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Major Priya Jhingan
On March 6, 1993, the first batch of women officers passed out from the Officers Training Academy, Chennai, and …
The USS Samuel B Roberts sunk in WW2 by the Japanese Navy
The WWI destroyer USS Samuel B Roberts ("DE413") was sunk by the Japanese Navy in Oct 1944 during the …
Flown on 30 June 1993
It was flown by Wing Commander Satish Bhatia after which the aircraft was phased out of service. Wing Cdr …
First Batch of 13 Women Flight Cadets joined the Academy in Mid-1993
The first batch included Anupama Rao, Lakshmi Deepak, Harita Deol, Bindu Sebastian, Sabitha Banu, Priya Nalgundwar, Priya Paul, Veena …
Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
The Rhodesian Bush War (1964-1979), also known as the Second Chimurenga or the Zimbabwe War of Liberation, a guerrilla …
Ulfat Khan
At Republic Day 2024, NCC cadet, captain Ulfat Khan became the first woman Parade Commander at the NCC PM …
Nina Singh, IPS
Senior IPS officer Nina Singh became as the first Director General of the Central Industrial Security Force on December …
Colonel Geeta Rana
Colonel Geeta Rana, a Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers (EME) officer, has assumed command of an independent field …
Margaret Bourke-White
Bourke-White was the first known female war correspondent, as well as the first woman to be allowed to work …
Colonel Madhu Rana
Colonel Madhu Rana is the first officer to take command of a Signal Regiment on 12-Mar-2023.
Batch of 2597 Agniveer Including 273 Women
Passing Out Parade held at INS Chilka on 28 March 2023 and reviewed by the Chief of Naval Staff.
Irwin Amphitheatre opposite the Purana Qila, now Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium
The first Republic Day parade was held at Irwin Amphitheatre opposite the Purana Qila, now Major Dhyan Chand National …
Captain Swati Rathore
Captain Swati Rathore is the first woman to lead an all-male contingent at the Republic Day parade in India. …
Harishankar Yadav ex-POELP Indian Navy
The most step ups in 24 hours by a male person is 28,114, and was achieved by Harishankar Yadav …
The Turtle in 1776
The world’s first use of a submarine in warfare took place in 1776 when the American vessel The Turtle …
Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman
Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman is the first Indian Air Force pilot who became famous for his bravery during the …
Occurred on 11 December 1917 during the aftermath of the Houston Riot of 1917
The largest mass execution of American soldiers by the Army occurred on 11 December 1917 during the aftermath of …
Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma
Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma is the first Indian astronaut to go to space. He flew aboard the Soviet spacecraft …
Lieutenant Rigzin Chorol
Lieutenant Rigzin Chorol became the first woman from Ladakh to be commissioned as an officer in the Indian Army.
First Post Office
India’s “first” post office bearing PIN code 193224 is located on the banks of the Kishanganga river, the de …
On 12 March 2024 Near Jaisalmer
The first crash of the indigeneous fighter jet to occur since its maiden flight 23 years ago. The pilot …
Only Pilot to Be Awarded the Param Vir Chakra Posthumously
Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Sekhon was the only IAF officer who was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra for …
On Tower 22 in Jordan on 28-Jan-24
Late on Sunday, 28 January 2024, a drone struck a remote and lightly defended American outpost in Jordan—known as …
Margaret Bourke-White
On 22 January 22 1943, Major Rudolph Emil Flack piloted the lead aircraft with Margaret Bourke-White as the first …
28 Squadron
Equipped with the first lot of MiG- 21 (F-13 type) aircraft in the IAF, 28 Squadron was raised in …
First Indian Officer to be Commissioned in the Regiment of Artillery
Lieutenant General Prem Singh Gyani
Commodore G Douglas
Commodore G Douglas was the first Commanding Officer of INS Garuda, the oldest operating air station of the Indian …
MID-MAY
Indian military mobilises the movement of formations and troops (especially 8 Division) from the Kashmir valley into Kargil.
10 MAY
The Indian Army detects significant infiltration by Pakistani soldiers and militants in the Dras, Kaksar, and Mushkoh sectors.
5-9 MAY
The Indian Army sends patrols to verify the reports; one such patrol goes missing. Heavy shelling by Pakistan occurs, …
3-4 MAY
Local shepherds report Pakistani intrusions in the Kargil sector.
