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#TodayinHistory Operation Shakti, when the India Govt under AB Vajpayee, conducts 5 nuclear explosions in 1998 at Pokhran over two days, the second such, after Operation Smiling Buddha in 1974.

Jayanti today of my hero, one of the greatest Hindu warriors ever, a man who has been an inspiration to so many warriors and revolutionaries, Maharana Pratap, the lone Rajput

#TodayInHistory Alluri Sitarama Raju is shot dead by the British in 1924, at Koyyuru. One of the greatest revolutionaries, who led a long tribal uprising against the British in the

As part of my series on Mewar( Land of the Ranas), today I take a look at one of it's greatest rulers, whose reign was considered a golden age for

On the eve of #RamNavami thread on the Vontimitta Kodanda Rama temple in Andhra Pradesh, where the Sri Rama Navami Utsavam is held annually. One of the oldest Rama temples

#TodayInHistory The polio vaccine developed by Dr Jonas Salk is declared to be safe in 1952, and he would later make it freely available to the public on May 1,

Rana Sanga one of the great Ranas of Mewar, who lost one eye, injured in one leg, lost an arm, yet put up one of the most intense resistance ever

Today is Jayanti of Lachit Borphukan, the great Ahom general who beat back the mighty Mughal army at the Battle of Saraighat and thwarted Aurangzeb's ambition of expanding the Mughal

Today is the Jayanti of Banda Singh Bahadur who was brutally tortured and executed in 1716 by the Mughals for his revolt and refusal to convert to Islam. A true

Today is Jayanti of #AshfaqullaKhan one of the revolutionaries involved in the Kakori case, close associate to Ram Prasad Bismil, who was hanged along with him. Another of our heroes

Today is the Jayanti of G.N. Ramachandran, another of the great Indian scientists of modern era, known for his discovery of the collagen structure.And apart from being a scientist of

Today Is Jayanti of Meghnad Saha, whose Theory of Thermal Ionisation, is one of the landmarks of modern astronomy. Also introduced nuclear physics as a discipline in India. One of