19 August - Day in History of India and Importance

1600 Akbar captured Ahmednagar.

1757 The first rupee coin was minted in Calcutta by the East India Company.

1946 Cabinet Mission's plan announced an interim government, which was formed by reconstituting the Viceroy's Executive Council.
1977 Earthquake measuring 7.7-8.9 on the Richter Scale hits Indian Ocean. It is believed to be the strongest ever earthquake.
1992 K.R.Narayanan elected the ninth Vice President of India.
1994 - Rupee made fully convertible on current account
1996 Gujarat's expelled BJP leader Shankersingh Waghela formed a new party called 'Rashtriya Janata Party'.

2016 - PV Sindhu wins silver medal for India in Badminton at Rio Olympics
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Birthdays

1887 S. Satyamurti, freedom fighter and social worker - born at Thirumeyyam in the former Pudukottah State.

1916 Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President of India

1941 - Jaswant Singh Rawat
Awarded Maha Vir Chakra posthumously for the Battle of Nuranang in the present day Arunachal Pradesh during the 1962 India-China war.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaswant_Singh_Rawat


Updated 19 August 2017, 26 December 2012

11 August - Day in History of India and Importance

1908 -Khudiram Bose was hanged
http://www.gatewayforindia.com/history/british_history3.htm

1961 - The Former Portuguese Territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli were Merged to Create the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli

2012 - Mohammed Hamid Ansari was sworn in as 14th Vice President of India

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2017

Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu as Rajya Sabha Chairman - First appearance in Rajya Sabha - Welcome by the Prime Minister
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Birthdays

1951 Sunil Shetty - Hindi Film Actor


http://www.indianage.com/0811.html

Advance Study in the History of Modern India (Volume-2: 1803-1920)
G. S. Chhabra
Lotus Press, 01-Jan-2005 - India - 680 pages
http://books.google.co.in/books?id=OzZzFm4pLWQC


Updated on 19 August 2017,  11 August 2013

15 August - Day in History of India and Importance

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 2017 Independence Day Speech
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Independence Day of India

1947 - Independence Day

Nehru Speech on 15 August 1947
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2001
Pendyala Harikrishna became the youngest Indian Grand Master in Chess.


2012
Independence Day - Prime Minister's Address from Red Fort

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Picture source:  http://pib.nic.in/photo//2013/Aug/l2013081548590.jpg


2016  PM Narendra Modi's Address

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 2017 Independence Day Speech
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Birthdays

Aurobindo
Raakhee (1947)


Updated 15 August 2017,  3 August 2014

4 August - Day in History of India and Importance

Jadi-Buti Diwas
(Birthday of Acharya Balakrishnan (Patanjali Ayurved))


1923
Nagpur University started working

1935
Government of India Act 1935 comes into force.

1997 Nilesh Kulkarni became the first Indian to take a wicket with first ball in Test cricket.

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Birth

1845 Pherozeshah Mehta
1929 Kishore Kumar
Acharya Balakrishnan (Patanjali Ayurved)

http://www.indianage.com/0804.html


Updated 4 August 2017, 24 December 2012

20 August - Day in History of India and Importance

Sadbhavana Day


1917 - Montagu declaration

2016 - Dr. Urjit Patel will be new Governor of RBI (announcement made today)

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Birthdays
1856 - Narayan Guru - Kerala reformer
1944 - Rajiv Gandhi

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ABP News


1946 - N.R. Narayana Murthy - Founder, Chairman, Infosys

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Updated 20 August 2016,  20 December 2012

21 August - Day in History of India and Importance

World Entrepreneurs' Day

1972
Law for protection of wild animals from extinction was passed.



Birthdays
Sudhakarrao Naik, A. Narendra, Amjad Khan, Ahmed Patel,



Updated 21 August 2016, 26 December 2012

9 August - Day in History of India and Importance

Quit India Day



1747 -English sent Admiral Boscawen to India and he landed at Fort St. David on 9 August 1747.
ref: Charles Macfarlane

1942 -Quit India Movement started
http://www.gandhi-manibhavan.org/activities/quit_india.htm
Quit India Resolution and Movement

Subhash Chandra Bose formed Indian National Army


2000 - Parliament approved Madhya Pradesh Reorganization Bill.

2012 -Bharat Parikrama yatra started by Sitaram Kedilaya, RSS Akhil Bharat Seva Pramukh. He will walk 15000 kms at 10 km a day and complete the parikrama in 5 years - 2012-2017.
http://guide-india.blogspot.in/2013/08/bharat-parikrama-yatra-sitaram-kedilaya.html

Slogan of the yatra: “Know Bharat, Become Bharat, Make Bharat the World’s Teacher"
The yatra began from Kanyakumari.

2016

Name of Village in Bhavra was changed to Azad Nagar (Birth place of Chandra Sekhar Azad)
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Birthdays

9 - Smt. Sarika Devendra Singh Baghel -  Lok Sabha Member - RLD - Haryana, Mahesh Babu,

http://www.indianage.com/0809.html

Updated 9 August 2016, 31 August 2014

3 August - Day in History of India and Importance

1780 British forces defeated Scindia and captured Gwalior
1996 Leander Paes won a bronze in Tennis at Atlanta Olympics bringing a Olympic medal to India after 16 years.

2015

Sanskrit News
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2016
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Birthdays
1956 - Ramkishun - 2009 Lok Sabha Member, Balwindersingh Sandhu - bowled Gordon Greenidge in World Cup 1983


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http://www.indianage.com/0803.html

13 August - Day in History of India and Importance

1951 - First test flight of Hindustan Trainer-2 (HT-2) designed and manufactured in India
1960 - Marmiks - Weekly magazine was published by Bala Saheb Thackeray
1998 - India sings two agreements with World Bank for concessional credit.