21-22 FEBRUARY
Vajpayee and Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif signed the Lahore Declaration, aiming to foster better relations, peace, and mutual …
Former President of India Pratibha Patil
The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces. As in most democracies, the Indian …
INS Imphal
INS Imphal is the third ship of the Visakhapatnam-class stealth-guided missile destroyer of the Indian Navy. Imphal has the …
Short Sealand
The first Sealand aircraft arrived in Kochi from the UK on 4 February 1953, and it was inducted into …
Kara S. Hultgreen
Kara S. Hultgreen (5 October 1965 – 25 October 1994) served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy …
China's Navy
China's Navy is the largest in the world by number of ships.
INS Garuda
INS Garuda, an Indian naval air station located in Kochi, was commissioned on 11 May 1953, and it is …
Kara S. Hultgreen
Kara S. Hultgreen (5 October 1965 – 25 October 1994) served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy, …
Subedar Preeti Rajak
Havildar Preeti Rajak, a renowned trap shooter, has achieved the rank of Subedar, becoming the first woman in the …
On This Day: 31st January
1915 – World War I: Germany is the first to make large-scale use of poison gas in warfare in …
On This Day: 30th November
2023: Henry Kissinger dies at 100
On This Day: 30th January
2020 – The World Health Organization declares the COVID-19 pandemic to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
On This Day: 28th January
Data Privacy Day
1933 – The name Pakistan is coined by Choudhry Rahmat Ali Khan and is accepted by …
On This Day: 28th March
2023 – First batch of 2597 Naval Agniveer including 273 women pass out in a parade at INS Chilka
On This Day: 27th January
1924 – Six days after his death Lenin's body is carried into a specially erected mausoleum.
1916 – World …
On This Day: 27th October
Infantry Day
On This Day: 26th January
1950 – Republic Day of India
1930 – The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or …
On This Day: 26th June
1945: The United Nations is formally established with the signing of the UN Charter.
On This Day: 25th January
National Voters' Day
1980 – Mother Teresa is honored with India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna.
1945 – …
On This Day: 24th January
National Girl Child Day
1915 – World War I: British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty …
On This Day: 24th October
United Nations Day
On This Day: 23rd February
Army Day of the Nepali Army
On This Day: 23rd January
World Freedom Day
On This Day: 22nd January
1849 – Second Anglo-Sikh War: The Siege of Multan ends after nine months when the last Sikh defenders of …
On This Day: 21st May
1991 – Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a female suicide bomber near Madras.
On This Day: 21st January
2009 – Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip, officially ending a three-week war it had with Hamas. However, intermittent …
On This Day: 20th January
2021 – Desert Knight-21 conducted between the IAF and the French Air Force.
1972 – Pakistan launches its nuclear …
On This Day: 19th January
1990 – Exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Kashmir valley in Indian-administered Kashmir due to an insurgency.
1946 – …
On This Day: 18th January
1945 – World War II: Liberation of Kraków, Poland by the Red Army.
1941 – World War II: British …
On This Day: 18th February
1946 – Sailors of the Royal Indian Navy mutiny in Bombay harbour, from where the action spreads throughout the …
On This Day: 17th January
1781 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cowpens: Continental troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat British forces under …
On This Day: 16th February
2006 – The last Mobile army surgical hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the United States Army.
1985 – Hezbollah is …
On This Day: 16th January
2002 – War in Afghanistan: The UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and the freezing of assets …
On This Day: 15th January
Indian Army Day
On This Day: 15th February
1911 – Raising Days of Indian Army's Corps of Signals. It was raised as a separate entity under Lieutenant …
On This Day: 14th February
2019 – Pulwama Attack: A convoy of vehicles carrying Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on the Jammu–Srinagar National Highway …
On This Day: 14th January
1761 – The Third Battle of Panipat is fought in India between the Afghans under Ahmad Shah Durrani and …
On This Day: 13th February
1991 – Gulf War: Two laser-guided "smart bombs" destroy the Amiriyah shelter in Baghdad. Allied forces said the bunker …
On This Day: 13th April
1919 – The Jallianwala Bagh massacre
On This Day: 13th January
1849 – Second Anglo-Sikh War: Battle of Chillianwala: British forces retreat from the Sikhs.
