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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 |
05/05/1994 | Revolt against Nar Bahadur Bhandari government in Sikkim, Sanchaman Limboo elected new leader. |
11/25/1999 | Baba Amte, a Gandhian and noted social worker, is chosen for the Gandhi Peace Prize. |
08/06/1997 | Cabinet approves a proposal to amend the Hindu Marriage Act and the Special Marriage Act, with a view to removing epilepsy as a ground for annulling marriage or for declaring marriage as null and void. |
10/17/1906 | Swami Ramtirtha, great social reformer and poet, died at the age of 33. |
10/29/1964 | Priceless and irreplaceable gems, including the famed 'Star of India' of 563.35 carats and 2.5 inches in diameter, were stolen from the American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA, in a daring burglary. An alarm system was discontinued years ago as was the all-night guard in the gem hall, both for reasons of economy. The jewels were uninsured due to high-priced premiums. There were other jewels too that were also robbed during this time. |
10/03/1999 | India finished with seven silver and four bronze medals in the Asian Junior Athletic Championship in Singapore. |
09/14/1992 | The government allows foreign investors to enter the Indian capital market; incentives offered. |
12/01/1997 | At least 61 persons, including 22 women and 17 children, belonging to SC and extremely backward communities are gunned down by banned private army of feudal landlords, Ranbir Sena, at Bathe-Lakshmanpur village in Bihar's Jehanabad district. |
03/01/1950 | The population figure for India is announced as 347,340,000. |
09/08/1991 | Hostage ONGC engineer T.S. Raju and mediator Bipul Mahanta, an Amnesty International member, killed by ULFA in Assam. |
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