5th July – What Happened Today In History?

What Happened Today In History?

Find out what happened on 5th July in History. There are a lot many happenings which had taken place on this date in the pages of Indian History, here we have listed some of the very important events occurred on 5th July.
Famous Birthdays in History on this day:

Zayed Abbas Khan ( born 5 July 1980) is an Indian actor. Khan’s parents are former Bollywood actor Sanjay Khan and interior designer Zarine Khan. Khan is the youngest of four children. His older sisters are Simone Khan (wife of Ajay Arora), Sussanne Roshan (married to actor Hrithik Roshan), and Farah Khan Ali (wife of DJ Aqeel).
Rakesh (born 5 July 1960) is an Indian investor and trader by profession. He is a Chartered accountant by qualification. He is also an equity investor in India and manages his own portfolio as a partner in his asset management firm, Rare Enterprises. Jhunjhunwala was described in a magazine as the “pin-up boy of the current bull run” and by another as “Pied Piper of Indian bourses”.
Ram Vilas Paswan (born 5 July 1946) is the president of the Lok Janshakti Party and a Rajya Sabha MP. Paswan was born to a Dusadh family. He holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Master of Arts degrees from Kosi College, Khagaria and Patna University.
Mumtaj is a Tamil film actress, who has appeared in Tamil films. She is probably best known for her performances in Kushi and Rajathi Raja. She was a judge on STAR Vijay’s reality dance competition Boys Vs Girl in its first season with Srikanth (actor) She is now a judge on Kalignar TV’s Maanada Mayilaada season 6.

Death anniversaries on 5th July:

Lala Deen Dayal (1844–1905) (also known as Raja Deen Dayal) was a Indian photographer. His career began in the mid-1870s as a commissioned photographer; eventually he set up studios in Indore, Mumbai and Hyderbad. He became the court photographer to the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad, Mahbub Ali Khan, Asif Jah VI, who awarded him the title Musawwir Jung Raja Bahadur.
Subhendu Chatterjee (29 November 1936 – 5 July 2007) was an Indian actor of television and films in Bengali. He started his film career with Mrinal Sen’s Akash Kusum in 1965. He was appreciated for his restrained portrayal of the honest friend who would fail to prevent his go-getting friend (played by Soumitra Chatterjee) from the path of corruption and humiliation.

Notable Events:

1994– Kiran Bedi wins Magsaysay Award.
1947 – Indian Act is presented in British Parliament. It is then accepted by the emperor on 18th July.
1917 – Hindumashinary Society’ is established by Gajanan Bhaskar Vaidya.