This Month in History
October 1, 1949 - The new democratic revolution in China was completed on October 1st, 1949, The People's Republic of China led by the CPC under Com Mao was proclaimed...
This Month in History
September 2, 1945 : Ho Chi Minh proclaimed the independence of Vietnam and the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. September 9, 1976 : Chairman Mao Zedong - a...
This Month in History
August 5, 1895 - Friedrich Engels passes away due to throat cancer. He was a German revolutionary communist and Karl Marx's closest friend and collaborator. His works include 'The Origin...
This Month in History
9 June, 1900 - Birsa Munda, an anti-British rebel and icon of India’s independence struggle, died in jail at the age of 24. He led a powerful Adivasi struggle for land...
This Month in History
March 2, 1919- Third communist international (Comintern) was formed as the conference for the communist international was opened and held in Moscow. It was attended by 52 delegates from all...
This Month in History
January 1, 1959- Cuban revolution was completed after intense guerilla warfare under the leadership of Comandante Che Guevara and Fidel Castro who drove out US-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista. January 1,...
This Month in History
December 1, 1997 - Laxmanpur Bathe Massacre - The Laxmanpur Bathe massacre was a massacre conducted in the Laxmanpur Bathe village in Arwal district of Bihar, where 58 dalits were...
Tipu Sultan : The Tiger of Mysore
“This place was the base for NASA’s sounding rocket programme. Here, I saw a painting prominently displayed in the reception lobby… It turned out to be Tipu Sultan’s army fighting...
OTM (April)
April 4, 1968- Martin Luther King Jr., the face of the civil rights movement in USA, was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He was a Nobel...