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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 |
| 4/30/1909 | Sant Tukdoji Maharaj, great saint, patriot and social worker, was born at Yawali, district Amravati. |
| 1/16/1995 | India and USA form new trade framework called Indo-US Commercial Alliance and signs contracts worth $ 1.4 b. |
| 2/24/1674 | Prataprao Gujar, a great Maratha warrior at the time of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died. |
| 12/14/1953 | Vijay Amritraj, great Indian tennis player and actor (Octopussy), was born. |
| 9/19/1950 | U. N. Assembly rejects Indian-Soviet proposal to admit Communist China in New York. |
| 2/22/1944 | Kasturba Gandhi passed away in British imprisonment in Aga Khan Palace at Pune. |
| 1/5/1890 | Ganendra Mohan Tagore died. |
| 9/11/1948 | Mohammad Ali Jinnah, father of Pakistan, died. |
| 8/22/1922 | Alluri Seetaram Raju inspired and organised the tribals to wage a war against the British. Raju's army raided Chintapalli police station and there was regular warfare between him and the British forces. |
| 6/18/1901 | Ramchandra Bhikaji Gunjikar, Marathi novelist and editor, passed away. |
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