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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 05/07/1834 |
East India Company annexed Coorg. King Raja Veer Rajendra, who was a cruel ruler, after formally declaring a war had captured Durg State. |
| 05/07/1849 |
Bethune College of Calcutta was established in the upper class families and it was started for female education. |
| 05/07/1861 |
Guru Dev Rabindranath Thakur alias Tagore, novelist, painter, educationist and freedom fighter, was born in Calcutta. |
| 05/07/1889 |
Dr. Narayan Subbarao Hardikar, freedom fighter, journalist and Padmabhushan awardee, was born. |
| 05/07/1907 |
The First Electric Tramway service commenced in Bombay (Mumbai). This service was inaugurated by Municipality Chairman Vallabhdas Thakersey and Municipal Commissioner Sheppard at 5.30 p.m. This tram was well decorated and destined from Municipal Office upto Crawford Market. |
| 05/07/1907 |
Rajbali Pandey, famous poet, was born. |
| 05/07/1908 |
Sudhabala alias Ermaline was born in Bombay. She was a film actress. Her first film was 'Hothal Padmini' (1925). Some of her films are Kicks of Kismet, Tained Virtue, Red Signal, Wise Fool, Hoor-E-Bagdad. |
| 05/07/1912 |
Pannalal Patel, great Gujrati novelist and story writer, was born. |
| 05/07/1950 |
81 people died in a rail crash at Patna. A sabotage was suspected. |
| 05/07/1950 |
Punjab Mail train crashed near Jasidh killing 81 persons. |
| 05/07/1958 |
Acharya Kripalani elected leader of a new opposition group in the Lok Sabha. |
| 05/07/1973 |
The foundation stone was laid of Itanagar, the new capital of Arunachal Pradesh. |
| 05/07/1973 |
Shivkumar Batalvi, famous Punjabi poet, died. |
| 05/07/1985 |
Adoor Gopalakrishnan adjudged Best Director (Mukhamukham) in national film awards. |
| 05/07/1990 |
Foundation stones are laid in Ayodhya for a new temple at the birthplace of Lord Rama as Hindu nationalism rises. Government disallows the Shilanyas. |
| 05/07/1990 |
Government of India bans strikes in any service in any oil field or refinery under the Essential Services Maintenance Act. |
| 05/07/1991 |
Haryana beat Bombay in the cricket Ranji Trophy final by 2 runs. |
| 05/07/1993 |
Jankiraman panel's final report finds that an additional aggregate of Rs. 12,85,549 crore was transacted in banks without any documentation; it indicts 12 more banks for involving in the scam. |
| 05/07/1994 |
Dr. S.P. Tripathy, Director-General of ICMR, retired after 32 years of distinguished service in the ICMR, and Dr. G.V. Satyavati took over as the new Director-General of ICMR in July 1994. She became the first woman scientist in the country to head not only ICMR but any Research agency in independent India. |
| 05/07/1994 |
Sunit Khatau, famous industrialist and textile magnet in Mumbai and owner of Khatau Group, was murdered. He was 55. |
| 05/07/1994 |
Ustad Jahiruddin Dagar Nasir, famous classical singer of Dhrupad-Dhamar, passed away at the age of 62 in Bareilly. |
| 05/07/1996 |
Third and final phase of polling begins for 185 LS constituencies and 154 assembly constituencies; 55 to 60\% turnout was witnessed and there was widespread violence in Bihar. |
| 05/07/2000 |
Ranjit Singh Gill, one of the prime accused in the murder of Lalit Maken and his wife Geetanjali, who was the daughter of the late President Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, on July 31, 1985, was extradited to Delhi from the US to stand trial in the case. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 04/15/1975 | India recognises the Sihanouk Government in Cambodia. |
| 01/26/1929 | Indian National Congress proclaims goal for India's independence. |
| 07/05/1981 | Rajan Mahadevan recites 31,811 digits of ¦(pie) from memory. |
| 03/10/1945 | Madhavrao Scindia, prince of Gwalior and Congress leader, was born. |
| 07/12/1965 | Sanjay Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (son of Vijay, Indian middle-order batsman), was born in Mangalore. |
| 05/27/1910 | Robert Koch, famous French scientist, passed away. |
| 12/05/1950 | Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and teacher, passed away. |
| 05/23/1931 | Sharad Joshi, famous Hindi poet, playwright and journalist, was born. |
| 02/25/1923 | S. Kumaran, political, social reformer and Trade Union worker, was born in Alleppey, Kerala. |
| 11/20/1997 | Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat arrives in New Delhi. India and Palestinian national authority take stock of stalled West Asia peace process. Two sides sign first umbrella Memorandum of Understanding. |
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