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Sunday, January 5, 2025

Today Importance - 5th January

5-Jan-1316

Birth of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan.

5-Jan-1592

Indian Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan was born in Lahore.

5-Jan-1659

Aurangzeb defeated Shah Shuja at the Battle of Khawan near Allahabad.

5-Jan-1671

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj captured the fort of 'Salher' from the Mughals.

5-Jan-1869

Venkatesh Tirko Kulkarni, famous Kannada novelist 'Galagnath' was born.

5-Jan-1890

Ganendra Mohan Tagore died.

5-Jan-1893

Paramahamsa Yogananda (1893-1952), universal Hindu, great saint, social reformer, writer and literary figure, was born in Gorakhpur. He was the founder of the renaissance of the Self Realization Fellowship (1925) in America, the author of the famous 'Autobiography of a Yogi' (1946), a popular book on globalizing the spiritual traditions of India.

5-Jan-1934

Dr. Murali Manohar Manmohan Joshi was born in Delhi.

5-Jan-1941

Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi Jr., Indian batsman and youngest Indian Test captain), born in Bhopal.

5-Jan-1948

Cricketer (mid-70s Indian batsman) Parthasarathy Harishchandra Sharma was born in Alwar, Rajasthan.

5-Jan-1952

The US signed a five-year deal to give India $50 million. For economic development in New Delhi

5-Jan-1952

Nawab of Pataudi Senior, cricketer (played 3 Tests in Polo for England and 3 Tests for India), passed away.

5-Jan-1952

John Hope Victor Alexander, Viceroy of India (1936-43) dies aged 64.

5-Jan-1953

Andhra University celebrated its Silver Jubilee.

5-Jan-1955

Kumari Mamata Pramileshwar Banerjee was born in Kolkata (West Bengal).

5-Jan-1957

The Adintrim Sales Tax Act was introduced and the Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 came into force.

5-Jan-1968

The Government of India accepted the recommendations of the Administrative Reforms Commission for the appointment of Lokpal.

5-Jan-1974

Death of the great revolutionary Birendranath Dasgupta.

5-Jan-1982

Renowned music director C Ramachandra (Chitalkar) passed away.

5-Jan-1985

Rajiv Gandhi promised to solve the Punjab problem without bowing down to 'separatist ideology'.

5-Jan-1988

India's first indigenously developed 'Braille' script for the blind has been released.

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DAY OF THE YEAR,

National whipped cream Day,

National Bird Day , National screenwriters Day , Golden Globe Awards , Zagreb Advent ,

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WEEK OF THE YEAR,

Christmas Bird Count Week ,

Diet Resolution Week , National Silent Record Week ,

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MONTH OF THE YEAR,

Ginuary ,

Dry January , Manuary , National Blood Donor Month , Veganuary , Thyroid Awareness Month , National Birth Defects Awareness Month , Cervical Cancer Awareness Month , National Slow Cooking Month , Bread Machine Baking Month , National Clean Up Your Computer Month , International Brainteaser Month ,National Be On - Purpose Month , National Clean Up Your IRS Act Month , National Skating Month , Fresh Florida Tomato , Month , National CBD Month , Apply and Apricot Month , National Hobby Month , National Bath Safety Month , Clap 4 Health Month , National Poverty In America Awareness Month , National Black Diamond Month , Get A Balanced Life Month , Get Organized Month , International Creativity Month , Celebration Of Life Month , National Be Kind To Food Servers Month , National Hot Tea Month,

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5-Jan-1990

The Indian cricket team's new captain is Mohammad Azharuddin.

5-Jan-1992

Ravi Shastri scored 206 runs at the SCG before Warne got his first cricket Test wicket.

5-Jan-1994

Jnanpith Award U. And. Ananta Murthy (Kannada) was awarded.

5-Jan-1994

Jnanpeeth Award to Oriya poet Sitakantha Mahapatra.

5-Jan-1994

The Tamil Nadu Assembly has passed two bills to replace the Governor with Chancellors of all universities as Chief Ministers.

5-Jan-1995