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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 05/05/1479 |
Sikh Guru Amardasji, great social worker and teacher, was born at Basare village near Amritsar district. |
| 05/05/1818 |
Karl Marx, great journalist, chief editor, writer and social worker, was born at Trier, Germany. |
| 05/05/1903 |
Former minister William Petty declares Persian Gulf a part of British dominion in India. |
| 05/05/1903 |
Tirupur Subramaniam Avinashilingam Chettiar, freedom fighter, educationist and politician, was born at Tirupur (Tamil Nadu). |
| 05/05/1906 |
Ursula Jeans, actress (I Lived With You, Over the Moon), was born in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. |
| 05/05/1916 |
Giani Zail Singh, President of India, was born in Sandhwan village, Punjab. |
| 05/05/1929 |
Curfew was imposed in a bid to quell Hindu-Muslim riots that had claimed 21 lives in Bombay. |
| 05/05/1930 |
Gandhiji was arrested and imprisoned without trial. As a result there was ''hartal'' (strike)all over India. Over 100,000 people were jailed before the end of the year. |
| 05/05/1932 |
Prabhatkumar Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali short story writer and novelist, passed away. |
| 05/05/1942 |
Henry Albert John Gidney, great leader and politician, died at New Delhi. |
| 05/05/1944 |
Gandhi-Jinnah talks break down on Pakistan issue. |
| 05/05/1946 |
Simla Conference in session from May 5 to May 12; Gandhiji's deliberations prove anfractuous. |
| 05/05/1947 |
Gandhiji denies in an interview that communal division of India is inevitable. |
| 05/05/1955 |
Indian parliament accept Hindu divorce. |
| 05/05/1966 |
Jan Congress Party was established in Orissa. |
| 05/05/1971 |
India appeals for urgent aid for 1.8 mil. for Bangladeshi refugees in New Delhi. |
| 05/05/1972 |
Loknathan P. S., great economist, passed away. |
| 05/05/1977 |
Chandra Shekar chosen President of the Janatha Party. |
| 05/05/1983 |
Keshavrao Kothavle 'Lalit', editor of monthly magzine, passed away. |
| 05/05/1986 |
Controversial Muslim Women Bill passed by Lok Sabha. |
| 05/05/1989 |
Naval Tata, famous industrialist, passed away. |
| 05/05/1992 |
Prithvi, India's medium range surface-to-surface missile, successfully launched. |
| 05/05/1993 |
Balak Brahmachari, [Marxist Godman], famous Indian guru, passed away at 73 yrs. |
| 05/05/1994 |
Revolt against Nar Bahadur Bhandari government in Sikkim, Sanchaman Limboo elected new leader. |
| 05/05/1998 |
Yashwant Sinha and Madan Lal Khurana, Union Ministers, are discharged in the hawala case. |
| 05/05/2000 |
Supreme Court permits former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha (petitioner) to have herself and the others examined as ''defence witnesses'' in connection with the trial of the 'Colour TV scam case'. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 07/14/1997 | India finishes third in Asian women's weightlifting. |
| 01/30/1949 | Night Airmail Services was inaugurated. |
| 02/18/1665 | The Portuguese handover Mumbai island to England. |
| 03/20/1920 | Usha Mehta, freedom fighter, was born at Satara. Her name is closely attached with freedom movement via Bombay Radio, as she and Babubhai Prasad and Vitthalbhai Zaveri founded this Radio and started motivating people of India with their telecasts. |
| 04/22/1942 | Galagnath (Vyanktesh Tirko Kulkarni), famous Kannad novelist, passed away. |
| 01/02/1947 | Mahatma Gandhi met Lord Bevin, the personal emissary of British Prime Minister Winston Churchil, in Delhi. Beven is reported to have told the great man, ''Eighteen languages, 500 dialects, some 30 religions, a million Gods and Goddesses, 300 million individuals, an infinity of castes and sub castes, and a population (that is) practically illiterate and half of which (are) beggars or thieves... Good luck, sir! Such a nation is ungovernable! It'd take you centuries to get anywhere!''. Gandhiji wrapped his large, white shawl a little more closely around him, and modestly replied, 'India has eternity before her.. and ""All around me is utter darkness"". |
| 07/15/1948 | Establishment of 'PEPS' (Patiyala and East Punjab States Union). |
| 09/09/1981 | Phiroz Edulji Palia, cricketer (two Tests for India, 29 runs & 0/13), died. |
| 09/10/1923 | Sukumar Roy, famous Bengali child litterateur, passed away. |
| 05/14/1996 | H.D. Deve Gowda elected leader of the third front as its prime ministerial candidate. |
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