Today Importance - 5th December
5-December-1657
Murad declared himself the emperor of India.
5-December-1872
Bhai Veer Singh, the great poet, social worker, writer, educationist, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born in Amritsar.
5-December-1898
Birth of famous Urdu poet Josh Malihabadi.
5-December-1905
Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah was born in Soura, Srinagar, Kashmir.
5-December-1931
Gandhiji left England and came to India.
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5-December-1931
Jayantji Nadkarni, former Admiral of the Indian Navy, was born.
5-December-1933
Balendu Shantilal Jain, famous Hindi writer, Kunchord, M.P.
5-December-1935
Birth of Indian Army Chief Bipin Chandra Joshi.
5-December-1943
Japanese planes attacked Calcutta port.
5-December-1946
Dada Maharaj Satarkar passed away.
5-December-1950
Sikkim became a reserved state of India.
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5-December-1950
Death of great revolutionary, freedom fighter and teacher Shri Aurobindo Ghosh.
5-December-1951
Abanindranath Tagore, one of the great modern Indian painters and sculptors, breathed his last in Calcutta.
5-December-1959
Cricketer (12 Tests for England, 995 runs) KS Dalipsinghji passes away.
5-December-1990
With the induction of 60 ministers, the Bihar cabinet became India's largest ever cabinet with a total of 71 ministers.
5-December-1991
56 JDU MLAs belong to VP. Singh family elected new leader in UP!
5-December-1991
Official report received.
5-December-1991
The government has reduced the visa fee for tourists wishing to visit India.
5-December-1992
Manisha, actress and 1987 'Urvasi' award winner for Malayalam film 'Nakhkasthangal', passed away at the age of 21.
5-December-1992
While going to Ayodhya, V.P. in Barabanki. Singh and hundreds were arrested.
5-December-1993
Congress and MJD captured Mizoram again.
5-December-1993
Congress has formed its seventh cabinet in Madhya Pradesh. Digvijay Singh was elected Chief Minister.
5-December-1994
Former Prime Minister VP Singh resigned from Parliament.
5-December-1998
Jaswant Singh and Pramod Mahajan are taking charge as the new Foreign Minister and Information and Broadcasting Minister. Jagmohan is holding the post of Communications Minister.
5-December-1999
India's Yukta Mukhi won the Miss World crown.
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5-December-1999
The Union Home Ministry has asked the Intelligence Bureau (IB) to investigate IB officials in the ISRO espionage case.
5-December-2000
Postal workers went on an indefinite nationwide strike which the government described as 'illegal'.
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