Today in Indian History
Events for January 5

5-January-1316	Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan was born.
5-January-1592	ShahJahan, Mughal emperor of India, was born at Lahore.
5-January-1659	Aurangzeb defeated Shah Shuja in the battle of Khawan near Allahabad.
5-January-1671	Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj captured the 'Salher' fort from Mughals.
5-January-1869	Venkatesh Tirko Kulkarni, famous Kannad novelist 'Galagnath', was born.
5-January-1890	Ganendra Mohan Tagore died.
5-January-1893	Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952), universalist Hindu, great saint, social reformer, writer and litterateur was born at Gorakhpur. He was the renaissance founder of Self Realization Fellowship (1925) in US, author of famed 'Autobiography of a Yogi' (1946), popular book globalizing India's spiritual traditions.
5-January-1934	Dr. Murli Manohar Manmohan Joshi was born in Delhi.
5-January-1941	Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi jr., Indian batsman & youngest Indian Test Captain), was born in Bhopal.
5-January-1948	Parthasarathy Harishchandra Sharma, cricketer (Indian batsman of the mid-70's), was born in Alwar, Rajasthan.
5-January-1952	U.S. signs five-year accord to give India $ 50 mil. for economic development in New Delhi.
5-January-1952	Nawab of Pataudi Sr, cricketer (played polo 3 Tests for England 3 for India), died.
5-January-1952	John Hope Victor Alexander, Viceroy of India (1936-43), died at the age of 64.
5-January-1953	Andhra University celebrated its silver jubilee.
5-January-1955	Kumari Mamata Promileswar Banerjee was born in Calcutta (West Bengal).
5-January-1957	Adintrim Sales Tax Act was introduced and the Central Sales Tax Act of 1956 came into force.
5-January-1968	Government of India accepts the administrative reforms commission's recommendation to appoint a Lok Pal.
5-January-1974	Virendranath Dasgupta, great revolutionary, died.
5-January-1982	C. Ramchandra (Chitalkar), famous music director, died.
5-January-1985	Rajiv Gandhi promises to solve the Punjab problem without yielding to 'separatist ideologies.
5-January-1988	India's first indigenously built 'Braille' script released short hand machine for the blind.
5-January-1990	Mohammad Azharuddin was made captain of Indian cricket team.
5-January-1992	Ravi Shastri scores 206 at SCG before being Warne's 1st cricket Test wkt.
5-January-1994	Jnanpith Award was given to U. R. Anantha Murthy (Kannada).
5-January-1994	Jnanpith Award for Oriya Poet Sitakant Mahapatra.
5-January-1994	Tamil Nadu Assembly passes two bills making the Chief Minister, the Chancellor of all universities instead of the Governor.
5-January-1995	India receives first consignment of Chinese Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) for the 2 US built Tarapur nuclear plant with the approval of IAEA.
5-January-1995	Jitendra Prasad succeeds N.D. Tiwari as UPCC-I chief.
5-January-1995	PM gives valedictory address at the 8th World Tamil Conference in Madurai.
5-January-1998	60 are killed as the Bareilly-Varanasi passenger train rammed the Kashi Viswanath Express near Hardoiin, Uttar Pradesh.
5-January-1998	Laloo Yadav, RJD president, and BSP chief Kanshi Ram launch a seven-party ""Jan Morch
5-January-2000	Tamil Nadu regains Subbiah Pillai Trophy one day cricket tournament.