Naga insurgents and the government of India 2019 Chennai, India's 6th largest city with 4 million people, runs out of water as its reservoirs dry up More Indian History Famous Deaths 1858 Lakshmi Bai, Indian Queen of the p

Historical Events Taj Mahal 1631 Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, then spends more than 20 years building her tomb, the Taj Mahal The Taj Mahal in all its glory, built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan I for his beloved wife, Mumtaz Mahal More Indian History Famous Birthdays 1973 Leander Paes, Indian tennis player, born in Kolkata, West Bengal, India 1981 Amrita Rao, Indian Bollywood actress (Vivah) Famous Deaths 1631 Mumtaz Mahal, Empress consort of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, who built the Taj Mahal as her mausoleum and symbol of his undying love, dies during childbirth of her 14th child at 38 1839 Lord William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, British soldier and statesman (Governor-General of India, 1828-1835), dies at 64 1858 Rani Lakshmibai, queen of Jhansi in North India, one of the leading figures of the Indian rebellion of 1857 (b. 1828) https://myrevolution.in/today-in-history/june17today-in-indian-history

Historical Events 2012 30 people are killed and 15 injured after a bus falls into a gorge in Osmanabad, India 2019 India imposes retaliatory tariffs on 28 US goods 2020 At least 20 Indian soldiers killed in 1st deadly clash on the Chinese Indian border in 45 years in the Galwan Valley, Himalayas More Indian History Famous Deaths 1925 Chittaranjan Das, Indian lawyer, politician and activist (founded Swaraj Party), dies at 55 1944 Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray, Bengali chemist (founder of Bengal Chemicals And Pharmaceuticals), dies at 82 2015 Charles Correa, Indian architect (McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT), dies at 84 https://myrevolution.in/today-in-history/june16today-in-indian-history/?feed_id=24922&_unique_id=62aa7facc2dd7

Historical Events Film Premiere 2001 Indian epic "Laagan" directed by Ashutosh Gowariker, starring Aamir Khan and Gracy Singh premieres Actor and Director Aamir Khan More Indian History Famous Birthdays 1950 Lakshmi Mittal, Indian industrialist (ArcelorMittal), born in Sudulpur, India 1971 Bif Naked [Beth Torbert], Canadian singer-songwriter ("Spaceman") and actress, born in New Delhi, India Famous Deaths 1666 Pieter de Bitter, Dutch admiral (Colombo, Goa), dies 1983 Srirangam Srinivasarao [Sri Sri], Indian Telugu poet, dies at 73 https://myrevolution.in/today-in-history/june15today-in-indian-history/?feed_id=24883&_unique_id=62a92dded3353

Historical Events Historic Event 1913 The South African Government pass the Immigration Act, which restricts the entry and free movement of Asians; it leads to widespread agitation and rioting by resident Indians, led by Gandhi Pacifist and Spiritual Leader Mahatma Gandhi 2012 An explosion at an Indian steel plant kills 11 people and severely injures 16 2013 Massive flooding occurs in northern India killing up to 10,000 people 2020 India reports surge of nearly 12,000 a day confirmed COVID-19 cases (320,922 overall), the world's fourth-affected country, as death toll hits 9,195 More Indian History Famous Deaths 1534 Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, inspired Chaitanya movement, dies at 48 1991 Peggy Ashcroft, British actress (A passage to India), dies at 83 https://myrevolution.in/today-in-history/june14today-in-indian-history/?feed_id=24825&_unique_id=62a7dbfe92b76

Famous Deaths 1927 Henry CK "Clan" Petty-Fitzmaurice, gov of India (1888-94), dies at 82 https://myrevolution.in/today-in-history/june13today-in-indian-history/?feed_id=24746&_unique_id=62a68a0b8fd6f

