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Historical Event on 05/06/1529
Babur Shah, Mughal Emperior, defeated Afghan Nawab Nasrat Shah, king of Bengal, on the banks of the Gand and the Ghaghra river.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/20/1999 | The CWC expels Sharad Pawar, M. P. A. Sangma and Tariq Anwar for six years from the primary membership of the party. |
| 6/24/1897 | Padmashree Pandit Omkarnath Thakur, famous music director of Gwalior Gharana, was born at Gujrat. |
| 2/2/1835 | Thomas Babington Macaulay westernises education in India. English is made official government and court language and as medium of instruction. |
| 10/6/1913 | V. R. Kant, famous poet, was born. |
| 12/22/1928 | An Alpine Romance', a 709 feet long sound film produced by Universal Picture Corporation, America, was the first sound film censored at Bombay on December 22. The other sound films censored on the same day were 'The Brox Sisters' and 'Bailey and Barnum.' |
| 1/8/1906 | Howrah Railway Station, Calcutta, was inaugurated. |
| 8/10/2000 | Arjuna Ranatunga, former Sri Lankan cricket captain, retires from international cricket. |
| 4/30/1909 | R. Shankar, politician, journalist and former Chief Minister of Kerala, was born. |
| 1/3/1978 | Chandrasekar takes 6-52 at MCG in Indian innings win. |
| 4/7/1818 | British Government imposed 'State Prisoners Regulation III -1818' for detention and deportion of political prisoners and revolutionaries without any trial. This black act was in force till 1947 when India got independence. |
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