5 July - India on this day28 events

Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882-1927), classical singer and Muslim mystic, was born. He was instrumental in bringing Sufism to the music.

Archik Venkatesh Gopalkrishna, great poet, journalist and orator, was born at Dharwar, Mysore.

Ram Vilas Jamun Paswan was born in Shaharbanni, Distt. Khagaria (Bihar).

Vaikom Mohammed Basheer, 86, Malayalam literary genius, died in Beypore in Kerala.

Aurangzeb arrested Murad.

Baigum Hazrat Mahal again attack on Lucknow.

Lord Curzon joined the part of Bengal to Asam and divided Bengal.

'Hindumashinary Society' was established by Gajanan Bhaskar Vaidya.

Naval Submarine wing in Indian Naval Force came into existence with the arrival of the first submarine from the Soviet Union.

Indian Airlines airbus hijacked, lands in Lahore.

Centre scraps octroi in Union Territories.

Air Marshal Swarup Krishna Kaul appointed Chief of Air Staff.

Tarapur nuclear station controls the leakage and soil contamination within the natural background radiation levels.

Two buses, which were inaugurated from Dhaka, arrive in Calcutta.

An Amusement and Picnic Resorts Pvt. Ltd. with five dolphins and sea lions was inaugurated at Mahabalipuram.

Indian Act, 1947 was presented in British Parliament, which was then accepted by the emperor on 18th July.

Kiran Bedi, Delhi IG, wins Magsaysay Award.

Supreme Court dismisses the stay petition of Union Government regarding lifting of ban on the RSS and the Bajrang Dal by the Babri Tribunal.

Bahadur Prasad at London sets record for 3000m in 7.56.74.

Rachita Mistry breaks P.T. Usha's long-standing record in 100m (11.39s) clocking 11.26s in the National circuit meet in Bangalore.

B. N. Sircar, producer and founder of International Film Craft and New Theaters Ltd., Calcutta was born at Bhagalpur. His films are Boker Bojha, Chorekanta, Chasar Meye (1931).

Indian Women's University was established at Hingne near Poona by Dr. Dhondo Keshav Karve with just four students. After 1920, it was renamed as Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Indian Women's University.

Dr. Anugrah Narain Singh, great leader, freedom fighter, educationist and Minister of India, died..

Indian ship capsized in Krishna River in eastern India claiming 150 lives.

G. C. Saxena, J&K Governor, promulgates J&K Disturbed Areas Act, 1990, declaring several districts as disturbed area.

Janata Dal splits. Laloo Prasad Yadav forms Rashtriya Janata Dal and Sharad Yadav was elected as the Janta Dal president.

Janata Dal expels dissident Maneka Gandhi from primary membership of the party.

The Prime Minister rules out restoring pre-1953 status to Jammu and Kashmir.