October 28, 1886, marked the dedication of one of the world’s most recognisable monuments. What began as a gesture of…
More than 25,000 women took to Fifth Avenue in a historic demonstration, seeking political equality days before a crucial referendum…
The morning of October 27, 1947, began with an extraordinary military undertaking. At Palam airfield in Delhi, aircraft prepared to…
India’s journey to the Moon began long before a spacecraft lifted off from Sriharikota. It began with a young nation…
On 21 October 1943, Netaji proclaimed the Azad Hind Government, challenging British rule and advancing India’s freedom struggle through political…
On the morning of 20 October 1962, the Himalayan frontier became the setting for one of the most consequential military…
The deaths of 19 people in a stampede at the Chorebagan Sarbojanin Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata on October 17…
On October 16, 1905, the British government divided Bengal in the name of administrative efficiency. The decision instead sparked a…
Enacted on October 12, 1871, the Criminal Tribes Act turned community identity into grounds for surveillance, restricted movement and punishment.…
On October 9, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Watson conducted a two-way telephone conversation between Boston and Cambridge port,…
