Year 1529
Babur Shah, Mughal Emperor, defeated Afghan Nawab Nasrat Shah, king of Bengal, on the banks of the Gand and the Ghaghra river.
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6 May: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 6 May.
Year 1542
St. Francis Xavier arrived at Old Goa, then the capital of Portuguese Goa.
Year 1589
Mian Tansen, a prominent figure of North Indian (Hindustani) classical music and famous singer of Akbar's court, died at Gwalior. Tansen has remembered for his epic Dhrupad compositions, creating several new ragas, as well as for writing two classic books on music Sri Ganesh Stotra and Sangita Sara.
Year 1680
Chatrapati Rajaram Maharaj was crowned.
Year 1775
Nanda Kumar, king of Calcutta, was arrested.
Year 1889
The Eiffel Tower was officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
Year 1910
Edward VII, King of Great Britain and Emperor of India, died suddenly of pneumonia at Buckingham Palace tonight. He ruled Britain for nine years. Power passed immediately to his son George, the Prince of Wales, who will rule as King George V. The 68-year-old monarch's sudden death threw his country into a state of shock. Edward had apparently caught a cold during a visit the past weekend to the wet grounds of his estate at Sandringham.
Year 1941
Joseph Stalin becomes Prime Minister of Russia.
Year 1948
India rejected the Security Council's plan for UN supervision over the plebiscite in Kashmir.
Year 1949
EDSAC launched the first electronic digital storage computer software.
Year 1952
Dr Rajendra Prasad re-elected the President of India ""Rashtrapati"" after the first Presidential election held under the Indian constitute.|
Year 1952
Maria Montessori, pioneer in mordern education, who spent almost 10 years in India, died in Noordwijk aan Zee. The principles and techiques advocated by her are also applied to the education of handicapped children and adult education.
Year 1967
Dr. Zakir Hussain elected President.
Year 1971
D. Sen became the director of the Central Bureau of Investigation
Year 1983
Adolf Hitler’s diary was exposed as a hoax.
Year 1993
Violence in Orissa state secretariat, CM manhandled.
Year 1994
The Euro Tunnel, which runs through the English Gulf and connects England to France, was inaugurated by Queen Elizabeth II of England and Francois Mitra, President of France.
Year 1944
Mahatma Gandhi was released unconditionally from his last imprisonment from Aga Khan Palace in Pune.
Year 1997
12 persons were killed and eight seriously injured in two blasts in east Delhi.
Year 2000
Saurav Ganguly wins the Ceat International Cricketer of the Year award 1999-2000.
Year 2001
Pope John Paul II visited a mosque in Syria. He was the first pope to visit a mosque.
Year 2002
Bhupinder Nath Kirpal became the 31st Chief Justice of India.
Year 2010
Ajmal Amir Kasab, convicted for the 26/11 attack in Mumbai, was sentenced to death.
Born 1856
Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist, philosopher, and the founder of psychoanalysis.
Born 1861
Motilal Gangadhar Nehru, a great Indian lawyer, political leader and social reformer, was born in Agra.
Born 1861
Motilal Gangadhar Nehru, a great Indian lawyer, political leader and social reformer, was born in Agra.
Born 1940
Aban Mistry, an Indian female Tabla player, singer, and musician.
Born 1951
Leela Samson, an Indian Bharatanatyam dancer, choreographer, instructor, and writer.
Born 1953
Tony Blair, a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Died 1589
Tansen, a prominent figure of Hindustani classical music.
Died 1862
Henry Thoreau, was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher.
Died 1916
Edward VII passed away in London.
Died 1922
Chhatrapati Rajarshi Shahu, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer of Kolhapur passed away in Bombay. He was 48.
Died 1946
Bhulabhai Desai, an Indian independence activist and acclaimed lawyer.
Died 1952
Maria Montessori, an Italian physician, and educator.
Died 1966
Raghunath Purushottam Paranjpye, the first Indian to achieve the coveted title of Senior Wrangler at the University of Cambridge.
Died 1973
Shiv Kumar Batalvi, an Indian poet, writer and playwright.
Died 2000
Benoy Krishna Chowdhury (89), veteran freedom fighter and prominent CPI(M) leader, died at a Government Hospital in Calcutta.