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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
Date | Event Name |
05/03/1718 |
Baba Jassa Singh Ahluwalia, great freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, was born at Ahlu village, Lahore. |
05/03/1764 |
Mir Kasim, with the backing of Delhi Emperor, attacked on Patna but this weak Emperor was defeated by Britishers. Britishers became the rulers of Bengal, the richest province of India. |
05/03/1765 |
Clive became Governor of Bengal for second time from England after he returned to Calcutta. |
05/03/1896 |
Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon, great nationalist, lawyer, freedom fighter, barrister and member of the Rajya Sabha, was born at Panniyankara in Calicut, Kerala. |
05/03/1913 |
Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, more generally known as Dada Saheb Phalke, was responsible for the production of India's first fully indigenous silent four-reel feature film 'Raja Harishchandra' which heralded the birth of the Indian film industry. The film had titles in Hindi and English and was released on May 3, 1913 at the Coronation Cinematograph in Bombay. |
05/03/1927 |
Riots between Sikhs and Muslims in Lahore claims 14 lives and leaves 100 injured. |
05/03/1936 |
Engelbert Humperdinck [Arnold George Dorsey], famous singer, was born in Madras, India. |
05/03/1945 |
Hurricane-equipped squadrons played a major role in the Arakan offensive which began in December 1944, disrupting the enemy's lines of communication and constantly harrying the Japanese forces until victory was achieved with the re-occupation of Rangoon. |
05/03/1947 |
Indian National Trade Union Congress Intak was established. |
05/03/1959 |
Sadhvi Uma GulabSingh Bharti was born in Dunda, Distt. Tikamgarh (Madhya Pradesh). |
05/03/1962 |
Hundreds of Muslims are killed in clashes with Hindus in West Bengal. |
05/03/1969 |
Shri Varahagiri Venkatagiri (1884-1980) became the acting President of India. |
05/03/1969 |
Dr. Zakir Hussain(1897-1969), third President of India and the first Muslim President who occupied this office on 13 May, 1967, passed away. He is also remembered as an educationist. |
05/03/1971 |
Dhanjay Ramchandra Gadgil, famous economist, passed away. |
05/03/1977 |
Hamid Dalwai, father of Muslim Satyashodhak Mandal in Maharashtra, passed away. |
05/03/1994 |
Election Commission recognises DMK headed by M. Karunanidhi as the rightful claimant to the symbol of rising sun and the flag reserved for it. |
05/03/1997 |
Vijay Pradhan, additional senior counsel for Srikrishna Commission probing 1992-93 riots in Mumbai, resigns. He is not allowed to cross-examine Chief Minister Manohar Joshi. |
05/03/1998 |
Kushabhau Thakre takes over as the new BJP President. |
05/03/1999 |
Cochin Port Trust men and Southern Railway women won the 21st Federation Cup volleyball titles in Pathanamthitta. |
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Other Historical Dates and Events |
07/01/1955 | Imperial Bank of India was inaugurated and was renamed as State Bank of India. |
05/05/1972 | Loknathan P. S., great economist, passed away. |
12/08/1996 | Sachin Tendulkar became the youngest cricketer to make 3000 runs in test cricket (at the age of 23 yrs and 228 days.) |
05/01/1973 | All non-fuel Coal Mines fields were nationalised. |
10/01/1904 | Ayillyath Kuttiari Gopalan Nambiar "A.K.Gopalan" was born in Cannanore district, north Kerala. He was a freedom fighter and leader of communist movement in Keral |
05/29/1953 | Ranji Nanan, cricketer (Trinidad off-spinner, 1 Test v Pakistan 1981), was born. |
01/05/1994 | Jnanpith Award was given to U. R. Anantha Murthy (Kannada). |
09/26/1977 | Uday Shankar (Chowdhury), producer and director of dance-based film 'Kalpana', passed away. He was the elder brother of Pandit Ravishankar. His main achievement was the blending of the Indian classical style with the Western Ballet and various folk dances. |
11/22/1916 | Shanti Ghosh, great revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Calcutta. She was one of the accused in famous Chargaon ammunition plot and assassination of General Lemen, Inspector General of Dhaka. |
04/16/1991 | President's rule imposed in Haryana. |
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