5 JUL HISTORY TODAY

Today in Indian History
Events for July 5

5-July-1658	Aurangzeb arrested Murad.
5-July-1857	Baigum Hazrat Mahal again attack on Lucknow.
5-July-1882	Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882-1927), classical singer and Muslim mystic, was born. He was instrumental in bringing Sufism to the music.
5-July-1901	B. N. Sircar, producer and founder of International Film Craft and New Theaters Ltd., Calcutta was born at Bhagalpur. His films are Boker Bojha, Chorekanta, Chasar Meye (1931).
5-July-1905	Lord Curzon joined the part of Bengal to Asam and divided Bengal.
5-July-1916	Indian Women's University was established at Hingne near Poona by Dr. Dhondo Keshav Karve with just four students. After 1920, it was renamed as Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Indian Women's University.
5-July-1916	Archik Venkatesh Gopalkrishna, great poet, journalist and orator, was born at Dharwar, Mysore.
5-July-1917	`Hindumashinary Society' was established by Gajanan Bhaskar Vaidya.
5-July-1946	Ram Vilas Jamun Paswan was born in Shaharbanni, Distt. Khagaria (Bihar).
5-July-1947	Indian Act, 1947 was presented in British Parliament, which was then accepted by the emperor on 18th July.
5-July-1957	Dr. Anugrah Narain Singh, great leader, freedom fighter, educationist and Minister of India, died..
5-July-1968	Naval Submarine wing in Indian Naval Force came into existence with the arrival of the first submarine from the Soviet Union.
5-July-1970	Indian ship capsized in Krishna River in eastern India claiming 150 lives.
5-July-1981	Rajan Mahadevan recites 31,811 digits of ¦(pie) from memory.
5-July-1984	Indian Airlines airbus hijacked, lands in Lahore.
5-July-1990	G. C. Saxena, J&K Governor, promulgates J&K Disturbed Areas Act, 1990, declaring several districts as disturbed area.
5-July-1992	Bahadur Prasad at London sets record for 3000m in 7.56.74.
5-July-1992	Centre scraps octroi in Union Territories.
5-July-1993	Air Marshal Swarup Krishna Kaul appointed Chief of Air Staff.
5-July-1993	Supreme Court dismisses the stay petition of Union Government regarding lifting of ban on the RSS and the Bajrang Dal by the Babri Tribunal.
5-July-1994	Kiran Bedi, Delhi IG, wins Magsaysay Award.
5-July-1994	Vaikom Mohammed Basheer, 86, Malayalam literary genius, died in Beypore in Kerala.
5-July-1995	Tarapur nuclear station controls the leakage and soil contamination within the natural background radiation levels.
5-July-1996	Janata Dal expels dissident Maneka Gandhi from primary membership of the party.
5-July-1997	Janata Dal splits. Laloo Prasad Yadav forms Rashtriya Janata Dal and Sharad Yadav was elected as the Janta Dal president.
5-July-1998	An Amusement and Picnic Resorts Pvt. Ltd. with five dolphins and sea lions was inaugurated at Mahabalipuram.
5-July-1999	Two buses, which were inaugurated from Dhaka, arrive in Calcutta.
5-July-2000	Rachita Mistry breaks P.T. Usha's long-standing record in 100m (11.39s) clocking 11.26s in the National circuit meet in Bangalore.
5-July-2000	The Prime Minister rules out restoring pre-1953 status to Jammu and Kashmir.