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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 |
| 11/03/1966 | Hurricane strikes Bengal, killing 1,000. |
| 10/11/1999 | Atal Behari Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. Two-tier ministry likely. |
| 01/05/1994 | Jnanpith Award was given to U. R. Anantha Murthy (Kannada). |
| 02/18/1931 | Swraj Paul, Indian and British industrialist and multi-millionaire (Caparo), was born. |
| 03/17/1989 | Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna, president of Lok Dal (B) and former Union Minister, passed away. |
| 05/29/1936 | Gandhi's eldest son creates a controversy as he converts to the Muslim faith. |
| 03/03/1997 | Senior Officials Meeting of Indian Ocean Rim (IOR) countries begins in Mauritius. |
| 01/22/1922 | Shanta Buddhisagar, famous Marathi writer, was born. |
| 11/10/1990 | Chandra Shekhar Singh sworn in as 8th Prime Minister of India. He remained in this office till June 21, 1991 Devilal was sworn in as the Dy. Prime Minister. |
| 04/08/1894 | Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, famous novelist and writer of national song 'Vande Mataram', died at the age of 55. Some of his writings are 'Anandmath' and 'Kapal Kundala'. |
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