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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
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Mahmud Gawan was appointed as Prime Minister, an office which he held till his execution. |
| 4/5/1614 |
Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe. |
| 4/5/1663 |
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj attacked Shahistekhan at Pune. |
| 4/5/1848 |
Satara kingdom came to end. |
| 4/5/1908 |
Babu Jagjivan Ram, valiant freedom fighter, was born in Chandwa village in Bhojpur, Bihar. He held many prominent ministerial portfolios such as Communications Minister (1952-56), Railway Minister (1956-62), Food and Agriculture Minister (1967-70) and Defence Minister (1970-74). After 1977, he became the Deputy Prime Minister (Defence) in Janta regime. Thereafter, he established Congress (J). His uninterrupted representation in the Parliament from 1936 to 1986 is a world record. This day is commemorated as ""Samta Diwas"". |
| 4/5/1919 |
India's first modern shipping company Scindia Steam Navigation's first ship 'Liberty' started its journey. The weight of the ship was 5,940 tonnes. |
| 4/5/1922 |
Pandita Ramabai, social worker and philosophist, passed away. |
| 4/5/1930 |
Mahatma Gandhi reached Dandi, a small costal village in Gujarat, after travelling 385 kms with 78 followers to break the recently imposed ""Salt Law"". This event is known as 'Dandi March' and was started from Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad. |
| 4/5/1938 |
Anil Rakeshi, great poet, Hindi writer and critic, was born at Nahan (H.P.). |
| 4/5/1940 |
Charles Freer Andrews, a Christian Missionary, died in Calcutta. He is also referred as ""Deenabandhu Andrews"". |
| 4/5/1944 |
221 Advance Base Depots laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks and succeeded in safe evacuation of Ordnance stores to an alternate site. |
| 4/5/1949 |
Indian Boy Scout and Girl Guide were established and renamed as Bharat Scouts and Guides. |
| 4/5/1950 |
Spurred by recent clashes in East and West Bengal between Muslims and Hindus, Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his Pakistani couterpart Ali Khan today reached agreement on a ""Bill of Rights for Minorities"". This bill included a provision for ""drumhead justice,"" or summary justice to persons convicted of violating minority rights. |
| 4/5/1957 |
The first Communist ministry in a state was installed in Kerala. |
| 4/5/1961 |
Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited was established in New Delhi by Indian Government for allopathic drugs. |
| 4/5/1979 |
First Naval Museum of India established in Bombay. |
| 4/5/1984 |
Rakesh Sharma,Squadron leader, becomes India's first spaceman when he is launched aboard Soyuz T-11 of Soviet Union. |
| 4/5/1987 |
The centenary of Bombay Fire Brigade was celebrated. (CIVIC). |
| 4/5/1989 |
Pannalal Patel, great Gujrati litterateur, died. |
| 4/5/1990 |
Mrs.Sheela Flather, an Indian national, becomes the first Asian to be nominated to the House of Lords. |
| 4/5/1990 |
Lok Sabha passes the Punjab Bill. |
| 4/5/1991 |
Kerala Assembly dissolved paving way for elections. |
| 4/5/1993 |
K. Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy, Andhra Pradesh's CM, defeats TDP's Renuka Chowdhary by 31,611 votes in the Panyam Assembly election. |
| 4/5/1993 |
G. V. Iyer's Sanskrit film 'Bhagavad Geeta was adjudged the best film at the National Film Awards. |
| 4/5/1993 |
The Left and Democratic Front earns two third majority at the Tripura Assembly elections. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/18/1960 | Raghunath Chaudhary, famous natural poet of Assam, passed away. |
| 11/18/1960 | Firuz Shah Tughluq, the third emperor of Delhi, died at the age of 83. |
| 9/5/1962 | Dr. Radhakrishnan's birthday declared as Teachers Day. |
| 4/22/1923 | Babani Sheshagiri Pai, social worker and journalist, was born at Ankola in Karnataka. |
| 2/17/1618 | First English Ambassador Sir Thomas Roe returned to England after meeting Emperor Jahangir in his court. |
| 10/30/1977 | One hundred thousand Tamil Hindu tea-pickers, who were expatriated from Sri Lanka, are shipped to Madras, South India. |
| 7/1/1962 | Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, great leader, veteran nationalist, politician, professor, physician and architect, passed away. |
| 12/13/1991 | Justice M. H Kania of Maharashtra sworn in as the 23rd Chief Justice of India. |
| 1/28/1902 | Gandhiji left for Rangoon visit. Stays for a month with Gokhale at Calcutta. Returns to Rajkot and settles down to practise. |
| 9/21/1994 | Ramkrishna Bajaj, freedom fighter and veteran industrialist, passed away. |
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