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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 05/08/1725 |
John Lovewell, US Indian fighter, passed away in a battle. |
| 05/08/1815 |
Malaun of Nepal was captured by General David Ochterlony. |
| 05/08/1901 |
British commission claims famine has taken 1.25 million lives since 1899; blames over population. |
| 05/08/1906 |
Prannath Thapar, former General of India, was born. |
| 05/08/1910 |
Tolstoy replies to Gandhiji that question of Passive Resistance is of greatest importance, not only for India but for humanity. |
| 05/08/1930 |
Gandhi followers mob Bombay to protest his arrest. |
| 05/08/1933 |
Gandhi starts hunger strike to protest the British repression of untouchables. |
| 05/08/1954 |
Indian Government decided to integrate Chandranagar in West Bengal which was under the rule of the French. |
| 05/08/1959 |
Dalai Lama will not be allowed to campaign for Tibetan independence in India. India wants to maintain friendly relations with Communist China. |
| 05/08/1962 |
Ravindra Bharti University established in West Bengal. |
| 05/08/1963 |
Centenary of Indian Red Cross was celebrated. Today is birthday of its founder. |
| 05/08/1971 |
Mohinder Singh Gill at Fresno sets record for TJ in 16.79. |
| 05/08/1990 |
A 255 kmph cyclone lashes Andhra Pradesh coast causing heavy losses to life and property. |
| 05/08/1990 |
Paul Mantosh and Joss Fernandes take oath as nominated Anglo-Indian members in Lok Sabha. |
| 05/08/1992 |
Eighth Plan outlay increased to Rs. 7,98,000 crores; Public Sector outlay goes up to 45\%. |
| 05/08/1992 |
Gul Mahomed, cricketer (8 Tests for India & one for Pakistan), passed away. |
| 05/08/1994 |
Harikant Jethwani, famous Sindhi litterateur, passed away. |
| 05/08/1995 |
Prem Bhatia, journalist, passed away at 83. |
| 05/08/1996 |
The governing Congress party is routed in Indian elections that have left no party with a clear mandate to govern. |
| 05/08/1996 |
Poll counting begins. |
| 05/08/1997 |
India decides to import currency notes for the first time. |
| 05/08/1997 |
Mumbai High Court holds that Christian women can seek divorce on the sole ground of being subjected to cruelty and need not prove infedidelity on the part of their husbands or desertion. |
| 05/08/1998 |
Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, gets the Gandhi award for 1998. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 01/11/1998 | C. V. Gadkari, great Indian Test all-rounder 1953-55, passed away. |
| 07/10/1972 | Herd of stampeding elephants kills 24 people in Chandka Forest, India. |
| 02/13/1998 | India signs two agreements with the U.N. Development Fund for a $13.75-million grant for food security and environment support. |
| 08/07/1888 | Navalram (Navalram Laxmiram Pandya), literature critic and versatile Gujarati author, died. |
| 03/03/1891 | Office of Superintendent of Immigration (Treasury Dept) created. |
| 08/28/1998 | India and Pakistan clash at the Security Council after New Delhi denounced the running of terrorist training camps in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Afghanistan. |
| 06/08/1997 | Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, Assam Chief Minister, has a narrow escape as a powerful remote-controlled bomb exploded in Maligaon area of Guwahati. |
| 12/01/1921 | Des Raj Kalia, great librarian, was born at Fazilka, Punjab. |
| 03/07/1974 | T. T. Krishnamachari, former Finance Minister, passed away. |
| 08/13/1953 | Durgabai Deshmukh became the founder Chairperson of Central Social Welfare Board, which involved several voluntary organisations and workers carrying out programs like education, training and rehabilitation of needy women etc. |
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