1942 – World War II: …
On This Day: 12th February
Keren Day – Battle Honor Keren 4 RAJRIF
On This Day: 11th November
Remembrance Day (also known as Poppy Day)
On This Day: 11th January
1966 – Demise of Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian academic and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of India.
2014 – Demise …
On This Day: 11th May
1998 – National Technology Day in India. A day to honor the remarkable achievements in military technology. On this …
On This Day: 10th November
Today in 1961, Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 was published.
On This Day: 10th January
1966 – The Tashkent Declaration was signed between India and Pakistan.
On This Day: 7th May
1945: Germany signs the Instrument of Surrender ending World War II
On This Day: 6th March
1993 – The first batch of Women Officers passes out from the Officers Training Academy in Chennai marking the …
On This Day: 5th February
1941 – World War II: Allied forces begin the Battle of Keren to capture Keren, Eritrea.
1945 – World …
On This Day: 2nd March
1963 – IAF's 28 Squadron is raised in Chandigarh equipped with the first lot of MiG- 21 (F-13 type) …
On This Day: 2nd January
1954 – India establishes its highest civilian awards, the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan.
21 FEBRUARY
Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee took a bus ride to Lahore, Pakistan, in a gesture of goodwill. This …
Major Priya Jhingan
On March 6, 1993, the first batch of women officers passed out from the Officers Training Academy, Chennai, and Major Priya Jhingan of the Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Branch was the first in order or merit in that course.
The USS Samuel B Roberts sunk in WW2 by the Japanese Navy
The WWI destroyer USS Samuel B Roberts ("DE413") was sunk by the Japanese Navy in Oct 1944 during the Battle of Samar in the Philippine Sea. It was rediscovered on 22 Jun 22 at a depth of 6865 m, the deepest shipwreck ever to be found.
Flown on 30 June 1993
It was flown by Wing Commander Satish Bhatia after which the aircraft was phased out of service. Wing Cdr Bhatia passed away on 13 March 2024.
First Batch of 13 Women Flight Cadets joined the Academy in Mid-1993
The first batch included Anupama Rao, Lakshmi Deepak, Harita Deol, Bindu Sebastian, Sabitha Banu, Priya Nalgundwar, Priya Paul, Veena CK, Archana Kapoor, Anisha Shinh, Shweta Mishra, Anjana Achutan and Pamela Pereira. Eventually, seven cadets passed out after the successful completion of the training in December 1994: Harita Deol, Bindu …
Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
The Rhodesian Bush War (1964-1979), also known as the Second Chimurenga or the Zimbabwe War of Liberation, a guerrilla conflict between the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA) and the Rhodesian government, led to the end of white minority rule and the establishment of Zimbabwe, marking the end of …
Ulfat Khan
At Republic Day 2024, NCC cadet, captain Ulfat Khan became the first woman Parade Commander at the NCC PM Rally.
Ulfat hails from Uri in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla. She is pursuing her BA in English from a Jammu college and was selected from among 2,274 NCC cadets across …
Nina Singh, IPS
Senior IPS officer Nina Singh became as the first Director General of the Central Industrial Security Force on December 28, 2023. She joined the CISF in 2021 and served as Additional DG, Special DG, and DG in charge previously. Singh is the recipient of the President’s Police Medal for …
Colonel Geeta Rana
Colonel Geeta Rana, a Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers (EME) officer, has assumed command of an independent field workshop located in a remote and forward position in eastern Ladakh.
Margaret Bourke-White
Bourke-White was the first known female war correspondent, as well as the first woman to be allowed to work in combat zones during World War II. In 1941, she travelled to the Soviet Union just as Germany broke its pact of non-aggression. She was the only foreign photographer in …
Colonel Madhu Rana
Colonel Madhu Rana is the first officer to take command of a Signal Regiment on 12-Mar-2023.
Batch of 2597 Agniveer Including 273 Women
Passing Out Parade held at INS Chilka on 28 March 2023 and reviewed by the Chief of Naval Staff.
Irwin Amphitheatre opposite the Purana Qila, now Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium
The first Republic Day parade was held at Irwin Amphitheatre opposite the Purana Qila, now Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium. The then President of India, Dr Rajendra Prasad, inspected the parade and the chief guest on the occasion was the then President of Indonesia, Sukarno. More than 3,000 Armed …
Captain Swati Rathore
Captain Swati Rathore is the first woman to lead an all-male contingent at the Republic Day parade in India. She led a contingent of 148 soldiers from the Assam Rifles.
