18 April - Day in History of India and Importance

April - Day in India History - Schedule


1336 - Vijayanagar empire was established
http://thehistoryindia.blogspot.in/2013/05/vijayanagar-empire-foundation-and.html
*Check the date of establishment of the empire - The above article says it is 4 May.

1612 - Marriage of Shah Jehan and Mumtaj Mahal

1859 - Tatya Tope was hanged.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatya_Tope

1898 - Damodar Hari Chapekar was hanged.

1917 - Champaran Satyagraha by Gandhi

1919 - Gandhi suspends Satyagraha

1930 - Surya Sen attacked armoury of Chittagong

1951 - Starting of Bhudan movement in India. It happened during  Vinoba Bhave's visit to Telangana districts.
http://www.mkgandhi-sarvodaya.org/bhoodan.htm

1966 - Kuwalyanand Swami (Jagannath Ganesh Gune), great yoga teacher and physical fitness expert passed away.

1971 - India's first Jumbo Jet - Boeing 747 landed at Mumbai.

1971 - Sunil Gavaskar made 220 in second innings. In first innings he made 124 in the Test against West Indies.  ( I was in Madras around that time).




Birthdays

1858 - Bharata Ratna D.K. Karve

1904 - Ramanath Goenka, founder of Indian Express news paper

1914 - Cottari Subbanna Naidu (C.K. Naidu)

1918 - Lalita Pawar

Poonam Dhillon,


Death

1859 - Tatya Tope was hanged.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatya_Tope

1898 - Damodar Hari Chapekar was hanged.

April - Day in India History - Schedule

Updated 15 April 2017, 28 February 2016

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