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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 07/05/1658 |
Aurangzeb arrested Murad. |
| 07/05/1857 |
Baigum Hazrat Mahal again attack on Lucknow. |
| 07/05/1882 |
Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882-1927), classical singer and Muslim mystic, was born. He was instrumental in bringing Sufism to the music. |
| 07/05/1901 |
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). |
| 07/05/1905 |
Lord Curzon joined the part of Bengal to Asam and divided Bengal. |
| 07/05/1916 |
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. |
| 07/05/1916 |
Archik Venkatesh Gopalkrishna, great poet, journalist and orator, was born at Dharwar, Mysore. |
| 07/05/1917 |
'Hindumashinary Society' was established by Gajanan Bhaskar Vaidya. |
| 07/05/1946 |
Ram Vilas Jamun Paswan was born in Shaharbanni, Distt. Khagaria (Bihar). |
| 07/05/1947 |
Indian Act, 1947 was presented in British Parliament, which was then accepted by the emperor on 18th July. |
| 07/05/1957 |
Dr. Anugrah Narain Singh, great leader, freedom fighter, educationist and Minister of India, died.. |
| 07/05/1968 |
Naval Submarine wing in Indian Naval Force came into existence with the arrival of the first submarine from the Soviet Union. |
| 07/05/1970 |
Indian ship capsized in Krishna River in eastern India claiming 150 lives. |
| 07/05/1981 |
Rajan Mahadevan recites 31,811 digits of ¦(pie) from memory. |
| 07/05/1984 |
Indian Airlines airbus hijacked, lands in Lahore. |
| 07/05/1990 |
G. C. Saxena, J&K Governor, promulgates J&K Disturbed Areas Act, 1990, declaring several districts as disturbed area. |
| 07/05/1992 |
Bahadur Prasad at London sets record for 3000m in 7.56.74. |
| 07/05/1992 |
Centre scraps octroi in Union Territories. |
| 07/05/1993 |
Air Marshal Swarup Krishna Kaul appointed Chief of Air Staff. |
| 07/05/1993 |
Supreme Court dismisses the stay petition of Union Government regarding lifting of ban on the RSS and the Bajrang Dal by the Babri Tribunal. |
| 07/05/1994 |
Kiran Bedi, Delhi IG, wins Magsaysay Award. |
| 07/05/1994 |
Vaikom Mohammed Basheer, 86, Malayalam literary genius, died in Beypore in Kerala. |
| 07/05/1995 |
Tarapur nuclear station controls the leakage and soil contamination within the natural background radiation levels. |
| 07/05/1996 |
Janata Dal expels dissident Maneka Gandhi from primary membership of the party. |
| 07/05/1997 |
Janata Dal splits. Laloo Prasad Yadav forms Rashtriya Janata Dal and Sharad Yadav was elected as the Janta Dal president. |
| 07/05/1998 |
An Amusement and Picnic Resorts Pvt. Ltd. with five dolphins and sea lions was inaugurated at Mahabalipuram. |
| 07/05/1999 |
Two buses, which were inaugurated from Dhaka, arrive in Calcutta. |
| 07/05/2000 |
Rachita Mistry breaks P.T. Usha's long-standing record in 100m (11.39s) clocking 11.26s in the National circuit meet in Bangalore. |
| 07/05/2000 |
The Prime Minister rules out restoring pre-1953 status to Jammu and Kashmir. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 05/13/1962 | Dr. Zakir Hussain became the Vice President (1962-67). |
| 01/11/1859 | Lord Curzon, Governor General and Viceroy, was born. |
| 12/29/1968 | Chunilal Kalidas Madiya, famous Gujrathi playwright, story writer and novelist, died. |
| 12/04/1993 | Mulayam Singh Yadav, takes over as CM of UP; Bhairon Singh Sekhawat of Congress sworn in as CM of Rajasthan. |
| 10/15/1977 | The Congress party denies bid by Indira Gandhi to regain leadership. |
| 04/15/1998 | Punjab men and Railways women emerge champions in the National Volleyball League in Patna. |
| 09/04/1967 | 6.5 earthquake at Koyna Dam in Maharashtra kills 200 people. |
| 04/01/1963 | D.P. Kohli held office as the founder director of Central Bureau of Investigation (C.B.I.) from 1st April, 1963 (to 31st May, 1968). Earlier, he was Inspector-General of Police of the Special Police Establishment. |
| 03/26/1990 | Pratap Singh Rane,Goa CM, resigns. |
| 10/30/2000 | The 160-page CBI's report on cricket match-fixing names Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Ajay Sharma, Manoj Prabhakar and former physiotherapist Dr. Ali Irani for their deep-rooted nexus with betting syndicates. It virtually gives a clean chit to Kapil Dev. |
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