This Day in History on 5th May
The historical events hold a lot of value for aspirants who are sitting for UPSC competitive exams including the IAS Exam.
On this page, we will list all historical events that occurred on 5th May. The students can refer to them while preparing for all competitive exams and banking exams.
Important Days
- Indian Arrival Day (Guyana)
Important Events
1260: Kublai Khan became the emperor of the Mongols.
1883: Surendra Nath Banerjee became the first journalist to go to jail.
1903: Former minister William Petty declares the Persian Gulf a part of British dominion in India.
1929: Curfew was imposed in a bid to quell Hindu-Muslim riots that had claimed 21 lives in Bombay.
1930: Gandhiji was arrested and imprisoned without trial. As a result, there was ”hartal” (strike) all over India. Over 100,000 people were jailed before the end of the year.
1936: Italian troops captured Addis Ababa.
1944: Gandhi-Jinnah talks break down on Pakistan issue.
1946: Simla Conference in session from May 5 to May 12; Gandhiji’s deliberations prove anfractuous.
1947: Gandhiji denies in an interview that communal division of India is inevitable.
1955: West Germany gained sovereignty.
1961: Alan Shepherd became the first American to go into space.
1964: Europe Council declared May 5 as Europe Day.
1966: Jan Congress Party was established in Orissa.
1971: India appeals for urgent aid for 1.8 mil. for Bangladeshi refugees in New Delhi.
1977: Chandra Shekar was chosen President of the Janatha Party.
1984: Phu Dorji becomes the first Indian to conquer Everest without oxygen backup.
1986: Controversial Muslim Women Bill passed by Lok Sabha.
1992: Prithvi, India’s medium-range surface-to-surface missile, successfully launched.
1994: Revolt against Nar Bahadur Bhandari government in Sikkim, Sanchaman Limboo elected new leader.
1998: Yashwant Sinha and Madan Lal Khurana, Union Ministers, are discharged in the hawala case.
2005: Labor Party leader Tony Blair became Prime Minister for the third time in Britain.
2020: The National Telecommunication Commission issued a Cease and desist order to ABS – CBN Corporation to stop the operation of its free TV and radio stations one day after their 25-year Congressional franchise was expired.
Birthday / Anniversary
1479: Sikh Guru Amardasji, a great social worker, and teacher was born at Basare village near Amritsar district.
1818: Karl Marx, a great journalist, chief editor, writer and social worker, was born at Trier, Germany.
1883: Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English general and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India (d. 1950)
1864: Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi, an Indian Hindi writer, and editor.
1903: Tirupur Subramaniam Avinashilingam Chettiar, freedom fighter, educationist and politician, was born in Tirupur (Tamil Nadu).
1905: Pandit Raghunath Murmu, an Indian Santali writer and educator.
1906: Ursula Jeans, actress (I Lived With You, Over the Moon), was born in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.
1916: Giani Zail Singh, President of India, was born in Sandhwan village, Punjab.
1911: Pritilata Waddedar, Indian educator and activist (d. 1932)
1954: Manohar Lal Khattar, 10th Chief Minister of Haryana.
1956: Gulshan Kumar, an Indian businessman who was the founder of the T-Series music label, and a Bollywood movie producer.
Death / Death Anniversary
1821: Napoleon Bonaparte, a French statesman, and military leader. He became the emperor of the French from 1804 until 1814.
1918: Tryambak Bapuji Thombre, an Indian Marathi poet.
1932: Prabhatkumar Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali short story writer and novelist, passed away.
1942: Henry Albert John Gidney, a great leader and politician, died at New Delhi.
1972: Loknathan P. S., a great economist, passed away.
1983: Keshavrao Kothavle ‘Lalit’, editor of monthly magazine, passed away.
1989: Naval Tata, a famous industrialist, passed away.
1993: Balak Brahmachari, [Marxist Godman], famous Indian guru, passed away at 73 yrs.
2006: Naushad Ali, Indian composer and producer (b. 1919)
2007: Theodore Harold Maiman, an American engineer, and physicist. He is widely credited with the invention of the laser.
2012: Surendranath, Indian cricketer (b. 1937)