Harishankar Yadav ex-POELP Indian Navy
The most step ups in 24 hours by a male person is 28,114, and was achieved by Harishankar Yadav (India) in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, on 12 Feburary 2022, as certified by the Guinness Book of World Records. Yadav served as a Petty Officer with the Indian Navy.
The Turtle in 1776
The world’s first use of a submarine in warfare took place in 1776 when the American vessel The Turtle attempted to attach a time bomb to the bottom of the British ship Eagle in New York harbour. It was hand-powered and could only accommodate one person aboard. Unfortunately, the …
Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman
Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman is the first Indian Air Force pilot who became famous for his bravery during the India-Pakistan standoff in 2019 by shooting down a Pakistani F-16 fighter jet and was later captured by Pakistani forces. He was released after three days due to diplomatic efforts by …
Occurred on 11 December 1917 during the aftermath of the Houston Riot of 1917
The largest mass execution of American soldiers by the Army occurred on 11 December 1917 during the aftermath of the Houston Riot of 1917. This event saw the hanging of 13 Black soldiers in a single day, which was part of a larger series of executions that totaled 19 …
Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma
Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma is the first Indian astronaut to go to space. He flew aboard the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz T-11 in 1984.
Lieutenant Rigzin Chorol
Lieutenant Rigzin Chorol became the first woman from Ladakh to be commissioned as an officer in the Indian Army.
She passed out of the Officers Training Academy (OTA) in Chennai. Lt. Chorol lost her husband Rifleman Rigzin Kendal of 3 Ladakh Scouts in a tragic incident while performing his …
First Post Office
India’s “first” post office bearing PIN code 193224 is located on the banks of the Kishanganga river, the de facto Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district with Pakistan-occupied territory just across the stream at a stone’s throw.
On 12 March 2024 Near Jaisalmer
The first crash of the indigeneous fighter jet to occur since its maiden flight 23 years ago. The pilot ejected safely.
Only Pilot to Be Awarded the Param Vir Chakra Posthumously
Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Sekhon was the only IAF officer who was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra for his lone defence of the Srinagar Air Base during the Indo-Pak War of 1971.
On Tower 22 in Jordan on 28-Jan-24
Late on Sunday, 28 January 2024, a drone struck a remote and lightly defended American outpost in Jordan—known as Tower 22—on the border with Syria, killing three American troops and injuring dozens of others. America blamed Iran-backed militants for the attack. No American soldier has died in an enemy …
Margaret Bourke-White
On 22 January 22 1943, Major Rudolph Emil Flack piloted the lead aircraft with Margaret Bourke-White as the first female photographer/writer to fly on a combat mission aboard his 414th Bombardment Squadron B-17F and bombed the El Aouina Airdrome in Tunis, Tunisia.
Bourke-White was also the first female war correspondent.
28 Squadron
Equipped with the first lot of MiG- 21 (F-13 type) aircraft in the IAF, 28 Squadron was raised in Chandigarh with Wing Commander (later Air Chief Marshal and Chief of Air Staff) Dilbagh Singh taking over its command on March 2, 1963. They are also called The First Supersonics.
First Indian Officer to be Commissioned in the Regiment of Artillery
Lieutenant General Prem Singh Gyani
Commodore G Douglas
Commodore G Douglas was the first Commanding Officer of INS Garuda, the oldest operating air station of the Indian Navy.
MID-MAY
Indian military mobilises the movement of formations and troops (especially 8 Division) from the Kashmir valley into Kargil.
10 MAY
The Indian Army detects significant infiltration by Pakistani soldiers and militants in the Dras, Kaksar, and Mushkoh sectors.
5-9 MAY
The Indian Army sends patrols to verify the reports; one such patrol goes missing. Heavy shelling by Pakistan occurs, hitting Indian ammunition dumps in Kargil.
3-4 MAY
Local shepherds report Pakistani intrusions in the Kargil sector.
21-22 FEBRUARY
Vajpayee and Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif signed the Lahore Declaration, aiming to foster better relations, peace, and mutual trust. The declaration, among other things, focused on reducing the risk of accidental or unauthorised use of nuclear weapons and avoiding any ballistic missile tests.
