Tag: India

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11th May 868: The world’s earliest dated printed book created in China

• 11th May 2023
• Tagged as: Books, Buddhism, China, Culture, India, Printing

The world’s earliest dated printed book, a copy of the Diamond Sutra, was created in China.

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10th May 1857: The start of the Indian Mutiny (First War of Indian Independence)

• 10th May 2023
• Tagged as: Britain, East India Company, Enfield Rifle, Imperialism, India, Mutiny, Politics, Religion, Sepoy

The Indian Mutiny, also known as the First War of Indian Independence, began in Meerut.

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20th March 1602: The Dutch East India Company established

• 20th March 2023
• Tagged as: Dutch East India Company, Dutch Republic, East India Company, Economics, Economy, Finance, India, Netherlands, Ship, Spices, Trade

By the start of the 17th century merchants from the Dutch Republic had begun to undertake voyages to the ‘Spice Islands’ of the Indian Ocean.

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12th March 1930: Mohandas Gandhi began the 240-mile Salt March to the coastal village of Dandi

• 12th March 2022
• Tagged as: British Empire, Gandhi, India, Salt March

Gandhi intended to produce salt from seawater to avoid paying tax and thus undermine Britain’s salt monopoly.

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28th July 1858: First use of fingerprints as a means of identification

• 28th July 2021
• Tagged as: Britain, Contract, Crime, Fingerprint, Identification, India

On the 28^th July 1858 William Herschel, a British Magistrate in West Bengal in India, made the first modern use of fingerprints for identification.

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27th July 1942: Allies halt Axis in First Battle of El Alamein

• 27th July 2021
• Tagged as: Africa, Britain, Egypt, Germany, India, Italy, Middle East, Nazi, Second World War, Tanks, War

On the 27^th July 1942, Allied forces in North Africa stopped the advancing Axis powers in the First Battle of El Alamein.

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12th March 1930: Gandhi begins the Salt March to Dandi

• 12th March 2019
• Tagged as: Britain, British Empire, Empire, India, Protest

On the 12^th March 1930, Mohandas Gandhi began the Salt March – a 240 mile (390 km) journey to the coastal village of Dandi.