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This Day in History on 5 June
The historical events hold a lot of value for aspirants who are sitting for UPSC competitive exams including that of the IAS Exam.On this page, we will list all historical events that have occurred on 5 June. The students can refer them while preparing for all competitive exams and banking exams.
Important Days:
- Indian Arrival Day (Suriname)
Important Events:


- 1659: Dara Shukoh celebrated his coronation at Deorai after the final defeat.
- 1882: Cyclonic Storm & floods in Arabian Sea hit Bombay. About 100,000 people drowned.
- 1974: Smallpox epidemic in the country.
- 1980: Manipur University was established.
- 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 especially in Punjab.
- 1989: Missile `Trishul’ tested successfully.
- 1994: India test-fires a missile capable of reaching targets in China
- 1995: A three-week long, the first ever Indo-US joint army training exercise begins.
- 1995: Manmohan Singh re-elected to Rajya Sabha from Assam.
- 1997: Brahmapuram diesel power project, KSEB’s first thermal power project, situated 25 km from Kochi, Kerala commissioned.
- 1998: Ali Sardar Jafri, Urdu writer, is presented the Jnanpeeth award for 1997.
Birthday / Anniversary:

- 1879: Narayan Malhar Joshi, father of Labour Union

Movement in India was born at Goregaon in the Kolaba district, Maharashtra.
Death / Death Anniversary:


1973: Madhav Sadashiv Golvalkar, politician, and RSS chief, passed away.