October 10, 2014: India got its first Nobel Peace Prize - shared with a 17-year-old from Pakistan. Satyarthi, founder of Bachpan Bachao Andolan, had spent decades fighting child labour and campaigning for every child's right to education. #Bharat100 #OnThisDay #IndianHistory

वीर बाल दिवस पर मुख्यमंत्री आवास में कीर्तन समागम #CMYogi #GuruGobindSinghJi #GuruTeghBahadurJi #IndianHistory #KhalsaPanth https://justpaste.in/news/hindi/2026/10/04/grand-kirtan-program-at-chief-ministers-residence-on-veer-bal-diwas-and-350th-martyrdom-year-of-guru-teg-bahadur-ji-chief-minister…

October 8, 1932: India's air force began with 5 pilots and 4 biplanes. It started as an auxiliary of the Royal Air Force, with five Cranwell-trained pilots and four Westland Wapiti biplanes based at Karachi. #Bharat100 #OnThisDay #IndianHistory

October 5, 1864: a cyclone killed 60,000 people in Calcutta - and accidentally built India's weather-warning system. The Great Calcutta Cyclone of October 5, 1864, wrecked hundreds of ships, flattened warehouses across the port and killed an estimated 60,000… #Bharat100 #OnThisDay #IndianHistory

October 4, 1977: India's External Affairs Minister became the first person to address the UN General Assembly in Hindi. As India's External Affairs Minister, Vajpayee broke with decades of English-only precedent at the UN podium, speaking on nuclear… #Bharat100 #OnThisDay #IndianHistory

October 3, 1978: a Kolkata doctor achieved the world's second-ever IVF birth - alone, with homemade equipment. The baby, Kanupriya Agarwal, was the world's second IVF baby ever born, just 67 days after the UK's Louise Brown. #Bharat100 #OnThisDay #IndianHistory

October 2, 1904: India's second Prime Minister was born on the same day as Gandhi. He became India's second Prime Minister in 1964, succeeding Jawaharlal Nehru. #Bharat100 #OnThisDay #IndianHistory

September 27, 1932: born in a city that would soon become another country - he'd go on to define Bollywood romance. He started as an assistant director before his own directorial debut in 1959. #Bharat100 #OnThisDay #IndianHistory

September 26, 1820: born into scarcity, he became 'the Ocean of Learning' - then used it to fight his own caste. His family struggled with poverty throughout his childhood. #Bharat100 #OnThisDay #IndianHistory

September 25, 1920: the man India's own spaceport would later be named after was born. A rare mind even on paper - two bachelor's degrees, a master's in English literature, an aerospace master's from Minnesota and an aeronautical engineering degree from Caltech. #Bharat100 #OnThisDay #IndianHistory

September 24, 1940: born to a swimmer who'd cross the English Channel before anyone in Asia. She lost her mother around age two and was raised by her grandmother in North Kolkata, learning to swim during routine baths at Champatala Ghat. #Bharat100 #OnThisDay #IndianHistory