14th August 1947 - Colonial rule in India ended, and the country of Pakistan was created.

12th July 55 - Julius Caesar was born. 1543 – King Henry VIII of England married his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr at Hampton Court Palace. 1812 – The United States invaded Canada at Windsor, Ontario. 1961 – The Panshet and Khadakvasala dams in India burst destroying most of the older sections of the […]

6th June 1944 - The Battle of Normandy began as thousands of Allied troops started landing on the beaches of Normandy in northern Franc: the beginning of D-Day, which was code named Operation Overlord, 1966 - James Meredith, the first black man to brave the colour bar at the University of Mississippi, was shot in […]

18th March 1922 - Mahatma Gandhi was sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience against the British rulers of India.

12th March 1930 - Mahatma Gandhi began a campaign of civil disobedience against British rule in India.

30th January 1948 - Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi was murdered by an extremist. 1933 - Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany.