New Delhi. Mangal Pandey, the revolutionary who started India’s first freedom struggle, was born. On this day, the first metro train ran in Paris, the capital of France. The world’s first metro service had started in London. Apart from this, a lot happened on this day in Indian and world history, let’s take a look at today’s history……………….
1510 – 38 Jews were burnt alive in Iran.
1553 – 15-year-old Lady Jane Grey was deposed as the Queen of England after nine days.
1702 – The Swedish army led by King Charles captured the city of Cracow in the Czech Republic.
1763 – The Nawab of Bengal Mir Qasim was badly defeated by the British army in the Battle of Katwa.
1827 – Mangal Pandey, the revolutionary who started India’s first freedom struggle, was born.
1870 – France declared war on Iran.
1881 – Germany’s Nobel Prize winning famous chemist Hermann Ashtediger was born.
1893 – Russia’s famous poet Vladimir Mayakovsky was born.
1900 – The first metro train started in Paris, the capital of France. The world’s first metro service had started in London.
1926 – The government was formed for the second time in France under the leadership of Edward Herriot.
1938 – Indian astrophysicist Jayant Narlikar was born.
1941 – British Prime Minister Winston Churchill started the V for Victory campaign.
1943 – During the Second World War, the Allied forces attacked Rome.
1961 – For the first time a film was shown in an airplane.
1963 – Joy Walker became the first person to go into space via an airplane.
1964 – Fire raged for six days in 10 out of 14 districts of Rome. Three districts were completely destroyed.
1965 – South Korea’s first president Syngman Rhee died in exile.
1967 – America launched Explorer-35 to enter the moon’s orbit.
1969 – The Indian government decided to nationalize 14 big banks of the country.
1974 – The ashes of Indian revolutionary Udham Singh were brought from London to New Delhi.
1979 – The people’s revolution in Nicaragua was successful.
2003 – Russian cosmonaut Yuri Male Thanko became the first person to get married in space.
2008 – America tested a long-range missile in the Pacific Ocean. – Agency
