On this day:
1659: Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb has his brother and competitor for the throne Dara Shukoh executed on religious grounds
1675: The foundation stone for the Royal Observatory, Greenwich is laid
1990: Magellan Space Probe is Inserted in Orbit Around Venus
Born on this day:
2005: Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, Indian chess prodigy, born in Chennai
Gone on this day:
1999: Padma Bhushan Acharya Baldev Upadhyaya, Eminent Sanskrit Scholar
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