5 April - Day in History of India and Importance

National Maritime day
Samata Divas


1663 - Shivaji attacked Shahista Khan
1919 - First Indian Flag Merchant Vessel S.S. Loyalty sailed from Mumbai to London
1930 - Mahatma Gandhi reached Dandi.
1949 - Indian Boy Scount and Girl Guide were established.
1957 - Communist party government was installed in Kerala State.
1961 - IDPL was established in Delhi.
1964 - National Maritime Day celebrated for the first time to  commemorate the first journey of the First Indian Flag Merchant Vessel S.S. Loyalty which sailed from Mumbai to London on 5 April 1919.
http://www.narendramodi.in/prime-minister-inaugurates-merchant-navy-week-2015/


1987 - Centenary of Bombay Fire Brigade was celebrated.


Birthdays

1908 - Babu Jagjivan Ram



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