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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 06/07/1539 |
Sher Shah defeats Humayun near Buxar at Chausa and becomes emperor of Delhi. |
| 06/07/1606 |
Guru Arjundev, fifth Guru of Sikhs, passed away. |
| 06/07/1631 |
Begum Mumtaj Mahal, wife of Shah Jahan, Emperor of India, passed away at Burhanpur a few hours after the birth of a daughter. She was married in 1612 and the Taj Mahal was built for her. |
| 06/07/1955 |
Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian Prime Minister, visited U.S.S.R. |
| 06/07/1965 |
Ashutosh Kali, great revolutionary, passed away. |
| 06/07/1974 |
Mahesh Bhupathi, Tennis star, was born. He is the winner of French Open 1997 (mixed doubles) and 1999 (doubles) and Wimbledon 1999. |
| 06/07/1979 |
Bhaskara-I, first experimental satellite for Earth resources/meteorology remote sensing and the Second Satellite of India, launched. This satellite carried TV and microwave cameras. It was launched by Russian launch vehicle 'Intercosmos'. |
| 06/07/1984 |
Indian Army troops, sent to Punjab to quell Sikh violence, stormed the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the holiest of Sikh shrines. More than 400 persons were reported killed in the assault at the shrine, including Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. |
| 06/07/1989 |
Sheetal Pandya set up a world record at the age of 5 years. |
| 06/07/1993 |
Sai Baba escapes attempt on life. Four assailants and two bodyguards were killed. |
| 06/07/1996 |
Sq. Ldr. Sanjay Thapar of IAF becomes the first Indian to jump from a parachute and hoist the national flag at the North Pole. |
| 06/07/1997 |
At least 37 persons were feared killed in a fire in ''yagyashala'' at Thanjavur Big Temple. |
| 06/07/1997 |
Mahesh Bhupathi becomes the first Indian to win a Grand Slam title when he and Japan's Rika Hiraki claim the mixed doubles. |
| 06/07/1998 |
India emerges World Bank's single largest borrower with cumulative loans of 44 billion dollars. |
| 06/07/1999 |
Supreme Court, through an interim order, stayed the execution of the four accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case till July 19, 1999. |
| 06/07/2000 |
Telecom Commission approves the free phone bonanza for all telecom employees announced by the Union Communications Minister Ram Vilas Paswan. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 01/24/1976 | Burmah Shell, a private oil company, was nationalised and renamed as Bharat Refineries. |
| 10/28/1867 | Swami Vivekanand Sister Nivedita, great freedom fighter, revolutionary and politician, was born at Dunganon in Ireland. |
| 09/01/1989 | Yasser Arafat chosen for the 1988 Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding. |
| 02/28/1927 | Krishan Kant, vice President of India and former Young Turk, was born at Kot Mohd. Khan, district Amritsar, Punjab. |
| 12/29/1965 | First Indian-made tank 'Vijayanta' rolled off the Avadi Heavy Vehicles factory. |
| 10/01/1997 | Parliamentarian and All-India Forward Bloc general secretary, Chitta Basu died during his journey by Howrah-bound Danaput Express from Patna. He was 72. |
| 08/22/1915 | Shambhu Mishra, Bengali actor, director and playwright, was born. |
| 04/18/1918 | Amboo alias Lalita Pawar was born in Indore. She will be always remembered as the a leading film actress and character artist. Her first film was 'Ganimi Kawa' (1928). Some of the other films of silent era are Shri Balaji, Bhimsen, Champion of the Sward, Chatur Sunderi, Goodbye Marriage, Flaming Soul, Kailash. |
| 08/07/1906 | First Tricoloured National Flag consisting of Green, Yellow and Red, with eight Lotuses on the top, second strip carrying ""Vande Matara"" in Devnagri and the third strip having Sun and Cresent Moon, was hoisted at Green Park in Calcutta by Surendranath Banerjee. |
| 08/10/1992 | P. P. Thorat, retired Lt and General, died. |
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