Historical Events 1897 Possibly the most severe quake in history strikes Assam, India, Shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (low mortality rate given size of earthquake, 1,500 casualties). More Indian History Famous Birthdays 1929 Jameel Jalibi, Pakistani scholar, writer, and Urdu linguist, born in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, British India Famous Deaths 2000 P. L. Deshpande, Indian Marathi writer, dies at 80 https://myrevolution.in/today-in-history/june12today-in-indian-history/?feed_id=24724&_unique_id=62a537b1e4546

Historical Events 1866 The Agra High Court (now the Allahabad High Court) is established in India More Indian History Famous Birthdays 1815 Julia Margaret Cameron, English photographer, born in Calcutta, India (d. 1879) 1926 John Aspinall, English zoo owner (Howletts; Port Lympne), and gambling club host, born in Delhi, British India (d. 2000) 1947 Laloo Prasad Yadav, Indian politician (Minister of Railways, 2004-09), born in Gopalganj, Bihar, India https://myrevolution.in/today-in-history/june11today-in-indian-history/?feed_id=24698&_unique_id=62a3e60a4e0da

Historical Events 2019 Three men sentenced to life imprisonment for rape and murder of eight-year-old Muslim girl in Kathua, India in high-profile case that sparked political resignations and nationwide protests More Indian History Famous Birthdays 1956 E. V. V. Satyanarayana, Indian Telugu film director, screenwriter and producer, born in Dommeru Village, India (d. 2011) 1960 Balakrishna Nandamuri, Indian actor and politician, born in Madras, India Famous Deaths 2019 Girish Karnad, Indian playwright and filmmaker (Tuglaq), dies at 81 https://myrevolution.in/today-in-history/june10today-in-indian-history/?feed_id=24651&_unique_id=62a2949cd6061

Historical Events 1752 French army surrenders to the British in Trichinopoly, India 1964 Lal Bahadur Shastri becomes Prime Minister of India after being selected by the ruling Congress Party after Jawaharlal Nehru passed away 1967 Boycott scores 246* v India, Leeds, 573 minutes, 29 fours 1 six More Indian History Famous Birthdays 1977 Roopa Mishra, Indian civil servant 1977 Amisha Patel, Indian actress 1985 Sonam Kapoor, Indian actress (Neerja), born in Bombay, India Famous Deaths 1716 Banda Bahadur, Sikh military commander, executed in Delhi by Mughal forces at 45 1900 Birsa Munda, Indian tribal freedom fighter, religious leader and folk hero of the Munda tribe who led an uprising in Bengal against the British Raj, dies in jail awaiting trial at 24 1994 Dhirendra Bhramachari [Flying Swami], hindu leader, dies at 70 2011 M. F. Husain, Indian artist and painter, dies at 95 https://myrevolution.in/today-in-history/june9today-in-indian-history/?feed_

Historical Events 2018 WhatsApp rumours of child kidnappers in India prompt two men to be beaten to death by a mob in Karbi Angong district, Assam More Indian History Famous Birthdays 1906 Nazir Ali, Indian cricket all-rounder (2 Tests; first Indian Test 1932), born in Jalandhar, Punjab, India (d. 1975) 1929 V. M. Muddiah, Indian cricket spin bowler (2 Tests, 3 wickets), born in Bangalore, Mysore (d. 2009) 1931 June Thorburn, British actress (Touch & Go; Children Galore), born in Karachi, British India (now Pakistan) (d. 1967) 1975 Shilpa Shetty, Indian actress and producer (Phir Milenge), born in Mangalore, India https://myrevolution.in/today-in-history/june8today-in-indian-history/?feed_id=24576&_unique_id=629ff0ddbe8c1

