5 JUN HISTORY TODAY

Today in Indian History
Events for June 5

5-June-1659	Dara Shukoh celebrated his coronation at Deorai after the final defeat.
5-June-1879	Narayan Malhar Joshi, father of Labour Union Movement in India, was born at Goregaon in the Kolaba district, Maharashtra.
5-June-1882	Cyclonic Storm & floods in Arabian Sea hit Bombay. About 100,000 people drowned.
5-June-1896	Muhammad Ismail Sahib, president of the Madras State Muslim League and freedom fighter, was born at Pettai, Tamil Nadu. He was the member of Rajya Sabha as well as Lok Sabha.
5-June-1923	Santosh Kumar Kisku Rev, great educationist and social worker, was born.
5-June-1927	Sarjit Singh Bal, educationist, was born in Renala Khurd, Punjab.
5-June-1929	S.V. Subramanian, great Hindi writer, was born at Virakeralanpudur, Tamil Nadu.
5-June-1961	Ramesh Krishnan, Indian tennis star, was born. He was also the winner of Junior Wimbledon 1979.
5-June-1966	Indian rupee devalued by 36.5 percent.
5-June-1973	Madhav Sadashiv Golvalkar, politician and RSS chief, passed away.
5-June-1974	Smallpox epidemic in the country.
5-June-1975	Ramsing, great freedom fighter and editor of `Navyug Patrika', passed away.
5-June-1980	Manipur University was established.
5-June-1981	Gopal Saini at Tokyo sets record for 3000m ST. in 8,30.88.
5-June-1984	Operation 'Blue Star' was launched by Indira Gandhi. Indian commandos stormed into Sikh's holiest gurudwara Golden Temple in Amritsar to flush out the terrorists and other anti-government elements. Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and over 325 people were killed in the temple. Thus a great rebel arose all over the nation and specially in Punjab.
5-June-1989	Missile `Trishul' tested successfully.
5-June-1992	Hindi weelky of Indian Express Group 'Screen' published.
5-June-1993	Unlawful Activities (prevention) Tribunal headed by Justice P N Nagi upholds the ban on Islamic Sevak Sangh.
5-June-1994	India test-fires a missile capable of reaching targets in China.
5-June-1994	Shakti Singh at Bangalore sets record for DT in 61.72
5-June-1995	A three-week long, the first ever Indo-US joint army training exercise begins.
5-June-1995	Manmohan Singh re-elected to Rajya Sabha from Assam.
5-June-1996	United Front Govt's Common Minimum Programme announced.
5-June-1996	Kubernath Rai, well known writer, passed away.
5-June-1997	Brahmapuram diesel power project, KSEB's first thermal power project, situated 25 km from Kochi, Kerala commissioned.
5-June-1997	Prime Minister Gujral went on a 3-day visit to Nepal.
5-June-1997	I. K. Gujral's visit to Nepal was marked by signing of Power Trade Agreement and MoU on civil aviation.
5-June-1998	Ali Sardar Jafri, Urdu writer, is presented the Jnanpeeth award for 1997.
5-June-1999	The Army releases documents seized from three Pakistani soldiers in the Batalik sector to substantiate its claim that Pakistan regulars are involved in the Kargil conflict.