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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India

DateEvent 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.


 


Other Historical Dates and Events
01/24/1976Burmah Shell, a private oil company, was nationalised and renamed as Bharat Refineries.
10/28/1867Swami Vivekanand Sister Nivedita, great freedom fighter, revolutionary and politician, was born at Dunganon in Ireland.
09/01/1989Yasser Arafat chosen for the 1988 Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding.
02/28/1927Krishan Kant, vice President of India and former Young Turk, was born at Kot Mohd. Khan, district Amritsar, Punjab.
12/29/1965First Indian-made tank 'Vijayanta' rolled off the Avadi Heavy Vehicles factory.
10/01/1997Parliamentarian and All-India Forward Bloc general secretary, Chitta Basu died during his journey by Howrah-bound Danaput Express from Patna. He was 72.
08/22/1915Shambhu Mishra, Bengali actor, director and playwright, was born.
04/18/1918Amboo 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.
08/07/1906First 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.
08/10/1992P. P. Thorat, retired Lt and General, died.