This Day in "History"

[Anup Tiwari]

2-June-1986
One thousand Sikhs
arrested at demonstrations
in Punjab.

2-June-1988
Raj Kapoor, famous film
actor, director and
Dadasaheb Phalke awardee,
passed away.

2-June-1990
Union Government set up
a tribunal to settle the
Cauvery water issue
between Tamil Nadu &
Karnataka.

2-June-1990
Sri Ram Sharma Acharya
passed away. (27-6-91).

2-June-1991
Dinesh Goswami, former
Law Minister, passed away
in a road accident in
Assam.

2-June-1992
The government accepts all
the 15 recommendations of
the Janakiraman
Committee which
unearthed massive
collusion of banks in the
security scam.

2-June-1993
Kurla-Kochi Express rams
into goods train near
Jolarpet in which 22 were
killed and 100 injured.

2-June-1997
Saudi Boeing 747 Jumbo
with 348 people on board
misses the Meenambakkam
international airport,
Chennai and forcelands at
Tambaram Air Force strip.

2-June-2000
Justice A. M. Ahmadi,
former Chief Justice of
India, appointed Chairman
of the Advisory Committee
of the Rajiv Gandhi
National Sadbhavana
Award.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History

Events for June 3

3-June-1818
Maratha wars between British &
Maratha Confederacy in India
ends.

3-June-1844
Balkrishna Bhatt, essay writer,
critic and journalist in Hindi, was
born.

3-June-1865
George V, King of England
(1910-36), was born.

3-June-1890
Baburao Painter (Baburao
Krishnaji Meshri), famous painter,
sculptor, film producer and
director, was born.

3-June-1890
Khan Abdul Gafar Khan, follower
of Mahatma Gandhi, was born.

3-June-1895
Kavalam Madhava Panikkar,
historian and Indian diplomat
(Asia & Western Dominance), was
born.

3-June-1901
Mahakavi G.Sankara Kurup,
Malayalam poet, was born. He was
the first winner of the conveted
Gyaanpeeth Award in 1965 for his
poems ""Odakkuzhal"" in Malayala

3-June-1912
Sohrab Pirojsha Godrej, great
industrialist, was born.

3-June-1915
Sir' knighthood was granted to
Gurudev Ravindranath Tagore by
the British Government.

3-June-1916
Smt. Nathibai Damodar Thakarsey
Women's University was
established.

3-June-1924
Muthuvel Karunanidhi, politician
and playwright, was born in
Thirukkuvalai (Thanjavur).

3-June-1929
Chimanbhai Patel, former Chief
Minister of Gujarat, was born.

3-June-1930
George John Fernandes, social
reformer and politician, was born
in Mangalore (Karnataka)

 

[Anup Tiwari]

3-June-1947
British Government issued the
partition plan, which was worked
out by Lord Louis Mountbatten in
New Delhi and was accepted by
both Muslim League and
Congress. The salient features of
the partition were, 1) Provices of
Bengal and Punjab to be divided.,
2) The Indians will form the
constitution of India and it will
only be applicable in the areas
where people accept it., 3) The
province of Baluchistan shall
adopt proper ways to decide its
future., 4) 562 Princely States
shall be free to decide their own
future., 5) Referendum shall be
held in N.W.F.P. and Assam., 6)
The Governor General of both
countries shall be the executive
head of their respective
countries., 7) Military assets shall
be divided between the two
countries and 8) Red Cliff Mission
was setup, to demarcate the
boundaries of the two countries.
India would become free on 15th
August 1947.

3-June-1947
Evening newspaper 'Jay Hind'
published.

3-June-1972
First British designed Indian built
mordern warship of the Leander
class, 'INS Nilgiri' commissioned
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, was
completely made in Mazgaon
Dock, Mumbai.

3-June-1977
K. Brahmananda Reddi elected
President of the Indian National
Congress.

3-June-1985
The week comprising of five
working days was implemented in
Central Government Offices for its
staff.

3-June-1992
Kerala CM K. Karunakaran injured
in a road accident.

3-June-1992
M. N. Goiporia, SBI Chairman,
asked to go on leave following
security scam.

3-June-1993
K N Venkatasubramanian,IOC
Chairman, suspended for leaking
information about oil purchase
plans to international dealers.

3-June-1995
Mayavati (BSP) becomes the new
CM of UP with the outside support
of BJP.

