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24 September
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Bhikaiji Cama was born in Bombay.
How Madam Bhikaiji Cama Unfurled India’s Flag in Germany
Bhikaiji Cama stood before an international socialist congress in Stuttgart, Germany in August 1907 and unfurled a flag she had designed herself, green, gold and red, with the…
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Jyotiba Phule founded the Satyashodhak Samaj in Pune.
The Boy Who Read Too Much
Jyotiba Phule founded the Satyashodhak Samaj in Pune on September 24, 1873, not as a gesture or a philosophical exercise but as a functioning organization designed to do…
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Indian medical scientist.
This date is in the wider Indian-history calendar but does not yet have a dedicated Curious Indian article.
Mars Orbiter Mission reaches Mars
India’s Mars Orbiter Mission entered orbit around Mars.
This date is in the wider Indian-history calendar but does not yet have a dedicated Curious Indian article.