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Historical Event on 01/05/1592

ShahJahan, Mughal emperor of India, was born at Lahore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/14/1992Balasaheb Deora, RSS chief, kept under house arrest. National head quarters of the party in New Delhi sealed.
1/10/1996Centre sets up Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission.
6/27/1966D. S. Joshi was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-12-1968.
11/18/1991In the by-elections, Congress gets 8 Lok Sabha seats and suffers rout in UP assembly, while BJP gets absolute majority.
9/2/1984Thousands of Sikhs rally at Golden Temple to protest govt. occupation in Amritsar.
9/11/1958India and Pakistan announced that most border disputes between the two countries had been settled.
10/1/1932Indian Milatary Academy became functional with Brigadier LP Collins, DSO, OBE as the Commandant. The first course of 40 GCs had on its rolls Sam Manekshaw, Smith Dun and Mohd Musa, later to be Chiefs of the armies of their respective countries, i.e. India, Burma (now Myanmar) and Pakistan. This training was for a period of two and a half years.
5/31/1995Statute Bill, a constitutional amendment bill, introduced in Lok Sabha to extend reservation in jobs and in promotion for SCs and STs.
6/6/1981The worst-ever railway accident took place in Bihar when a train plunged in Samastipur river.
8/19/1999India's role in ASEAN, ARF is lauded at a colloquium in Singapore.