The End of the Mughal Empire : The capture of Bahadur Shah Zafar During the 1857 Indian Rebellion Captured by the British on September 21, 1857, Bahadur Shah Zahar was the last emperor of the Mughals. Zahar’s capture and the subsequent 1857 Indian Rebellion, also known as the Sepoy Mutiny, signified the fall of the…
The First Cannes Film Festival: From War-Torn Europe to the French Riviera A Historic Beginning on the French Riviera The festival began on September 20, 1946, in France. It is among the most renowned film festivals in the world and its initial edition was set against the backdrop of the Second World War. As such,…
How New Zealand Grants Women the Right to Vote and Becomes the First Nation to Do So A Historic First for Women’s Rights On 19 September 1893, New Zealand became the first country to award women the right to vote in national elections. This inclusion was pivotal in the global women suffrage movement as most…
How The US Constitution Was Signed at the Independence Hall in 1787 History was created on September 17, 1787 within the walls of Independence Hall in Philadelphia. On this date in, 1787, the US Constitution was signed by 39 of this country’s delegates, put in place a new form of governance that till this day,…
The Formation of Malaysia – How Malaya, Singapore, Sabah, and Sarawak United The establishment of the Federation of Malaysia which included Malaya, Singapore, British North Borneo, and Sarawak completed the milestone of nationhood set on 16th September, 1963. Every year, this day is referred to as Malaysia Day. How Malaysia Was Formed The 1957 British…
Why September 14 Is Celebrated as Hindi Diwas: When India Adopts Hindi as an Official Language One of India’s most pivotal moments took place on September 14, 1949. It was on this day that the Constituent Assembly of India accepted the use of Hindi written in the Devanagari script as one of the official languages…
How CERN – Large Hadron Collider Altered the Future of Particle Physics The Day Science made a Profound Leap Forward On 10th September, 2008, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), was switched on for the first time, at CERN – in Geneva, Switzerland, on the border with France. This was not another machine; This was a…
North Korea Established in 1948: The Story Behind the Korean Peninsula Divide North Korea, or the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), was officially organised on September 9, 1948. This date is symbolic of the separation of the Korean Peninsula into two antagonistic nations, illustrating the changing tides of history in Asia and the world….
How the McMahon Line Dispute Pushed India and China Into the Sino-Indian War What Happened on September 8, 1962? On September 8, 1962, during the crossing of the McMahon Line, a division of the border between Tibet and India, Chinese soldiers stepped onto Indian soil for the first time. Crossing the McMahon Line was the…
Looking Back at the days Brazil Declares Independence from Portuguese Rule “Independence or Death!” were the words Dom Pedro pronounced as he raised the sword at the Ipiranga River. These words freed Brazil. This marked the end of three centuries of Portuguese tyranny. The new name of the country added to the Portuguese empire was…