Historical Events Historic Event 1893 Gandhi's first act of civil disobedience. Pacifist and Spiritual Leader Mahatma Gandhi Historic Event 1955 India Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru visit USSR 1st Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru 1979 Bhaskara 1, Indian Earth resources/meteorology satellite, launched 2013 18 people are killed and 14 are injured after a bus plunges off a mountain road in Himachel Pradesh, India More Indian History Famous Birthdays 1887 William Walraven, Dutch journalist and writer (Indian Daily) (d. 1943) 1935 Thomas Kailath, American electrical engineer, born in Pune, Maharashtra, India 1974 Mahesh Bhupathi, India, tennis pro 1981 Amrita Rao, Indian model and actress Famous Deaths E. M. Forster 1970 E. M. Forster, English writer and novelist (Maurice, Passage to India), dies at 91 Writer and Novelist E. M. Forster 2011 Nataraja Ramakrishna, Indian classical dancer, choreographer, and musicologist, dies at 88

Historical Events 1882 Cyclone in Arabian Sea (Bombay, India) drowns 100,000 (disputed event) 1981 A passenger train travelling between Mansi and Saharsa, India, jumps the tracks at a bridge crossing the Bagmati river, killing 268 officially with another 300 or more missing 1984 1,200 die in Sikh "Golden Temple" uprising India 2004 Tamil is established as a Classical language by the President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in a joint sitting of the two houses of the Indian Parliament. 2017 Indian Arundhati Roy publishes her 2nd novel "The Ministry Of Utmost Happiness" 20 years after her first More Indian History Famous Birthdays 1909 M. J. Gopalan, Indian cricketer (1 Test India v England 1933-34), born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (d. 2003) 1929 Sunil Dutt, Indian Bollywood director, actor and politician (Yaadein, Mother India, Khandaan), born in Jhelum, Punjab (d. 2005) 1943 Asif Iqbal, Pakistani cricketer (elegant Pakistani batsman 1964-

Historical Events Historic Event 1984 Indira Gandhi orders an attack on Sikh's holiest site, the Golden Temple in Amritsar 4th Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi 2003 A severe heat wave across Pakistan and India reaches its peak, as temperatures exceed 50°C (122°F) in the region 2013 44 people are killed by a lightning storm in Bihar, India 2017 Bus crashes with a truck in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India, 22 die in resulting fire More Indian History Famous Birthdays 1952 Mukesh Bhatt, Indian film producer (Vishesh Films), born in Mumbai, India 1961 Ramesh Krishnan, Indian tennis star (Davis Cup 1987), born in Chennai, India Famous Deaths 1984 Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Indies Sikh leader https://myrevolution.in/today-in-history/june5today-in-indian-history/?feed_id=24473&_unique_id=629bfbfe072f0

Famous Birthdays 1902 Richard Allen, Indian field hockey goalkeeper (Olympic gold 1928), born in Nagpur, India (d. 1969) 1936 Nutan Bahl, Indian actress (Seema, Bandini), born in Bombay, British India (d. 1991) 1959 Anil Ambani, Indian businessman (Reliance Group), born in Bombay, Maharashtra State, India Famous Deaths 2019 Jiggs Kalra, Indian food writer "Czar of Indian cuisine", dies at 72 2020 Basu Chatterjee, Indian film director (Rajanigandha, Chhoti Si Baat), dies at 94 https://myrevolution.in/today-in-history/june4today-in-indian-history/?feed_id=24428&_unique_id=629aaa1c96358

Historical Events 1818 Maratha Wars between British and Maratha Confederacy in India ends Historic Event 1947 British Viceroy of India Lord Mountbatten visits Pakistan Supreme Allied Commander and Last Viceroy of India Lord Mountbatten More Indian History Famous Birthdays George V 1865 George V, King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India (1910-36), born in Marlborough House, London, (d. 1936) King of the United Kingdom George V 1895 Kavalam Madhava Panikkar, Indian statesman and diplomat (Asia & Western Dominance), born in Travancore, British India (d. 1963) Famous Weddings Amitabh Bachchan 1973 Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan marries actress Jaya Bhaduri Actor Amitabh Bachchan https://myrevolution.in/today-in-history/june3today-in-indian-history/?feed_id=24387&_unique_id=6299585cb9d2d