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Sunday, November 5, 2023

Today Importance - 5th November

5-Nov-1509

Don Francis-de-Almeida of Portugal succeeded Afonso de Albuquerque as Viceroy of Portuguese India, who is considered the real founder of Portuguese power in India.

5-Nov-1556

In the Second Battle of Panipat, the Mughals led by Akbar defeated the Hindu ruler Hemu.

5-Nov-1605

Ascension of Jahangir.

5-Nov-1870

Freedom fighter, famous lawyer and orator Chittaranjan Das was born in Kolkata.

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5-Nov-1892

John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, biologist, born in Oxford.

5-Nov-1906

Instead of the name of the issuing cycle, the initials of the place of issue of the note are printed.

5-Nov-1907

Special commissioner appointed to deal with the famine situation.

5-Nov-1915

Birth of Bala Saheb Deoras, Chief Organizer of RSS.

5-Nov-1920

The Indian Red Cross Society in India was established under Bengal Act VIII. The St. John Ambulance Association is a branch of this society that carries out activities to promote health, prevent disease and alleviate suffering.

5-Nov-1927

Lord Irwin, Viceroy of India Gandhiji in New Delhi, S. Srinivas met Iyengar and M.A. Ansari met Congress leaders.

5-Nov-1928

Former Chief Election Commissioner of India R. V.S. Birth of Parishastri.

5-Nov-1929

Narottam Morarji, the great social reformer and creator of the modern Indian ship, has passed away.

5-Nov-1930

Madhya Pradesh leader Arjun Singh was born.

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5-Nov-1931

The Cricket Test Umpire for 2 Tests from 1983-84 was M.G. Subramaniam was born in Karnataka.

5-Nov-1945

A case was filed against Azad Hind Fauz soldiers at the Red Fort in Delhi.

5-Nov-1950

Renowned Indian classical singer Fayaz Khan passed away.

5-Nov-1951

Western Railway and Central Railway were formed in Bombay; Various time tables have been established.

5-Nov-1956

Nehru broke his silence by condemning the Soviet Union for the oppression in Hungary.

5-Nov-1956

The University Grants Commission Act established the UGC.

5-Nov-1961

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru arrived in New York. This is the first time an Indian Prime Minister has visited the US.

5-Nov-1976

The Lok Sabha voted to extend his life by another year.

5-Nov-1977

Indira Gandhi was arrested and released unconditionally. Outside Undertakings Clergyman Atal Bihari Vajpayee tends to the Unified Countries General Gathering in Hindi.

5-Nov-1990

The Janata Party broke up. The separatist group claimed that it had the support of 58 MPs to elect Mr. Chandrasekhar as leader. VP. The Singh government lost the trust vote in the Lok Sabha.

5-Nov-1994

Russo Modi was appointed chairman of Air India and Indian Airlines.

5-Nov-1995

Common Guidance Test Flight of Trishul successful.

5-Nov-1995

Prime Minister Narasimha Rao arrived in Argentina to attend the G-15 Summit in Buenos Aires.

5-Nov-1996

Former Prime Minister Narashima Rao refused bail in St. Kitts fraud case.

5-Nov-1996

Madhavrao Scindia rejoined the Congress.

5-Nov-1996

The United Front suffered a setback, with a section, the Madhya Pradesh Vikash Party, deciding to quit and merge with the Congress(I).

5-Nov-1997

The Ministry of Railways has doubled the amount of compensation. 2 lakhs to 4 lakhs for victims of rail accidents and other untoward incidents.

5-Nov-1998

Despite differences over various provisions of the 1960 Indus Water Treaty, India and Pakistan agreed to continue their negotiations on the Tulbul Navigator project in Jhelum, Kashmir.

5-Nov-1998

Death of Baba Nagarjuna "Vaidyanath Misra". He wrote in Hindi, Maitali and Sanskrit. Some of his famous works are "Patra-Hin-Nag Gya", "Dukhmochan", "Yugadhara" and "Sahath" "Preta Ka Bayan".

5-Nov-1999

India's Aarti Ramaswamy won the girls' Under-18 title at the World Youth Chess Festival in Oropesa, Spain. Koneru Hampi won the silver award in young ladies' U-12 class.

5-Nov-1999

West Indies fast bowler Malcolm Marshall died at Queen Elizabeth Hospital after battling stomach cancer for over six months.

5-Nov-1999

In the bitumen scam case, the CBI arrested Bihar's road construction minister Ilyas Hussain and conducted raids.

5-Nov-2000

Interpol has issued a "look-out" notice for the five men and their two accomplices who hijacked an Indian Airlines flight in December 1999.