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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India

DateEvent Name
05/06/1529 Babur Shah, Mughal Emperior, defeated Afghan Nawab Nasrat Shah, king of Bengal, on the banks of the Gand and the Ghaghra river.
05/06/1589 Mian Tansen, a prominent figure of North Indian (Hindustani) classical music and famous singer of Akbar's court, died at Gwalior. Tansen is remembered for his epic Dhrupad compositions, creating several new ragas, as well as for writing two classic books on music Sri Ganesh Stotra and Sangita Sara.
05/06/1680 Chatrapati Rajaram Maharaj was crowned.
05/06/1775 Nanda Kumar, king of Calcutta, was arrested.
05/06/1861 Motilal Gangadhar Nehru, great Indian lawyer, political leader and social reformer, was born at Agra.
05/06/1910 Edward VII, King of Great Britain and Emperor of India, died suddenly of pneumonia at Buckingham Palace tonight. He ruled Britain for nine years. Power passed immediately to his son George, the Prince of Wales, who will rule as King George V. The 68-year-old monarch's sudden death threw his country into a state of shock. Edward had apparently caught a cold during a visit the past weekend to the wet grounds of his estate at Sandringham.
05/06/1922 Chhatrapati Rajarshi Shahu, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer of Kolhapur, passed away at Bombay. He was 48.
05/06/1944 Mahatma Gandhi was released unconditionally from his last imprisonment from Aga Khan Palace at Pune.
05/06/1946 Bhulabhai Desai, great politician, passed away.
05/06/1948 India rejected the Security Council's plan for UN supervision over plebiscite in Kashmir.
05/06/1952 Dr. Rajendra Prasad re-elected the President of India ""Rashtrapati"" after the first Presidential election held under the Indian constitution.
05/06/1952 Maria Montessori, pioneer in mordern education, who spent almost 10 years in India, died in Noordwijk aan Zee. The principles and techiques advocated by her are also applied to the education of handicapped children and adult education.
05/06/1967 Dr. Zakir Hussain elected President.
05/06/1971 D. Sen became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 29/03/77).
05/06/1971 India refutes allegations that it has meddled in Pakistan's civil war.
05/06/1993 Violence in Orissa state secretariat, CM manhandled.
05/06/1997 12 persons killed and eight seriously injured in two blasts in east Delhi.
05/06/2000 Saurav Ganguly wins the Ceat International Cricketer of the Year award 1999-2000.
05/06/2000 Benoy Krishna Chowdhury (89), veteran freedom fighter and prominent CPI(M) leader, died at a Government Hospital in Calcutta.


 


Other Historical Dates and Events
11/05/1956Nehru breaks silence condemning Soviets for repression in Hungary.
04/30/1998Sukh Ram, former Union Minister, decides to resign as a Minister in the Himachal Pradesh Government.
03/08/2000The Gujarat Government withdraws its January 3 notification, thus reimposing the ban on its employees from participating in RSS activities.
09/26/1999Six selected for Shanti Swaroop award for Science.
03/23/1962Nawab of Pataudi captains Indian cricket team vs WI at the age of 21 years 77 days.
02/09/1964Hanumant Singh scores 105 runs on his debut match during the India vs England cricket tournament at Delhi.
12/01/1932A round-table conference on India fails to reach an agreement at London.
02/07/1687Mughal army won the Gowalkonda fort. Kutubshahi came to end.
05/02/1977C.V. Narasimhan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 25/11/77).
12/12/1964HJT-16, the first Indian jet trainer, made its inaugural flight.