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25FEB1943 - ENGLAND: George Harison is born.

24FEB1739 - INDIA: Nadir Shah the Persian Adventurer, defeats the then Mughal Emperor Mohammad Shah 'Rangila' at Karnal.

24FEB1586 - UNDIVIDED INDIA: Birbal, 1 of the 9 gems of Akbar, dies fighting the Yusufzai tribesmen at Malandrai Pass east of Peshawar and north of Mardan (There is another date for his death at the same site which is 16FEB1586 from Wikipedia. But this date is from "History of Jaipur" by Jadunath Sarkar. I would be happy if anyone would be able to corroborate any of these dates as true or give yet another date if they know it to be true - with the source of course).

24FEB1568 - INDIA: Chittorgarh the seat of Sisodiya Rajputs, and Capital of Mewar, breached by 3rd Mughal Akbar The Great.

24FEB1554 - UNDIVIDED INDIA: 2nd Great Mughal, Humayun takes Lahore on his way back to claiming his empire of Hindustan.

Entrance to the Tomb.

Open to sky tomb stone.

20FEB1707 - INDIA: 6th Great Mughal, Aurangzeb Alamgir, dies, at Ahmednagar. He was buried at Khuldabad near Aurangabad in a simple walled enclosure, open to the sky with grass growing on the tombstone as per his desire.

19FEB1986 - SPACE: Long duration Space Station MIR, launched that stayed up for over 15 years; Many endurance records set (USSR).

18FEB1930 - ????: Pluto discovered by Tombaugh.

18FEB1405 - KAZHAKASTAN: Amir Timur, aka Tamarlane, dies at Ottar, en route to China to defeat Ming Emperor Zhu Di.

17FEB1619 - INDIA: Thomas Roe, England's Ambassador to the court of 4th Great Mughal Jahangir, leaves India from Surat. He had noted in his personal diary that, "The kingdom of England is but a tiny hamlet in the empire of the Great Mughal."

16FEB1645 - INDIA: Would-be 6th Great Mughal Aurangzeb is appointed as Subahdar (Viceroy) of Gujarat, by 5th Great Mughal Shahjahan.

16FEB1586 - UNDIVIDED INDIA NWFP): Raja Birbal - one of the Navratnas of 3rd Mughal Akbar The Great - dies in Swat Valley, fighting Yusufzai tribes.

15FEB1869 - INDIA: Mirzha Ghalib, the famous poet of Delhi's 19th century, dies today at Ballimaran, Old Delhi.

14FEB1556 - SPACE: VOYAGER 1 takes 1st photograph of the whole solar system (USA).

14FEB1556 - INDIA: 5th Great Mughal & the most spectacular of them all, Shahjahan proclaimed Emperor at Diwan-i-Aam of Agra Fort.

14FEB1556 - INDIA: 3rd Mugahl, Akbar The Great ascends the throne of Delhi.

14FEB1483 - FERGHANA: Babar - the 5th direct descendent of Amir Timur - born to Mirzha Umar Sheikh, the ruler of Ferghana & his wife Qultuq Nigal Khanum.

13FEB1585 - INDIA: Salim - the would-be 4th Great Mughal, Jahangir - marries Manbai, d/o of Raja Mansingh of Amber.

12FEB1934 -AUSTRIA: Hitler meets with Schuschning: dramatic but fruitless.

12FEB1934 -AUSTRIA: Civil War breaks out.

12FEB1586 - INDIA: Sultan Yusuf Khan - ruler of Kashmir - surrenders to Akbar The Great through Raja Bhagwan Das of Amber.

10FEB1258 - IRAQ: Caliph of Baghdad surrenders to Hulegu Khan.

10FEB1185 - ENGLAND: Temple Church, off Fleet Street consecrated by Heraclius-Patriarch of Jerusalem.

09FEB1632 - INDIA: Arjumand Bano Begum aka Mumtaz Mahal's body brought to Agra from Burhanpur to be interred at her permanent resting place (The Taj Mahal) which was under construction. She was the wife of 5th Great Mughal, Shahjahan.

07FEB1856 - INDIA: Awadh annexed on charge of Mismanagement by the British. In other words, British usurped it.

06FEB1971 - SPACE: Alan Shepard is 1st to hit a golf ball on the Moon with a golf club head (USA).

06FEB1628 - INDIA: Shahjahan, the 5th and most spectacular Mughal, ascends the throne today, haveing returned from Deccan to Agra on 05FEB1628.

05FEB1628 - INDIA: Shahjahan, the 5th Great Mughal, reaches Agra from Deccan to ascend the throne.

04FEB1606 - INDIA: Jahangir, the 4th Great Mughal, Celebrates 100 days of his rule.

01FEB2003 - SPACE: Shuttle COLUMBIA disintegrates while re-entering atmosphere, killin 7 astronauts including Kalpana Chawla (USA).

01FEB1922 - INDIA: Civil Disobedience Movement announced.

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