Former President of India Pratibha Patil
The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces. As in most democracies, the Indian Armed Forces are controlled by the elected political leadership of the Nation - The Government of India. Executive control is exercised sequentially through the Union Cabinet, the Defence Minister, the …
INS Imphal
INS Imphal is the third ship of the Visakhapatnam-class stealth-guided missile destroyer of the Indian Navy. Imphal has the unique distinction of being the first warship to be named after a city in the Northeast.
Short Sealand
The first Sealand aircraft arrived in Kochi from the UK on 4 February 1953, and it was inducted into the Indian Navy on 13 January 1953.
Kara S. Hultgreen
Kara S. Hultgreen (5 October 1965 – 25 October 1994) served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy and was the first female carrier-based fighter pilot in the U.S. Navy.
China's Navy
China's Navy is the largest in the world by number of ships.
INS Garuda
INS Garuda, an Indian naval air station located in Kochi, was commissioned on 11 May 1953, and it is the oldest operating air station of the Indian Navy.
Kara S. Hultgreen
Kara S. Hultgreen (5 October 1965 – 25 October 1994) served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy, and was also the first female fighter pilot in the U.S. military to die in a crash. She died just months after she was certified for combat when her F-14 …
Subedar Preeti Rajak
Havildar Preeti Rajak, a renowned trap shooter, has achieved the rank of Subedar, becoming the first woman in the Indian Army to hold this position. Joining the Corps of Military Police in December 2022 due to her outstanding performance in trap shooting, Rajak, the first meritorious sportswoman in shooting …
On This Day: 31st January
1915 – World War I: Germany is the first to make large-scale use of poison gas in warfare in the Battle of Bolimów against Russia.
1865 – American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, abolishing slavery, and submits it to …
On This Day: 30th November
2023: Henry Kissinger dies at 100
On This Day: 30th January
2020 – The World Health Organization declares the COVID-19 pandemic to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
1972 – Pakistan leaves the Commonwealth of Nations in protest of its recognition of breakaway Bangladesh.
1956 – In the United States, Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King Jr.'s …
On This Day: 28th January
Data Privacy Day
1933 – The name Pakistan is coined by Choudhry Rahmat Ali Khan and is accepted by Indian Muslims who then thereby adopted it further for the Pakistan Movement seeking independence.
1547 – Edward VI, the nine-year-old son of Henry VIII, becomes King of England on his …
On This Day: 28th March
2023 – First batch of 2597 Naval Agniveer including 273 women pass out in a parade at INS Chilka
On This Day: 27th January
1924 – Six days after his death Lenin's body is carried into a specially erected mausoleum.
1916 – World War I: The British government passes the Military Service Act that introduces conscription in the United Kingdom.[10]
1606 – Gunpowder Plot: The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins, …
On This Day: 27th October
Infantry Day
On This Day: 26th January
1950 – Republic Day of India
1930 – The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj (" Complete Independence ") which occurred 17 years later.
On This Day: 26th June
1945: The United Nations is formally established with the signing of the UN Charter.
On This Day: 25th January
National Voters' Day
1980 – Mother Teresa is honored with India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna.
1945 – World War II: The Battle of the Bulge ends.
1533 – Henry VIII of England secretly marries his second wife Anne Boleyn.
On This Day: 24th January
National Girl Child Day
1915 – World War I: British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz von Hipper's battle cruisers in the Battle of Dogger Bank.
On This Day: 24th October
United Nations Day
On This Day: 23rd February
Army Day of the Nepali Army
On This Day: 23rd January
World Freedom Day
On This Day: 22nd January
1849 – Second Anglo-Sikh War: The Siege of Multan ends after nine months when the last Sikh defenders of Multan, Punjab, surrender.
1917 – American entry into World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
1901 – Edward VII …
On This Day: 21st May
1991 – Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a female suicide bomber near Madras.
On This Day: 21st January
2009 – Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip, officially ending a three-week war it had with Hamas. However, intermittent fire by both sides continues in the weeks to follow.
1919 – A revolutionary Irish parliament is founded and declares the independence of the Irish Republic. One of the first …
On This Day: 20th January
2021 – Desert Knight-21 conducted between the IAF and the French Air Force.
1972 – Pakistan launches its nuclear weapons program, a few weeks after its defeat in the Bangladesh Liberation War, as well as the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
1265 – The first English parliament to include not …
On This Day: 19th January
1990 – Exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Kashmir valley in Indian-administered Kashmir due to an insurgency.
