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Find out what happened in India on 05 October
East India company got authority from the King of England to mint Indian currencies 'Rupee and Paise' coins in Bombay.
Lord Charles Cornwallis, Governor General, died of ill health at Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh.
Cyclone destroyed most of Calcutta city in which approximately 50,000 people died.
Laxmi Narayan Barua, Assamia novelist, was born.
First Indian circus was played by Vishnu Moreshwar Chhatre of Sangli at Mumbai.
Kishorlal Ghanshyamlal Mashruwala, great thinker and philosopher of Gandhi era, was born.
British MP Keir Hardie reported fomenting rebellion in India.
Madhavrao Laxmanrao Apte, cricketer (7 Tests for India, 1 century), was born in Bombay.
A. K. Pillai, great social reformer and politician, died.
Nehru becomes the first recipient of the key of Hiroshima Peace City.
Dalal Lama was honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize (1989).
Meerasahib Fatima Beevi, former High Court judge from Kerala, was named the first woman judge of the Supreme Court.
Parliament passed the 76th Amendment Bill to extend President's rule in Punjab for another six months from November 10, 1990.
Dr. Rajkumar Varma, famous Hindi journalist and playwright, died.
Ramnath Goenka, journalist and founder chairman of the Indian Express Newspapers Group, died at the age of 87 years.
Vinayakrao Devrukhkar, famous playwright, novelist and editor of a daily newspaper 'Sandhya', died.
CBI chargesheeted 40 in Ayodhya case. Advani, Joshi and Bal Thackeray were among the accused.
Geet Sethi retained World Billiards title by beating Mike Russel.
Dr. Kalpana Chawla became the first Indian woman to become an astronaut.
Kiran Bedi, India's first woman police officer, was awarded the Joseph Beuys prize for her work in reforming the largest prison of the country.
Leander-Mahesh win China Open ATP Tour doubles event.
India decides not to attend the special meet on CTBT.
The Government announced hike in diesel prices.