3-June-1995
President's rule in J&K extended
for another 6 months.

3-June-1997
Four women ministers (Renuka
Choudhry, Kamala Sinha,
Ratnamala Savanur & Jayanti
Natarajan) join I K Gujral cabinet.

3-June-1998
The naval version of the surface-
to-air missile, Trishul, is test-fired
in Kochi.

3-June-1999
Flight Lieutenant K. Nachiketa is
handed over by the International
Committee of the Red Cross to the
Indian High Commissioner inside
the High Commission premises.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History

Events for June 4

4-June-1902
Richard Allen, India, field
hockey goal tender
(Olympic-gold-1928), was
born.

4-June-1903
Gandhiji established the
weekly journal ""Indian
Opinion"" organised at
Phoenix farm near Dur

4-June-1912
Alungal Mathai Thomas,
social reformer, politician
and diplomat, was born at
Kurikad, Kerala.

4-June-1926
Dalai Lama introduces a
tax on ears for Tibetans
to equip the army. Those
with only one ear will pay
half the tax.

4-June-1932
Mahendranath Gupt,
follower of Ramkrishna
Paramhans, passed away.

4-June-1936
Nutan, film actress, was
born.

4-June-1941
National Seva Dal was
established.

4-June-1947
Hindi daily 'Nai Duniya'
started publication at
Indore, Madhya Pradesh.

4-June-1947
Dharmanand Damodar
Kosambi, internationally
famous Pandit of
Buddhism, passed away.

4-June-1953
University of Cambridge
confers honorary
Doctorate of Laws on J. L.
Nehru.

4-June-1955
Ministry of Iron & Steel
inaugurated.

4-June-1958
The three-men Indian
Mountaineering group
successfully climbed the
high Peak in the Garhwal
Hills Range.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

4-June-1959
Chakravarti
Rajagopalachari opposed
the Socialist Policies of
Indian National Congress
and founded Swatantra
Party alongwith Ranga.

4-June-1972
First Environment Day.

4-June-1986
Masti Vyanktesh Iyengar,
famous Kannad author
and Gyanpeeth Puraskar
awardee, passed away.

4-June-1987
A Swedish Government
enquiry finds that Bofors
paid commission to
middlemen for concluding
Arms Purchase Agreement
with India.

4-June-1989
Melville de Mellow,
Eminent broadcaster,
died.

4-June-1992
Stock broker Harshad
Mehta and his associates
arrested.

4-June-1993
L K Advani unanimously
elected President of BJP.

4-June-1993
The Babri tribunal strikes
down ban on RSS and
Bajrang Dal and upholds
outlawing of VHP.

4-June-1994
Army successfully test-
fires the short range
surface-to-surface missile,
'Prithvi'.

4-June-1997
Fourth Indian Remote
Sensing Satellite (IRS-1D),
carring advanced remote
sensing cameras launched
by India's Polar Satellite
Launch Vehicle (PSLV-1D),
in service.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

4-June-1997
Defence Ministry denies
Washington Post's report
that India has deployed
Prithvi missile on Punjab
border with Pakistan.
4-June-1997
Special Judge Ajit
Bharihoke discharges
former Prime Minister P.
V. Narasimha Rao and
former Union Minister
Prof. K. K. Tewary in St.
Kitts forgery case for lack
of sufficient evidence.



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[Thakur]

June 4

1070 Roqueford cheese is accidentally discovered in a cave near Roqueford, France, when a sheperd finds a lunch he had forgotten several days before.

1615 The fortress at Osaka, Japan, falls to Shogun Leyasu after a six-month siege.

1647 Parliamentary forces capture King Charles I and hold him prisoner.

1717 The Freemasons are founded in London.

1792 Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for Britain.

