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Learn about the importance of 5th December. Read about major historical events on this day. Famous Birthdays on this day and Death Anniversaries on this day. Today that is 5th of December is also celebrated as World Soil Day.
5th December in the history of India
- 1971 – Battle of Gazipur: Pakistani forces stand defeated as India cedes Gazipur to Bangladesh.
Famous Birthdays on 5th December
- 1985 – Shikhar Dhawan, Indian cricketer
- 1974 – Ravish Kumar, Indian journalist and author associated with TV Channel NDTV.
- 1965 – Manish Malhotra, Indian fashion designer
- 1932 – Nadira, Indian actress (d. 2006)
- 1905 - Mohammed Abdullah Sheikh was a Kashmiri politician and was the 3rd Chief Minister of the state of Jammu & Kashmir(between 25 February 1975 – 26 March 1977), he played a central role in the politics of Jammu and Kashmir.
- 1898 – Josh Malihabadi, Indian-Pakistani poet and translator (d. 1982)
Death Anniversary on 5th December
- 2016 – Jayalalithaa, Indian politician, chief minister of Tamil Nadu (b. 1948)
- 1963 – Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1892)
- 1951 – Abanindranath Tagore was the principal artist and creator of the "Indian Society of Oriental Art". He was also the first major exponent of Swadeshi values in Indian art, thereby founding the influential Bengal school of art, which led to the development of modern Indian painting. He was also a noted writer, particularly for children. Popularly known as 'Aban Thakur', his books Rajkahini, Budo Angla, Nalak, and Khirer Putul are landmarks in Bengali language children's literature.
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