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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 |
| 03/19/1848 | Lokhitwadi started his column 'Shatpatra' in the newspaper named 'Prabhakar'. |
| 12/24/1973 | E.V.Ramasami, founder of DMK party, prominent leader, great social worker and revolutionary freedom fighter, died at the age of 94. |
| 10/23/1883 | Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, a pioneer in Indian Geology, was born at Surat in Gujarat. |
| 10/28/1984 | Federal agents early this morning caught Guru Shree Rajneesh trying to flee the country. Rajneesh was charged with violating immigration laws and arranging phoney marriages for his cult members. The religious leader was nabbed at Charlotte, North Carolina airport when his jet, bound for Bermuda, touched down for re-fueling. The Bhagwan ran a commune of about 1,500 people in Oregon. Thousands more cult members live in Rajneesh's native land India and other countries. He knew the federal government had no faith in him after his chief adviser, a woman named Ma Anand Sheela, was arrested in West Germany for several minor offenses. Rajneesh appeared in court on this date clad in a lavender robe. |
| 05/26/1997 | Government decides to allow the use of environment-friendly LPG as a motor vehicle fuel. |
| 03/22/1938 | IRFA was registered as a local body not administered by the Government on March 22, 1938 under the Government of India Act No. XXI of 1860. |
| 09/18/1965 | Communist government threatens dire consequences on discovering Indian bases on the Chinese side of the China-Sikkim frontier in China. |
| 08/19/1927 | Ananta Narsinha Naik, social reformer and politician, was born at Bandora, Goa. |
| 08/01/1996 | Madhu Dandavate is made Dy. Chairman, Planning Commission. |
| 09/18/1967 | English was adopted the official language of Nagaland . |
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