1946 – General Douglas MacArthur establishes the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo to try Japanese war criminals.
On This Day: 18th January
1945 – World War II: Liberation of Kraków, Poland by the Red Army.
1941 – World War II: British troops launch a general counter-offensive against Italian East Africa.
1919 – World War I: The Paris Peace Conference opens in Versailles, France.
On This Day: 18th February
1946 – Sailors of the Royal Indian Navy mutiny in Bombay harbour, from where the action spreads throughout the Provinces of British India, involving 78 ships, twenty shore establishments and 20,000 sailors
On This Day: 17th January
1781 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cowpens: Continental troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton at the battle in South Carolina.
On This Day: 16th February
2006 – The last Mobile army surgical hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the United States Army.
1985 – Hezbollah is founded.
1960 – The U.S. Navy submarine USS Triton begins Operation Sandblast, setting sail from New London, Connecticut, to begin the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
1959 – Fidel Castro becomes …
On This Day: 16th January
2002 – War in Afghanistan: The UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and the freezing of assets of Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda, and the remaining members of the Taliban.
1945 – World War II: Adolf Hitler moves into his underground bunker, the so-called Führerbunker.
1942 – The …
On This Day: 15th January
Indian Army Day
On This Day: 15th February
1911 – Raising Days of Indian Army's Corps of Signals. It was raised as a separate entity under Lieutenant Colonel S H Powell.
On This Day: 14th February
2019 – Pulwama Attack: A convoy of vehicles carrying Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on the Jammu–Srinagar National Highway was attacked by a vehicle-borne suicide bomber at Lethapora in the Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir killing 40 Indian personnel and the perpetrator—Adil Ahmad Dar—who was a local Kashmiri …
On This Day: 14th January
1761 – The Third Battle of Panipat is fought in India between the Afghans under Ahmad Shah Durrani and the Marathas.
On This Day: 13th February
1991 – Gulf War: Two laser-guided "smart bombs" destroy the Amiriyah shelter in Baghdad. Allied forces said the bunker was being used as a military communications outpost, but over 400 Iraqi civilians inside were killed.
1951 – Korean War: Battle of Chipyong-ni, which represented the "high-water mark" of the …
On This Day: 13th April
1919 – The Jallianwala Bagh massacre
On This Day: 13th January
1849 – Second Anglo-Sikh War: Battle of Chillianwala: British forces retreat from the Sikhs.
1942 – World War II: First use of an aircraft ejection seat by a German test pilot in a Heinkel He 280 jet fighter.
1815 – War of 1812: British troops capture Fort Peter in …
On This Day: 12th February
Keren Day – Battle Honor Keren 4 RAJRIF
On This Day: 11th November
Remembrance Day (also known as Poppy Day)
On This Day: 11th January
1966 – Demise of Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian academic and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of India.
2014 – Demise of Muhammad Habibur Rahman, Indian-Bangladeshi jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
1972 – East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh.
On This Day: 11th May
1998 – National Technology Day in India. A day to honor the remarkable achievements in military technology. On this date in 1998, India's successful test firing of the Shakti-I nuclear missile showcased its prowess in defense capabilities.
On This Day: 10th November
Today in 1961, Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 was published.
On This Day: 10th January
1966 – The Tashkent Declaration was signed between India and Pakistan.
On This Day: 7th May
1945: Germany signs the Instrument of Surrender ending World War II
On This Day: 6th March
1993 – The first batch of Women Officers passes out from the Officers Training Academy in Chennai marking the entry of Women Commissioned Officers in the Indian Army.
On This Day: 5th February
1941 – World War II: Allied forces begin the Battle of Keren to capture Keren, Eritrea.
1945 – World War II: General Douglas MacArthur returns to Manila.
Holidays and Observances:
Kashmir Solidarity Day (Pakistan)
On This Day: 2nd March
1963 – IAF's 28 Squadron is raised in Chandigarh equipped with the first lot of MiG- 21 (F-13 type) aircraft with Wing Commander (later Air Chief Marshal and Chief of Air Staff) Dilbagh Singh in command. They are called The First Supersonics.
On This Day: 2nd January
1954 – India establishes its highest civilian awards, the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan.
21 FEBRUARY
Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee took a bus ride to Lahore, Pakistan, in a gesture of goodwill. This was seen as a major peace initiative between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.