Year 1539
Sher Shah defeats Humayun near Buxar at Chausa and becomes emperor of Delhi.
JUNE 7
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7 June: 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 7 June.
Observances & Special Days
Journalist Day (Argentina)
Ludi Piscatorii (Roman Empire)
Sette Giugno (Malta)
The first day of the Vestalia (Roman Empire)
Union Dissolution Day (Norway)-
Year 1893
Mahatma Gandhi launched the civil disobedience movement.
Year 1955
Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian Prime Minister, visited U.S.S.R.
Year 1975
The first Cricket World Cup begins in England.
Year 1979
Bhaskara-I, first experimental satellite for Earth resources/meteorology remote sensing and the Second Satellite of India, launched. This satellite carried TV and microwave cameras. It was launched by Russian launch vehicle 'Intercosmos'.
Year 1984
Indian Army troops, sent to Punjab to quell Sikh violence, stormed the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the holiest of Sikh shrines. More than 400 persons were reported killed in the assault at the shrine, including Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale.
Year 1985
Boris Baker became the youngest player to win the Wimbledon men’s singles title at the age of 17.
Year 1989
Sheetal Pandya set up a world record at the age of 5 years.
Year 1994
Economist Prabhakar Narvekar was appointed as the Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), he is the first Indian appointed as the deputy managing director of the IMF.
Year 1997
At least 37 persons were feared killed in a fire in ''yagyashala'' at Thanjavur Big Temple.
Year 1997
Mahesh Bhupathi becomes the first Indian to win a Grand Slam title when he and Japan's Rika Hiraki claim the mixed doubles.
Year 1998
India emerges World Bank's single largest borrower with cumulative loans of 44 billion dollars.
Born 1914
K. A. Abbas, an Indian film director, screenwriter, novelist, and journalist.
Born 1935
Shyama, an Indian film actress.
Born 1942
Muammar al-Gaddafi, a Libyan revolutionary, politician, and political theorist.
Born 1974
Bear Grylls, an adventurer, writer, television presenter, and businessman.
Born 1974
Mahesh Bhupathi, a retired Indian professional tennis player.
Born 1975
Ekta Kapoor, an Indian television producer, film producer, and director.
Died 1606
Guru Arjundev, fifth Guru of Sikhs, passed away.
Died 1931
Begum Mumtaj Mahal, wife of Shah Jahan, Emperor of India, passed away at Burhanpur a few hours after the birth of a daughter. She was married in 1612 and the Taj Mahal was built for her.
Died 1954
Alan Turing, an English mathematician.
Died 1965
Ashutosh Kali, great revolutionary, passed away.
Died 1970
E. M. Forster, an English fiction writer, essayist, and librettist.
Died 1978
Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
Died 2002
Basappa Danappa Jatti, the fifth Vice President of India.
Died 2008
Alladi Ramakrishnan, an Indian physicist.
Died 2002
B. D. Jatti, Indian lawyer and politician, 5th Vice President of India (b. 1912)
Died 2020
Chiranjeevi Sarja, an Indian film actor.