26th April #TheDayInHistory #OTD in 1967, Dr #MartiinLutherKingJr spoke at Glenvill High School. He encourages & inspires a community that had endured years of racism. #MLK urges his listeners to work hard, to participate & perhaps most importantly to believe that they are…

25th April 1982: #TheDayInHistory #OnThisDay, 42 years ago, #Doordarshan started the test run of India's first colour broadcast. It not only heralded a new era for Indian television, it also enabled sports enthusiasts to watch the #AsianGames in colour.

25th April #TheDayInHistory #OTD in 1948, Dr #BabaSahebAmbedkar visited Lucknow. On hearing that, the then-governor #SarojiniNaidu invited him to stay at the Raj Bhavan. #DrAmbedkar humbly said, "Sister, I am not alone in the saloon, my companions my books, are there with me..I…

21st April #TheDayInHistory #OTD in 1947, Sardar #VallabhbhaiPatel addressed the probationers of Administrative Services Officers at  Metcalf House, New Delhi. Sardar Patel rightly described the civil servants the ‘Steel Frame of India’. #CivilServicesDay @dayakamPR

21st April #TheDayInHistory #OTD in 1947, Sardar #VallabhbhaiPatel addressed the probationers of Administrative Services Officers at  Metcalf House, New Delhi. Sardar Patel rightly described the civil servants the ‘Steel Frame of India’. #CivilServicesDay

20th April #TheDayInHistory 133 yrs ago, #OTD in 1891, Kolhapur -Miraj railway line was inaugurated. Chhtrapati #ShahuMaharaj spent Rs 3.28 lakh on the track & railway station. The legendary king Shahu built as many as 125 small & big bridges between Kolhapur & Pune. @dayakamP

21st April #TheDayInHistory Exactly 105 years ago #OTD In 1919, the Kurmi Kshatriya Sabha of Kanpur honored the social work of Chhtrapati #ShahuMaharaj & conferred on him the title of “Rajarshi". He implemented the principles of equality, brotherhood & secularism. @dayakamPR

21st April #TheDayInHistory Exactly 105 years ago #OTD In 1919, the Kurmi Kshatriya Sabha of Kanpur honored the social work of Chhtrapati #ShahuMaharaj & conferred on him the title of “Rajarshi". He implemented the principles of equality, brotherhood & secularism.

20 अप्रैल #TheDayInHistory 133 साल पहले, 1891 में #OTD, कोल्हापुर-मिराज रेलवे लाइन का उद्घाटन किया गया था। छत्रपति #शाहूमहाराज ने ट्रैक और रेलवे स्टेशन पर 3.28 लाख रुपये खर्च किए। महान राजा शाहू ने कोल्हापुर और पुणे के बीच 125 छोटे और बड़े पुल बनवाए। #लोकराजाशाहू

20th April #TheDayInHistory 133 yrs ago, #OTD in 1891, Kolhapur -Miraj railway line was inaugurated. Chhtrapati #ShahuMaharaj spent Rs 3.28 lakh on the track & railway station. The legendary king Shahu built as many as 125 small & big bridges between Kolhapur & Pune.…

20th April #TheDayInHistory #OTD in 1963, Dr #MartinLutherKingJr released from the BirminghamJail. On 12 April, he was arrested in Birmingham after violating the anti-protest injunction & was kept in solitary confinement. During this time he penned the “Letter from Birmingham…

19th April: #TheDayInHistory 49 years ago, India's first satellite #Aryabhata was launched #OTD in 1975. It was named after the famous Indian astronomer. It was completely designed & fabricated in India & launched by a Soviet Kosmos-3M rocket from Kapustin Yar. @isro

19th April #TheDayInHistory Maharashtra Vidhan Bhavan building turns 43 years today. #OTD in 1981, the then PM Smt #IndiraGandhi, clad in a traditional Maharashtrian 9-yard sari, inaugurated the Vidhan Bhavan bldg. The building was inaugurated during the tenure of Chief Minister…

18th April #TheDayInHistory #OTD in 1959, Dr #MartinLutherKingJr delivered a speech at the Youth March for Integrated Schools on "Students Movement" at Washington DC. #MLK urge students, "Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal…

17th April #TheDayInHistory #OTD in 1944, a 14-year-old #MartinLutherKingJr, who was a student at Booker T. Washington High School in Atlanta, delivered a speech entitled, "The Negro and the Constitution." King won the oratory contest, which was part of the Colored Elks Clubs…

17th April:#TheDayInHistory #OTD in 1952, the first #LokSabha ( House of the People) was duly constituted for the first time after the first General Elections held from 25 Oct 1951 to 21 Feb 1952. The Session of the First Lok Sabha commenced on 13 May 1952. @LokSabhaSectt

17th April:#TheDayInHistory The first #LokSabha ( House of the People) was duly constituted for the first time #onthisday in 1952 after the first General Elections held from 25 Oct 1951 to 21 Feb 1952. The Session of the First Lok Sabha commenced on 13 May 1952. @LokSabhaSectt

16 अप्रैल #TheDayInHistory #OTD 1950 में, डॉ. #बाबासाहब अम्बेडकर ने दिल्ली में "अम्बेडकर भवन" की आधारशिला रखी। वर्तमान में एक सरकारी स्कूल, समता सैनिक दल कार्यालय और द बुद्धिस्ट सोसाइटी ऑफ इंडिया का कार्यालय बड़े मैदान वाले इस बहुमंजिला भवन में चल रहा है।

16th April 1853 #TheDayInHistory The inauguration of 21-mile long railway line took place #OnThisDay from #Mumbai to #Thane. First train in India and even in Asia, carrying 500 enchanted guests steamed out of #BoriBunder, pulled by two black monster-like engines at 3.30 p.m.

16th April #TheDayInHistory #OTD in 1950, Dr #BabaSahebAmbedkar laid the foundation stone of the "Ambedkar Bhavan",in Delhi. At present a government school, Samta Sainik Dal Office & The Buddhist Society of India office is running in this multistory building with big ground.