5-October-1676

East India company got authority from the King of England to mint Indian currencies 'Rupee and Paise' coins in Bombay.


5-October-1805

Lord Charles Cornwallis, Governor General, died of ill health at Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh.


5-October-1864

Cyclone destroyed most of Calcutta city in which approximately 50,000 people died.


5-October-1868

Laxmi Narayan Barua, Assamia novelist, was born.


5-October-1878

First Indian circus was played by Vishnu Moreshwar Chhatre of Sangli at Mumbai.


5-October-1890

Kishorlal Ghanshyamlal Mashruwala, great thinker and philosopher of Gandhi era, was born.


5-October-1907

British MP Keir Hardie reported fomenting rebellion in India.


5-October-1932

Madhavrao Laxmanrao Apte, cricketer (7 Tests for India, 1 century), was born in Bombay.


5-October-1949

A. K. Pillai, great social reformer and politician, died.


5-October-1957

Nehru becomes the first recipient of the key of Hiroshima Peace City.


5-October-1989

Dalal Lama was honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize (1989).


5-October-1989

Meerasahib Fatima Beevi, former High Court judge from Kerala, was named the first woman judge of the Supreme Court.


5-October-1990

Parliament passed the 76th Amendment Bill to extend President's rule in Punjab for another six months from November 10, 1990.


5-October-1990

Dr. Rajkumar Varma, famous Hindi journalist and playwright, died.


5-October-1991

Ramnath Goenka, journalist and founder chairman of the Indian Express Newspapers Group, died at the age of 87 years.


5-October-1991

Vinayakrao Devrukhkar, famous playwright, novelist and editor of a  daily newspaper 'Sandhya', died.


5-October-1993

CBI chargesheeted 40 in Ayodhya case.  Advani, Joshi and Bal Thackeray were among the accused.


5-October-1993

Geet Sethi retained World Billiards title by beating Mike Russel.


5-October-1997

Dr. Kalpana Chawla became the first Indian woman to become an astronaut.


5-October-1997

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.


5-October-1997

Leander-Mahesh win China Open ATP Tour doubles event.


5-October-1999

India decides not to attend the special meet on CTBT.


5-October-1999

The Government announced hike in diesel price