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Death

1936 - Madam Bhikaji Cama


http://www.indianage.com/0813.html

7 August - Day in History of India and Importance

National Handloom Day

1905
Congress gave a call for boycott of foreign goods and for using swadeshi goods

1998
The Government announced bank finance and foreign exchange package for IT and Software industry.

2015
National Handloom Celebrated. The day was selected to commemorate the start of Swadeshi Movement in 1905.
http://www.livemint.com/Politics/xPAocgr2Ka0j3PDSgCEYZM/Narendra-Modi-to-launch-National-Handloom-Day-on-7-August.html


2016

Vijay Rupani took oath as CM of Gujarat
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Birthdays

1925 M.S. Swaminathan,

http://www.indianage.com/0807.html

2 August - Day in History of India and Importance

1987 Viswanathan Anand became the first Asian to win the World Junior Chess Championship.


2016

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Birthdays

1861 - Prafulla Chandra Ray
1876 - Pingali Venkaiah
1880 - Bellary Raghava
1949 - Govind Prasad Mishra - 2009 Lok Sabha Member

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http://www.indianage.com/0802.html

31 August - Day in History of India and Importance

1751 - British troops under Robert Clive occupied Arcot, India
ref: Charles McFarlane, Our Empire in India.

1928 - Nehru report published in India; demands dominion status in British Empire.

1930 SGPC demanded that Congress flag must have Sikh colour.
http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/sikh-history-timeline/today-in-sikh-history-31st-august

1979 M. Hidayatullah, consensus choice of political parties, appointed as Vice-President of India (1979 - 1984).

1993 - Pranab Mukherjee rejoined the Union cabinet as Commerce Minister.

1995 Beant Singh, Chief Minister of Punjab was killed in a powerful bomb blast. A dozen security personnel were killed and 30 others injured
http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/sikh-history-timeline/today-in-sikh-history-31st-august

1997 - Lok Sabha sat for about 22 hours for a special golden jubilee session debating issues of national importance.

Birthdays

1919 - Amrita Pritam, Punjabi poet, novelist and Gyanpeeth award winner .
1925 - Raut Benudhar, great poet and Hindi writer.  was born at Kenojhar in Orissa.
1962 - Dr. M.M. Pallam Raju - 2009 Lok Sabha Member
1969 - Javagal Srinath, cricketer (Indian right-arm pace bowler since 1991). Was born in Mysore.

29 August - Day in History of India and Importance

National Sports Day - Birthday of Dhyan Chand - Hockey Player
Blog post of Narendra Modi for 2013 http://www.narendramodi.in/cm-blogs-on-national-sports-day/


1947 - Constituent Assembly of India set up constitution drafting committee under the chairmanship of Dr. Ambedkar
http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/debates/facts.htm



Birthdays
1905 Dhyan Chand - Famous Hockey Player of India

28 August - Day in History of India and Importance

1896,
Jnana Pith Award Winner,  noted  Urdu poet Raghupati Sahay was born in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. Firaq Gorakhpuri was the pen name of Raghupati Sahay.
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/28th-august-1896-renowned-contemporary-urdu-poet-firaq-gorakhpuri-is-born

1947
On 28 August 1947, a Drafting Committee was appointed to draft a permanent constitution for India. This committee was headed by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar along with several other members
http://www.kidsgen.com/events/indian_republic_day/history.htm.

1958
Akali Conference Baba Bakala demands the formation of Punjabi Suba.

1977
General House of the Akali Dal approved the 1973 Anandpur Sahib's resolution.
http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/sikh-history-timeline/today-in-sikh-history-28th-august

2014
Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana will be inaugurated.
http://guide-india.blogspot.in/2014/08/india-pradhan-mantri-jan-dhan-yojana.html

Birthdays

1928 - Ambica Banerjee - 2009 Lok Sabha Member - AITC - Howrah

14 August - Day in History of India and Importance

1947 - Late in the evening constituent assembly of India met in constitution hall. At the stroke of midnight, it became legislative assembly of India.
http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/debates/facts.htm


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Birthdays
1774 - Raja Ram Mohan Roy

12 August - Day in History of India and Importance

1602 - Abul Fazal, Akbar's minister was killed on the instructions of Jehangir

1765 - 1765: In India, Robert Clive signs a treaty by which Great-Britain will have the monopoly of the collection of tax in Bengal, Orissa and Bihar

1919 - Birth of Vikram Sarabhai
1946 - Viceroy announces invitation to Congress to form Provisional government
1988 S.R. Bommai elected Karnataka CM
2012 -Sushil Kumar won the Silver medal in 66 Kg Freestyle Wrestling

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http://www.indianage.com/0812.html

6 August - Day in History of India and Importance

1987 - India's first scientifically documented test tube baby was born. Name Indira Harsha

2016

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Birthdays

Avinash Dixit - Economist
G.S. Dhillon
Kotha Raghu Ramiah MP - Andhra Pradesh


http://www.indianage.com/0806.html

1 August - Day in History of India and Importance

1920 -Death of Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Gandhi launched non-violent non-cooperation movement.

2000 - Lok Sabha adopted Uttar Pradesh State Reorganization bill creating Uttranchal State (27th State)

2016

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Birthdays

1882 Purushottam Das Tandon
1899 Kamala Nehru, Wife of Jawaharlal Nehru
1932 Meena Kumari

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http://www.indianage.com/0801.html

27 August - Day in History of India and Importance

2009

Judges at the Supreme Court of India agree to make their assets public

25 August - Day in History of India and Importance

1965
Indian troops cross Kashmir ceasefire line to attack infiltrators