Personality or Event of the day
 BABU JAGJIVAN RAM
(Born: April 05, 1908 – Died: July 06, 1986)
Birth Anniversary
Deputy Prime Minister of India (1977–1979)
His birthday on April 05 is celebrated as Samata Divas (Equality Day)
  • The Messiah of the Indian Depressed and Backward Classes.
  • He was instrumental in foundation of the 'All-India Depressed Classes League', an organisation dedicated to attaining equality for untouchables.
  • Though he supported Indira Gandhi during the Emergency in India (1975–1977), he left Congress in 1977 and joined Janata Party alliance in 1977, along with his Congress for Democracy.
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 PANDITA RAMABAI
(Born: 23 April 1858 – Died: 5 April 1922)
Death Anniversary
Indian social reformer and a champion for the emancipation and education of women
  • By the age of 12, Ramabai had memorized thousands of verses from the Puranas.
  • She founded Arya Mahila Samaj with an objective to promote the cause of women's education and deliverance from the oppression of child marriage.
  • In October 1989, the Government of India issued a commemorative stamp.
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 DIVYA BHARTI
(Born: February 25, 1974 - Died: April 05, 1993)
Death Anniversary
A Glamour Queen Full-of-Life Actress
  • Her career was cut short by her death on 5 April 1993 at the age of just 19
  • The circumstances of her death, viz. falling from the window ledge of her five-storey Versova apartment have been the subject of controversy over the years.
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 INDIAN SHIPPING INDUSTRY
(April 05, 1919)
NATIONAL MARITIME DAY
  • Indian maritime history begins during the 3rd millennium BCE when inhabitants of the Indus Valley initiated maritime trading contact with Mesopotamia.
  • On April 05, 1919 Indian navigation history was created when SS Loyalty, the first ship of The Scindia Steam Navigation Company Ltd., journeyed to the United Kingdom.
  • It was a crucial step for Indian shipping history when sea routes were controlled by the British.
  • From 1964 onwards, this day is observed as National Maritime Day for the Merchant navy. 
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