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Historical Event on 1/5/1659
Aurangzeb defeated Shah Shuja in the battle of Khawan near Allahabad.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/16/1993 | The Supreme Court stays the operation of M.P. High Court's order quashing President's rule in the state. |
| 7/29/1997 | Rabri Devi inducts 60 ministers, including 22 of cabinet rank, thus raising strength of her Council of Ministers to 74. |
| 8/29/1923 | Hiralal Ghasulal Gaekwad, cricket all-rounder who played Test for India in 1952-53, was born in Nagpur. |
| 7/18/1953 | Riots against increase in streetcar fares continue with demonstrators taking control of parts of Calcutta. |
| 5/5/1946 | Simla Conference in session from May 5 to May 12; Gandhiji's deliberations prove anfractuous. |
| 8/4/1997 | Supreme Court declares that the Rashtrapati Bhavan press communique of 23/1/1992 on a proposal to confer the Bharat Ratna 'posthumously' on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose ""should be treated as cancelled"", as the proposal was dropped by the Government in deference to the sentiments expressed by the public and his family members. |
| 2/22/1885 | Jatindra Mohan Sen Gupta, great nationalist leader, was born. |
| 1/16/1948 | Pakistan charges India with systematic campaign to wipe out Muslims. |
| 2/18/1988 | Jan Nayak Karpoori Thakur, freedom fighter, political leader, great social reformer, teacher and national president of Samyukta Socialist Party, passed away. |
| 10/16/1920 | B. Sathyaji Rao, cricket Test umpire for 17 tests from 1960-79, was born in Karnataka. |
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