1794 British troops capture Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

1805 Tripoli is forced to conclude peace with the United States after a conflict over tribute.

1859 The French army, under Napoleon III, takes Magenta from the Austrian army.

1864 Confederates under General Joseph Johnston retreat to the mountains in Georgia.

1911 Gold is discovered in Alaska's Indian Creek.

1918 French and American troops halt Germany's offensive at Chateau-Thierry, France.

1919 The U.S. Senate passes the Women's Suffrage bill.

1940 British complete the evacuation of 300,000 troops at Dunkirk.

1943 In Argentina, Juan Peron takes part in the military coup that overthrows Ramon S. Castillo.

1944 The U-505 becomes the first enemy submarine captured by the U.S. Navy.

1944 Allied troops liberate Rome.

1946 Juan Peron is installed as Argentina's president.

1953 North Korea accepts the United Nations proposals in all major respects.

1960 The Taiwan island of Quemoy is hit by 500 artillery shells fired from the coast of Communist China.

1972 Black activist Angela Davis is found not guilty of murder, kidnapping, and criminal conspiracy.
Born on June 4

1738 George III, English king (1760-1820).

1843 Charles C. Abbott, American naturalist (Days Out of Doors).

1889 Beno Gutenberg, seismologist.

1895 Dino Conte Grandi, Italy's delegate to League of Nations.

1904 Alvah Bessie, screenwriter and novelist.

1937 Robert Fulghum, American author (All I Really need to Know I learned in Kindergarten).

1945 Anthony Braxton, jazz composer and saxaphonist. - See more at: Today In History. What Happened This Day In History

 

[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History

Events for June 5

5-June-1659
Dara Shukoh celebrated his
coronation at Deorai after
the final defeat.

5-June-1879
Narayan Malhar Joshi,
father of Labour Union
Movement in India, was
born at Goregaon in the
Kolaba district,
Maharashtra.

5-June-1882
Cyclonic Storm & floods in
Arabian Sea hit Bombay.
About 100,000 people
drowned.

5-June-1896
Muhammad Ismail Sahib,
president of the Madras
State Muslim League and
freedom fighter, was born
at Pettai, Tamil Nadu. He
was the member of Rajya
Sabha as well as Lok
Sabha.

5-June-1923
Santosh Kumar Kisku Rev,
great educationist and
social worker, was born.

5-June-1927
Sarjit Singh Bal,
educationist, was born in
Renala Khurd, Punjab.

5-June-1929
S.V. Subramanian, great
Hindi writer, was born at
Virakeralanpudur, Tamil
Nadu.

5-June-1961
Ramesh Krishnan, Indian
tennis star, was born. He
was also the winner of
Junior Wimbledon 1979.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

5-June-1966
Indian rupee devalued by
36.5 percent.

5-June-1973
Madhav Sadashiv Golvalkar,
politician and RSS chief,
passed away.

5-June-1974
Smallpox epidemic in the
country.

5-June-1975
Ramsing, great freedom
fighter and editor of
`Navyug Patrika', passed
away.

5-June-1980
Manipur University was
established.

5-June-1981
Gopal Saini at Tokyo sets
record for 3000m ST. in
8,30.88.

5-June-1984
Operation 'Blue Star' was
launched by Indira Gandhi.
Indian commandos
stormed into Sikh's holiest
gurudwara Golden Temple
in Amritsar to flush out
the terrorists and other
anti-government elements.
Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale
and over 325 people were
killed in the temple. Thus
a great rebel arose all over
the nation and specially in
Punjab.

5-June-1989
Missile `Trishul' tested
successfully.

5-June-1992
Hindi weelky of Indian
Express Group 'Screen'
published.

5-June-1993
Unlawful Activities
(prevention) Tribunal
headed by Justice P N Nagi
upholds the ban on
Islamic Sevak Sangh.

5-June-1994
India test-fires a missile
capable of reaching targets
in China.

5-June-1994
Shakti Singh at Bangalore
sets record for DT in 61.72

5-June-1995
A three-week long, the first
ever Indo-US joint army
training exercise begins.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

5-June-1996
United Front Govt's
Common Minimum
Programme announced.

5-June-1996
Kubernath Rai, well known
writer, passed away.

5-June-1997
Brahmapuram diesel power
project, KSEB's first
thermal power project,
situated 25 km from Kochi,
Kerala commissioned.

5-June-1997
Prime Minister Gujral went
on a 3-day visit to Nepal.

5-June-1997
I. K. Gujral's visit to Nepal
was marked by signing of
Power Trade Agreement
and MoU on civil aviation.

5-June-1998
Ali Sardar Jafri, Urdu
writer, is presented the
Jnanpeeth award for 1997.

5-June-1999
The Army releases
documents seized from
three Pakistani soldiers in
the Batalik sector to
substantiate its claim that
Pakistan regulars are
involved in the Kargil
conflict.