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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event 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. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/13/1955 | India and the USSR affirm the Panchsheel. |
| 09/02/1976 | Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar, famous marathi story writer, novelist and Gyanpeeth Awardee, passed away. |
| 11/05/1906 | Initials of the place of issuance of notes were started to be printed instead of Issuing Circle's name. |
| 01/30/1903 | Lord Curzon opened the Imperial Library in in Metcalfe Hall at Calcutta. |
| 12/24/1999 | Koneru Humpy won the under-12 boys' title and P. Harikrishna won the Under-14 boys' title at the Asian Youth Chess Championship in Ahmedabad. |
| 11/06/2000 | Buddhadev Bhattacharya assumes office as West Bengal Chief Minister. |
| 05/22/1940 | Erapalli Anantrao Srinivasarao Prasanna, cricketer (one of India's big four spinners, Right-arm Off-break Bowler), was born at Bangalore. He is also the receipent of Arjun Award (1968) and Padmashree (1970). |
| 08/26/1996 | Supreme Court asks Harshad Mehta to pay Rs. 217 crore to the Income Tax department. |
| 04/26/1945 | Virinchirpuram Krishnamurthi Ramaswamy, cricketer (Indian Test umpire stood in 1996 World Cup), was born in Madras. |
| 01/30/1997 | Fifth Pay Commission submits proposals; minimum salary Rs. 2440 pm and maximum 26,000. Cabinet Secretary 30,000; six-day week; retirement at 60, etc. proposed. |
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